WFGX

callsign	WFGX
city	Fort Walton Beach, Florida
branding	WFGX 35
digital	14 (UHF)
virtual	35
affiliations	35.1: Independent with MyNetworkTV 35.2: Story Television 35.3: Comet
founded	December 20, 1983
airdate	April 7, 1987
location	Fort Walton Beach–Pensacola, Florida Mobile, Alabama
country	United States
callsign meaning	Family Group Broadcasting (founding owners), "X" as a placeholder
former callsigns	WQAC (1983–1987)
former channel numbers	Analog: 35 (UHF, 1987–2009) Digital: 50 (UHF, until 2020)
owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group
licensee	WFGX Licensee, LLC
sister stations	WEAR-TV, WPMI-TV, WJTC
former affiliations	Independent (1987–1996, 2001–2006) The WB (1996–2001)
erp	1,000 kW
haat	582.8 m
facility id	6554
coordinates	30.61261°N, -87.64489°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://wfgxtv.com/

WFGX (channel 35) is an independent television station licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama, and also having a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Pensacola-licensed dual ABC/NBC affiliate WEAR-TV (channel 3); Sinclair also provides certain services to Mobile, Alabama–licensed WPMI-TV (channel 15) and Pensacola-licensed independent station WJTC (channel 44) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Deerfield Media.

WFGX and WEAR-TV share studios—which also house master control and some internal operations for WPMI-TV and WJTC—on Mobile Highway (US 90) in unincorporated Escambia County, Florida (with a Pensacola mailing address); WFGX's transmitter is located in unincorporated Baldwin County, Alabama (northeast of Robertsdale).

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