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What are Fox's strongest affiliates?

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Anyone know any markets where a Fox O&O beats one of the ''Big 3'' in news ratings? Better yet, are there any markets in which a Fox station - either O&O or affiliated - has the No. 1 newscast?
 
My local WSVN Miami? They sure have *enough* news hours per day.

If WSVN, maybe WTVT Tampa & WAGA Atlanta as well.

But I really do not know the true numbers.

cd
 
I believe some have said KTVU held that position long before becoming a Fox affiliate.

I remember them very strong going back to 1960.
 
KTTV's 10 PM news broadcast actually beats ALL of the big three in their broadcasts.
Same thing with their morning show, Good Day LA, which was syndicated as Good Day Live, due to that success
 
I remember hearing that WGHP in the Greensboro market, formerly Fox O&O but now owned by Local TV, is the highest rated Fox station in the US. Not sure if that applies to newscasts or overall.

- Trip
 
The former FOX O&O now Raycom Media-owned Birmingham FOX affiliate, WBRC, which also has had one of the highest rated newscasts in the nation as well.
 
Not sure of what order I'd put these in because of the huge differences in markets, but here are the top Fox affiliates:

KTVU
WSVN
WGHP
WBRC
KDFW
KTTV

Fox would dearly love to own KTVU, but that will never happen.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Don't I recall at least one instance where Fox O&O WFLD's airing of "The Simpsons" actually beat one of the newscasts of WBBM-2 (CBS) in Chicago? Or is that another one of those TV "urban legends?"
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Oops, sorry for the double-post--I meant to modify the above statement on whether Simpsons beating WBBM's news in the Chicago ratings either actually happened or was a TV urban legend.
 
KSAZ actually is now in the local ratings lead here (after the switch, the lone untouched station, KPNX, took the ratings lead from KTVK, but then in the past few years it began sinking big along with the network). Many of the New World stations after they switched to Fox were considered underperformers for a few years, actually.
 
The Simpsons is very popular in Chicago and not only did WBBM but has beaten several other newscasts, not routinely but it is a very strong show. It airs at 5pm, 6pm and 10:30pm.

It used to air at 10pm and do quite well. It was pushed to 10:35pm when FOX expanded their news to 90 minutes (9pm - 10:35pm). When WFLD dropped the 10pm portion, it's likely they didn't push the Simpsons back to 10pm, to avoid it going directly against Family Guy, which airs on WGN at 10pm
 
What about WNYW/Fox 5? I would think they beat out WPIX, or is it the other way around? How does Good Day NY fare against PIX Morning News? Or even WCBS, WNBC or WABC for that matter?
 
cd637299 said:
My local WSVN Miami? They sure have *enough* news hours per day.

If WSVN, maybe WTVT Tampa & WAGA Atlanta as well.

But I really do not know the true numbers.

cd
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Not sure on the numbers, Tampa's WTVT does quite well (and has for some time, first as a CBS affiliate, then as a Fox O&O). A Judge Judy lead in to the 5pm doesn't hurt.
 
musicman3355 said:
What about WNYW/Fox 5? I would think they beat out WPIX, or is it the other way around? How does Good Day NY fare against PIX Morning News? Or even WCBS, WNBC or WABC for that matter?
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I know they beat WPIX and I believe they beat WCBS. They were number one in 1999, but that was before WPIX's show debuted the next year. They've been a strong number one at 10, usually.

How about WTTG in DC? Their Wikipedia article claimed that upon the debut of Fox, the ratings for the network in DC were significantly higher than the norm. Also, I know their 10 PM news (the only one in DC) gets higher ratings than the 11 PM newscasts on the big three and was a factor into giving the station a late afternoon news block and an 11 PM newscast. And they were a regional superstation for a while.

One other one I'll throw in is KHON in Hawaii.
 
KTVU (San Francisco market) had the highest rated local news for many years, probably pre-dating their affiliation with Fox. In the 90s, both the CBS and NBC affiliates moved to early prime time, so they could compete directly for the 10:00 PM news ratings. KTVU stayed number one - the other two stations gave up after a few years, going back to regular prime-time.
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned our local WJW/8 in Cleveland.

After a brief stumble after the CBS-Fox affiliate change, the station which became one of Fox's new O&Os in the mid-1990s became a powerhouse - again.

Like almost all of the mid-market Fox O&Os, it got sold off to Local TV.
 
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