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Fox Television Stations was formed in April 1986 after the acquisition of the Metromedia-owned independent stations by the 20th Century Fox film studio, at the time jointly owned by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and Denver-based billionaire Marvin Davis. These stations would later go on to form the seeds of the newly formed Fox television network. Not long after the Metromedia deal was made, Murdoch purchased Davis's shares and News Corporation assumed complete control of 20th Century Fox. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metromedia Producers Corporation logo Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Broadcasting Company in the 1980s. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ... Keith Rupert Murdoch AC, KCSG, (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American global media executive from Australia and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York City in the United States. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Marvin Davis (August 31, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey – September 25, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California) was the billionaire former owner of Twentieth Century Fox and Pebble Beach, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Denver Broncos NFL team. ...

Starting with the original six stations, Fox Television Stations gained the bulk of its group through two large transactions: the 1997 purchase of New World Communications, succeeding a 1993 business deal between the two companies which led to all of New World's stations switching from other networks to Fox during 1994-95; and the 2001 acquisition of the Chris-Craft/United group, which gave Fox ownership of several stations then affiliated with the UPN network, and also created several duopolies (two stations in the same market owned by the same company). New World Pictures logo from the late 1980s; New Worlds other divisions used similar logos New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. ... Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian powerboats based in Sarasota, Florida. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... A true duopoly is a form of oligopoly where only two producers exist in a market. ...

The Fox-owned UPN affiliates were not included in the UPN/WB merger, which was announced on January 24, 2006. Soon after, these stations removed references to UPN from their on-air branding and websites. On February 22, 2006, Fox Television Stations announced that all of their non-Fox outlets will be charter affiliates of a new service known as MyNetworkTV [1], which commenced operations on September 5, 2006. “The CW” redirects here. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ...

See also: Fox affiliate switches of 1994, 2006 United States broadcast TV realignment

The Fox affiliate switches of 1994 constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history. ... Between January 24 and September 18, 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. ...

List of Fox owned-and-operated stations

Currently, a total of 35 stations, consisting of 25 Fox stations and 10 MyNetworkTV stations.

Note: **Indicates original Fox-owned stations from the network's inception in 1986.

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WTXF-TV, channel 29, is an owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856 Government  - Mayor Laura Miller Area  - City  385. ... Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Tarrant and Denton Government  - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area  - City  298. ... KDFW (FOX4 - The News Station) is the FOX owned and operated television station in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas DMA. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill. ... KDFI (analog channel 27) is a local independent station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. ... 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Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... WJBK (FOX2) is the Fox-owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan. ... Tampas skyline For alternate meanings, see Tampa (disambiguation) Tampa is a city located in Hillsborough County on the west coast of Florida. ... Nickname: Floridas Sunshine City Location of the city proper in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Pinellas County Founded 1876 Incorporated February 29, 1892  - Mayor Rick Baker Area    - City  133. ... WTVT is a television station in Tampa, Florida. ... 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Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location within the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Summit Founded 1825 Incorporated 1835 (village) - 1865 (city) Government  - Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Area  - City  62. ... WJW, also known on-air as FOX8, is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, broadcasting on VHF channel 8. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... KDVR is a television station on UHF Channel 31 (573. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Daytona Beach in 2005 Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. As of 2004, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 64,422. ... WOFL, FOX35, is the FOX television station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. ... WRBW is a My Network TV owned and operated station serving the Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, Florida television market. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... KTVI is the Fox owned and operated station in St. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... WUTB is the UPN affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland, broadcasting on channel 24 (digital channel 41). ... Nickname: City of Fountains Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... WDAF TV Channel 4 is The Fox Owned & Operated Television station for The Kansas City Market. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... WITI-TV , FOX6 Milwaukee, is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... 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Former Fox-owned stations

• Atlanta: WATL-TV 36 -- A charter Fox affiliate which was bought by the network in 1993. A year later, after New World (then the owners of WAGA-TV) announced its partnership with Fox, WATL was sold to Qwest Broadcasting, which was controlled by musician Quincy Jones. It is currently a My Network TV affiliate owned by the Gannett Company.
• Boston: WCVB-TV 5 -- The seventh Metromedia station was included in the original sale of the Metromedia television group to News Corporation in 1986. However, News Corp. spun off the station immediately to the Hearst Corporation, honoring a promise Metromedia made to Hearst in 1982 (after Metromedia sold KMBC-TV in Kansas City to Hearst), giving the latter company a right-of-first-refusal opportunity to purchase WCVB if the station ever again went up for sale.
• Dallas-Fort Worth: KDAF 33 -- One of six original Fox O&Os. After the Fox/New World alliance saw KDFW-TV pick up the Fox affiliation, KDAF would be sold to Renaissance Broadcasting and become a WB affiliate. It is currently owned by Tribune Broadcasting and became the Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate of the CW in fall 2006.
• Portland, Oregon: KPTV 12 -- A charter Fox affiliate (1986-88) that was a UPN station when Fox bought out Chris-Craft, then was traded to the Meredith Corporation for WOFL Orlando and WOGX Gainesville in 2001. Ironically, KPTV would swap affiliations with new sister station KPDX two years later.
• Salt Lake City: KTVX 4 -- ABC affiliate owned by Chris-Craft/United. As Fox already owned KSTU, KTVX could not be retained (the Salt Lake City market could not support such a duopoly under current FCC rules, which prohibit one company from owning two of the four largest stations in a single market), so KTVX was packaged along with KMOL-TV to Clear Channel (see below).
• San Antonio: WOAI-TV 4 -- NBC affiliate owned by Chris-Craft/United, previously known as KMOL-TV. When Chris-Craft sold its stations to Fox, this station (along with KTVX) was traded to San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications for Minneapolis-St. Paul's WFTC, then a Fox outlet. Clear Channel, which has owned WOAI radio since 1975, changed this station's calls back to the original WOAI-TV. WFTC would then trade affiliations with KMSP and become a UPN station.
• San Francisco: KBCW 44 -- UPN station acquired through the Chris-Craft purchase, previously known as KBHK-TV. With Fox already committed to KTVU as its Bay Area station through a long-term deal, KBHK was traded to Viacom (whose broadcasting properties were spun off as part of CBS Corporation in 2006) for KTXH and WDCA-TV in 2002. It was alleged that Fox tried to buy KTVU, but was repeatedly turned down by Cox Enterprises, who owns the station.

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External link

• Official listing of FTSG stations