Fox Soul is a digital television network and live streaming service operated by Fox Corporation that launched on January 13, 2020. Named after soul music , the network focuses on two demographics; the African American experience and Christian media .
60-462: Featuring original and syndicated programs including The Sharpton Sisters, Brutally Honest with Jasmine Brand, Crockett's Corner, Cocktails with Queens, The Book of Sean and The Business of Being Black with Tammi Mac. The network also includes programs about the achievements of past and present African Americans, for instance The Uprising series. Fox Soul is the first streaming service launched by Fox Television Stations and Fox Entertainment , prior to
120-639: A VHF station, while WFTC was a UHF station, FTS decided to switch the affiliations in 2002, with Fox programming going to KMSP and WFTC taking over the UPN affiliation. FTS then bought KDFI in Dallas in 2000 and WPWR-TV in Chicago in 2002 to create duopolies with Fox-owned stations, KDFW and WFLD, respectively. FTS also made two other trades in 2002 to create more duopolies. Former Chris-Craft station KPTV in Portland, Oregon
180-480: A December 2000 deal between the NBC-owned stations , Gannett , and Hearst-Argyle to develop programming. NBC Enterprises continued to produce some programming from a Hearst-Argyle facility near Boston until June 2003. On January 6, 2017, Hearst acquired majority control of Charleston, South Carolina -based syndicator Litton Entertainment, which has control of four of the five E/I -compliant Saturday morning blocks on
240-464: A broadcasting company in the United States owned by Hearst Communications , made up of a group of television and radio stations, and Hearst Media Production Group , a distributor of programming in broadcast syndication . Hearst-Argyle was formed in 1997 with the merger of Hearst Corporation's broadcasting division and stations owned by Argyle Television Holdings II , which is partially related to
300-468: A chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. Renaissance Broadcasting had previously sold WATL to FTS in 1993 to become a Fox owned-and-operated station, the first network-owned station in Atlanta. FTS was in the planning stages for a news department at the station, and WATL had even gone as far as hiring a news director. However, when
360-1013: A media company owned by Australian publishing magnate Rupert Murdoch that had mainly served as a newspaper publisher at the time of the TCF Holdings deal, agreed to pay $ 2.55 billion to acquire independent television stations in six major U.S. cities from the John Kluge -run broadcasting company Metromedia : WNEW-TV (now WNYW ) in New York City , WTTG in Washington, D.C. , KTTV in Los Angeles , KRIV in Houston , WFLD in Chicago , and KRLD-TV (now KDAF ) in Dallas . A seventh station, ABC affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston ,
420-480: A new service known as MyNetworkTV , which commenced operations on September 5, 2006, with telenovela programming that was original to be syndicated. On May 23, 2016, it was announced that one of the Fox-owned former UPN affiliates that were left out of the initial negotiations for CW affiliation a decade earlier, MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WPWR in Chicago , would be taking over the market's affiliation with
480-565: A price estimated to be $ 45–48 million. Hearst-Argyle announced its purchase of the nine television stations and two radio stations owned by Pulitzer Publishing Company in May 1998, in a deal worth $ 1.15 billion in stock. The acquisition was completed in March 1999. In terms of audience reach, Hearst is the third-largest group owner of ABC -affiliated stations, behind the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group , and ahead of Tegna Inc. , and
540-462: A producer and distributor of syndicated programming. As part of Hearst-Argyle's acquisition of KCRA-TV in Sacramento, the company also acquired Kelly News & Entertainment, which was merged into Hearst-Argyle Television Productions. In January 2001, NBC Enterprises and Hearst-Argyle agreed to merge their production and distribution operations into a joint venture majority-owned by NBC; this followed
600-635: A re-purchase) and KCPQ and KZJO in Seattle to Fox Television Stations, and would purchase from Fox WJZY and WMYT-TV in Charlotte. This gives Fox additional two bigger NFL team market stations in the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks while losing the Carolina Panthers market. On January 13, 2020, FTS launched Fox Soul , a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel targeting
660-532: A reported 44-million count of viewers, FOX Soul was greenlit to expand its Black culture -fuelled programming. With James DuBose holding the seat of Head of Programming, the streaming service entered into its second season. On September 30, 2022, Deadline Hollywood published word of FOX Soul's further expansion with a return of original FOX Soul flagship series on the network including The Black Report, The Book of Sean (hosted by Rev. Dr. Sean H. McMillian), The Business of Being Black with Tammi Mac, Cocktails with
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#1732884038747720-483: A station in nearby Bellingham , for $ 10 million; the purchase, submitted for FCC approval on October 3, was described as a "strategic option" for Fox by an insider. Tribune then agreed on October 17 to extend its affiliation agreement for KCPQ through July 2018, and pay increased reverse compensation fees to Fox for the broadcasting of the network's programming beginning in January 2015. Fox's application to acquire KBCB
780-806: A subchannel of an NBC affiliate, and one which acts as a two-station simulcast), two CBS affiliates, six CW affiliates (two traditional, two subchannel (which are part of a two-station simulcast), and two channel shares), one MyNetworkTV affiliate, and one independent station . Most of the company's subchannel stations broadcast either Weigel Broadcasting 's MeTV or NBC's Cozi TV through national affiliation deals, along with being charter carriers of Weigel's two newest concepts, Heroes & Icons , and Story Television . Since December 1, 2014, Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI has used its third subchannel as an H&I affiliate carrying MyNetworkTV programming in primetime. Hearst also owns two radio stations in Baltimore ,
840-667: A subsidiary of the Fox Corporation . It also oversees the MyNetworkTV programming service and has a half-interest in the Movies! digital sub-channel network, which is shared with Weigel Broadcasting . The Fox Broadcasting Company 's foundations were laid in March 1985 through News Corporation 's $ 255 million purchase of a 50% interest in TCF Holdings , the parent company of the 20th Century Fox film studio. In May 1985, News Corporation,
900-888: The Financial Times reported that FTS was finalizing a deal to acquire as many as 10 Fox affiliates from Sinclair, as part of an effort to reach FCC approval of its proposed acquisition of Tribune Media. The deal would likely include Seattle's KCPQ (as Sinclair already owns ABC affiliate KOMO-TV there), KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City (Tribune already owns KFOR-TV ), KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City (Sinclair already owns KUTV ), KTVI in St. Louis (Sinclair owns KDNL ) and Tribune's Fox/CW duopoly of KDVR and KWGN in Denver. This deal would bring several former O&Os previously divested to Local TV, LLC (which
960-467: The Thursday Night Football package from CBS and NBC . After Tribune terminated its merger agreement with Sinclair on August 9, 2018, however, the sale of the seven aforementioned stations to FTS was likewise nullified. On December 14, 2017, after rumors of such a sale, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would purchase FTS's parent company, 21st Century Fox for $ 52.4 billion, plus
1020-660: The Baltimore Ravens radio and television networks, and as the flagship/operations base for the Baltimore Orioles Radio Network . On August 20, 2014, it was announced that Hearst Television would acquire WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama, and WJCL in Savannah, Georgia, from Media General , which divested those stations under FCC advisement as part of its acquisition of LIN Media . In 2021, Hearst began to carry
1080-449: The COVID-19 pandemic , the channel soft launched a national expansion by becoming "CoronavirusNow" (with contributions from the national Fox News and Fox Business networks), before adopting its current name later that year. Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and city of license . Hearst Television Hearst Television, Inc. (formerly Hearst-Argyle Television ) is
1140-569: The National Football League (NFL), primarily covering games involving teams in the National Football Conference (NFC). Because NFL games generate high ratings, owning these stations outright allows FTS to also collect the local advertising revenue, as well as use them as leverage during retransmission consent negotiations with cable and satellite providers. The original 1994 affiliation deal with New World also triggered
1200-449: The "Commitment (Year)" banner for all political news coverage leading up to the local, national, and statewide elections in lieu of a localized version of their associated network's political branding. This started in 2000. Hearst also maintains a Washington, D.C. bureau to assist its stations in coverage of national politics, including on-air reporters and facilities and equipment assistance for local stations. Many Hearst stations license
1260-596: The "Operation High School" branding for coverage of local high school sports . In 2007, Hearst-Argyle became one of the first television broadcasting groups to post its news stories on YouTube . WCVB-TV , KCRA-TV , WTAE-TV , WBAL-TV and WMUR-TV were the first stations in Hearst-Argyle's station group to do this. Until 2009, three of Hearst's television stations ( KCWE , WMOR-TV , and WPBF ) and its two radio stations ( WBAL radio and WIYY ) were owned by Hearst Broadcasting, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
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#17328840387471320-507: The 2000 acquisition of the Chris-Craft/United group, which gave Fox ownership of several stations then affiliated with the UPN network (which had been a partnership between Chris-Craft and Viacom ( Paramount 's subsidiary) until March 2000 when the latter company bought the former's stake), and also created several duopolies (two stations in the same market owned by the same company). When
1380-498: The African American community. Also in 2020, FTS launched LiveNOW from Fox , a streaming news channel jointly operated by KSAZ, KTTV, and WOFL. The channel carries live coverage of breaking news events throughout the day as directed by a small crew of digital journalists , leveraging resources and raw footage from Fox's local news departments. The service originated from a Fox 10 News Now webcast that had been run by KSAZ; amid
1440-602: The FCC granted its approval of WUTB to Deerfield Media, which was formally consummated on June 1. On January 28, 2013, FTS announced that 17 of their stations would be affiliating with new subchannel network, Movies! , which is a joint venture between FTS and Weigel Broadcasting , on their subchannels. That same day, the company announced it would be acquiring the Charlotte duopoly of CW affiliate WJZY and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV from Capitol Broadcasting Company . The deal
1500-718: The Fox network is a revival or at least a linear descendant of DuMont. The former Metromedia stations WNEW-TV (originally known as WABD) and WTTG were two of the three original owned-and-operated stations of the DuMont network, and the former base of DuMont's operations, the DuMont Tele-Centre in Manhattan , eventually became the present-day Fox Television Center. On December 31, 1986, WXNE-TV in Boston (later renamed WFXT on January 19, 1987), became
1560-704: The Hearst Corporation announced that it would purchase substantially all of the stock not held by Hearst. Hearst-Argyle Television then dropped "Argyle" from its name and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation. In February 2009, Hearst-Argyle announced that its stations (except for KITV and its satellites in Hawaii , which had already completed their transition to digital, and WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York , and WNNE in Hartford, Vermont , which followed
1620-472: The Hearst Corporation through which Hearst ultimately controlled Hearst-Argyle Television, as opposed to Hearst-Argyle itself; Hearst-Argyle still operated these stations under a management services agreement. These stations were transferred to Hearst Television shortly after its privatization. Hearst's television and radio cluster in Baltimore additionally serves as the flagship stations and operation bases for
1680-610: The Hearst stations and A&E , the show is distributed in national broadcast syndication by Sony Pictures Television . In 2019, former Today consumer affairs reporter Jeff Rossen joined Hearst as a multi-platform consumer affairs reporter, whose reports (which as of April 2020, include COVID-19 pandemic consumer issue Q&A segments) are syndicated throughout the chain, in addition to full-scale semi-annual consumer specials that are also carried by Hearst Television stations. Hearst once owned Hearst-Argyle Television Productions,
1740-669: The New World affiliation deal was signed, it was agreed that New World's and Atlanta 's longtime CBS affiliate WAGA-TV switch to the Fox network. As a result, Fox cancelled the plans for a newscast on WATL and put the station up for sale. Renaissance Broadcasting had also sold KDVR in Denver , along with its satellite station KFCT in Fort Collins, Colorado , to FTS on November 15, 1994, in exchange for acquiring KDAF in Dallas . One of original core stations that FTS acquired from Metromedia, it
1800-650: The Queens (co-hosted by Claudia Jordan , Vivica A. Fox , LisaRaye McCoy and Syleena Johnson ), TEA-G-I-F (co-hosted by Claudia Jordan , Al Reynolds and Funky Dineva aka Quentin Latham). Fox Television Stations Fox Television Stations, LLC (stylized as FOX TV STATIONS ; also known as FTS ) is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company ,
1860-428: The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company Fox had another faith-based studio called Fox Faith . It is accessed by audiences across various digital streaming platforms including YouTube , YouTube TV , FOX Now , Samsung + , Roku , Tubi , Amazon Fire TV , The Web , Apple TV , Stirr , FuboTV , iOs , Android , Twitter , Facebook , Instagram and DirecTV channel 4401. In May 2021, with
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1920-764: The assumption of $ 13.7 billion in debt by Fox, subject to government approval. FTS, along with several other assets was spun off into Fox Corporation , a company owned by the Murdoch family. The deal was completed on March 20, 2019. With the loss of Twentieth Television in the deal, Fox Stations set up its own syndication arm, Fox First Run, despite some of their syndicated shows being distributed in conjunction with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Dish Nation has barter sales with Trifecta Entertainment and Media . On November 5, 2019, Nexstar Media Group announced an agreement to sell WITI in Milwaukee (effectively
1980-503: The company began the process of purchasing NBC affiliate WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida , which would be acquired from Waterman Broadcasting for $ 220 million. The transaction included the local marketing agreement (LMA) for ABC affiliate WZVN-TV with Montclair Communications. The sale was completed on June 30, 2023. Hearst Television also produces the weekly public-affairs program Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien . Outside of
2040-460: The company of the same name who (in 1994) sold its stations to New World Communications , stations that eventually became Fox -owned stations (Hearst itself, unusual for any American broadcast group, has never held a Fox affiliation on any of its stations). Hearst's involvement in broadcasting dates to the 1920s. In 1980, Hearst Broadcasting purchased WDTN in Dayton, Ohio , from Grinnell College for
2100-428: The deal was finalized in 2001, this immediately created duopolies (two stations in the same market owned by the same company) between Fox and former Chris-Craft stations in markets such as Phoenix (KSAZ and KUTP ), Los Angeles (KTTV and KCOP-TV ) and New York City (WNYW and WWOR-TV ). Although former Chris-Craft station KTVX would have also created a duopoly with Fox station KSTU in Salt Lake City, FCC regulations at
2160-470: The first network-owned station in Utah. FTS gained a bulk of stations through the 1997 purchase of New World Communications , succeeding a 1994 business deal between the two companies which led to all of New World's stations switching from other networks to Fox during 1994–95. A significant factor that resulted in Fox's affiliation with, and later purchase of, New World Communications was Fox acquiring TV rights to
2220-564: The home shopping network Shop LC on several its stations under a revenue-sharing agreement with that network's owners. In most markets, Hearst did not pursue cable or satellite carriage for Shop LC, as the network already pays providers nationwide to carry its network on several channel slots per system. On September 20, 2021, Hearst launched Very Local , an over-the-top media service which consists of news programming from its television stations as well as nationally produced content such as Chronicle and Matter of Fact . On April 5, 2023,
2280-481: The last remaining from the company divesting most of their radio assets after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 went into effect. As already mentioned above, none of Hearst's stations have ever held a Fox affiliation, with the exception of two WMUR translators in the northern part of New Hampshire dis-affiliating with the network upon Hearst's assumption of ownership of WMUR. Some Hearst-owned stations use
2340-497: The network from rival WGN-TV in September of that year. MyNetworkTV remained on WPWR as a secondary affiliation until 2019, when the CW affiliation transferred to WCIU-TV . On December 21, 2007, FTS announced that it would sell eight smaller-market stations to Local TV, LLC , a division of Oak Hill Capital Partners . Six of the stations that were sold were ex-New World stations, including
2400-719: The newspaper it had also published, the Boston Herald . In 1989, Fox placed WFXT in a trust company; the following year, it sold the station to the Boston Celtics ' ownership group. News Corporation then later sold the Boston Herald in February 1994, eliminating the potential regulatory conflict with reacquiring WFXT. On October 5, 1994, Fox announced it would exercise the purchase option; it retook control of WFXT on July 7, 1995. In 1990, FTS bought KSTU in Salt Lake City, making it
2460-478: The only acquired Chris-Craft station during this time that FTS did not trade away or create a duopoly with. The Fox-owned UPN affiliates were not included in the UPN/WB merger (The CW) , which was announced on January 23, 2006. Soon after, these stations removed references to UPN from their on-air branding and websites. On February 22, 2006, FTS announced that all nine of their non-Fox outlets will be charter affiliates of
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2520-477: The other Champlain Valley stations in transitioning on February 17, 2009) would comply with the new DTV transition date of June 12, 2009. Currently, Hearst owns a total of 34 overall television stations but considers two groups of four stations and an NBC station with an ABC digital subchannel joint operations, bringing its count down to 31 under that consideration: eleven NBC affiliates, fifteen ABC affiliates (one as
2580-1054: The other affiliation changes, most notable was Westinghouse Broadcasting 's affiliation deal with CBS in 1995. This set off a complex trade of Philadelphia stations between CBS/ Westinghouse and NBC ; FTS instead independently bought its own Philadelphia station, WTXF-TV . When New World's sale to Fox closed in 1997, ten stations became Fox owned-and-operated stations: KSAZ-TV in Phoenix ; WTVT in Tampa, Florida ; WAGA-TV in Atlanta; WJBK in Detroit ; KTBC in Austin, Texas ; KDFW in Dallas ; WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri ; KTVI in St. Louis ; WJW in Cleveland ; and WITI in Milwaukee . FTS gained stations through
2640-632: The restructuring that stemmed from the News Corporation /21st Century Fox split, it was announced on July 8, 2013, that 20th Television , which was until that time under FTS, will operate under the management of 20th Century Fox Television . On June 24, 2014, FTS announced it would acquire its existing San Francisco Bay Area affiliate KTVU , along with its duopoly sister independent station KICU-TV , from Cox Media Group in exchange for WFXT in Boston and WHBQ-TV in Memphis. The station sale/trade
2700-595: The second-largest group owner of NBC affiliates, behind Tegna. Hearst-owned ABC affiliates in National Football League markets simulcast Monday Night Football games from ESPN that involve these teams - ESPN is 20% owned by Hearst, the rest being owned by ABC's parent, The Walt Disney Company . Other Hearst-owned stations also carry ESPN-aired NFL games, even though they are affiliated with other networks (like WBAL-TV , Baltimore's NBC affiliate). Hearst also holds some joint ventures for syndicated programming with NBCUniversal Syndication Studios . On June 3, 2009,
2760-522: The seventh Fox-owned property, and the first to be acquired separately from News Corporation's 1986 purchase of Metromedia's six television stations. However, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibited the common ownership of a television station and a newspaper in the same market , News Corporation had to apply for and was granted a temporary waiver in order to retain WFXT and
2820-679: The stations into in September and October 1994 respectively. Under the arrangement, New World owned the licenses of WBRC and WGHP, while its previous owner Citicasters continued to control their operations under outsourcing agreements . In April 1995, Citicasters transferred the operations of WBRC and WGHP to the FTS, which assumed operational control through time brokerage agreements with New World. Both stations were sold directly to Fox three months later on July 22, 1995. FTS also acquired WHBQ-TV in Memphis in an unrelated deal on August 18, 1994. Among
2880-508: The time prohibited one company from owning two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market. FTS thus traded both KTVX and the former Chris-Craft station KMOL (now WOAI-TV ) in San Antonio to Clear Channel Communications in 2001 in exchange for WFTC in Minneapolis, creating a duopoly for FTS with former Chris-Craft station KMSP-TV . Because KMSP had the stronger signal due to being
2940-579: The two stations that were first acquired by FTS directly in 1995 ( WGHP in High Point, North Carolina and WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama) and four via the 1997 merger ( WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri ; KTVI in St. Louis; WJW in Cleveland; and WITI in Milwaukee. The other three were KSTU in Salt Lake City, and KDVR in Denver and with its satellite station KFCT in Fort Collins, Colorado. The transaction
3000-409: Was acquired by Tribune) back under Fox ownership. On May 9, 2018, Fox announced it would purchase KCPQ, KDVR, KSTU, KTXL in Sacramento, KSWB-TV in San Diego, WJW in Cleveland and WSFL-TV , the CW affiliate for Miami-Fort Lauderdale. The move would give Fox stations in the home markets for the Seattle Seahawks , Denver Broncos , Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins as the network takes over
3060-487: Was approved by the FCC on March 11 and completed on April 17. As part of the deal, WJZY became a Fox owned-and-operated station on July 1. The station community believed that the Charlotte station's purchase by FTS is proof that Fox is interested in owning a TV station in NFL markets (specifically those with NFC teams, as Charlotte is ) to up the station groups' "bargaining power in retransmission consent negotiations with cable, satellite and telco operators." As part of
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#17328840387473120-674: Was completed in 2008. In January 2009, NBC Owned Television Stations and FTS set up the first Local News Service with their Philadelphia stations after testing since the summer 2008. Fox and NBC then added other markets where they both own stations. On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and Sinclair Broadcast Group 's 19 Fox affiliates (including company flagship WBFF) that will run through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013. On November 29, 2012, Sinclair exercised its option to purchase WUTB through Deerfield Media . On May 6, 2013,
3180-441: Was completed on October 8, 2014. Fox's motivation for acquiring KTVU was that it was another NFL market with an NFC team . In addition to FTS's aforementioned purchases of Charlotte's WJZY in 2013 and the San Francisco Bay Area's KTVU in 2014, Variety reported that Fox is also interested in acquiring stations in the following other NFL markets: Seattle and St. Louis (the latter's KTVI had previously been owned by Fox, but
3240-478: Was dismissed by the FCC on November 20, 2014. On January 20, 2015, it was announced that Fox Television Stations would be a charter launch partner for Buzzr , a new digital multicast network from Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America devoted to classic game shows , which launched that June. Later in the year, FTS also agreed to carry Weigel Broadcasting 's Heroes & Icons network on subchannels of 11 major market stations. On April 30, 2017, it
3300-402: Was included in the 2007 sale to Local TV; with the St. Louis Rams relocating to Los Angeles starting with the 2016 NFL season, there is no word as to whether or not FTS' pursuit of a station in the St. Louis market has diminished). While discussions with Seattle's Fox affiliate KCPQ and its owner Tribune Broadcasting remained ongoing, Fox struck a deal on September 19, 2014, to buy KBCB ,
3360-440: Was part of the original transaction but was spun off to the Hearst Broadcasting subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation in a separate, concurrent deal as part of a right of first refusal related to that station's 1982 sale to Metromedia. Because Metromedia, originally known as Metropolitan Broadcasting at its founding, was spun off from the failed DuMont Television Network , radio personality Clarke Ingram has suggested that
3420-581: Was reported that 21st Century Fox was in talks to form a similar joint venture with Ion Media in an effort to counter Sinclair and displace Fox affiliations from their stations; analysts felt that the proposed partnership was meant as a bargaining ploy against Sinclair, as it would have to make significant investments into the acquired stations to make them profitable and capable of producing local news programming (Ion stations have historically had few employees or local infrastructure), and that Fox risked losing viewers through these transitions. In January 2018,
3480-440: Was reported that 21st Century Fox was in talks to purchase Tribune Media in a joint venture with the Blackstone Group . On May 7, 2017, it was reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group was nearing a deal to purchase Tribune Media, and that 21st Century Fox had dropped its bid for the company. The deal was officially announced the next day. (However, on August 9, 2018, Tribune canceled the Sinclair deal.) On August 2, 2017, it
3540-543: Was set to lose Fox programming to that market's longtime CBS affiliate, New World's KDFW . New World was also expanded its own broadcasting holdings in 1994 by buying other stations groups, but its combined purchases ran afoul with the FCC's media ownership rules at the time prohibiting a single company from owning more than twelve television stations nationwide. New World thus established a trust company in preparation for its sale of WGHP in High Point, North Carolina and WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama , which it would place
3600-402: Was traded to the Meredith Corporation in exchange for WOFL in Orlando, Florida, creating a duopoly with former Chris-Craft station WRBW . FTS then traded former Chris-Craft station KBHK (now KPYX ) in San Francisco to Viacom for UPN stations KTXH in Houston and WDCA in Washington, D.C., creating duopolies with original Fox-owned stations KRIV and WTTG, receptively. WUTB in Baltimore was
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