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WOFL
Orlando, Florida
BrandingFOX 35
SloganThe Most Powerful Name in Local News
ChannelsAnalog: 35 (UHF)
Digital: 22 HDTV (UHF)
AffiliationsFox
OwnerFox Television Stations
Founded1979
Call letters meaningW Orlando, FL (Florida)
Former affiliationsIndependent (1974-1976)
Off the air (1976-1979)
Independent(1979-1986)
Websitemyfoxorlando.com
WOFL, "FOX 35", is the Fox owned-and-operated television station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. It is licensed to Orlando, with studios located in Lake Mary. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 35, and its digital signal on UHF channel 22.

Its transmitter is located in Bithlo, Florida. Its Digital TV transmitter has a power of 1,000kW. Its Analog TV transmitter has a power of 2,570kW.

WOFL and sister station WTVT of the bordering Tampa market commonly share reporters and footage, as other station groups do.

History

The channel 35 frequency in Orlando was first occupied by WSWB, which went on air in the early 1970s. It was owned by Sun World Broadcasters, hence the callsign. Its original studio was on East Colonial Drive, now the home of WMFE. However, Sun World was in major financial troubles, and as a result, the station went off the air.

Then-unknown media mogul Ted Turner made an attempt to buy the station, however, it failed because of ensuing legal actions. In fact, for a brief time, the station’s 44-acre transmission site was owned by Turner, while the tower and broadcasting equipment were tied up in a judgment claim held by Pat Robertson, owner of the Christian Broadcasting Network. Because of this mess, channel 35 remained off the air until the license was granted to a group of investors known as The Omega Group, with the Meredith Corporation holding an option to eventually buy out the other partners. The station signed back on the air in 1979. Channel 35 then received a new set of call letters, WOFL. The WSWB call letters are now used on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate of The CW.

Meredith Corporation exercised its full purchase option from Omega in 1982, and the station eventually moved to a new studio building in Lake Mary in 1986, a major change from the prior studios located in a converted bank building in the middle of Orlando's South Orange Blossom Trail adult-entertainment district.

At the inception of the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986, WOFL became one of that network's charter affiliates. WOFL was frequently ranked as one of the country's leading Fox affiliates during the network's early years, achieving a number one ranking on several occasions through the early 1990's. It was also the most profitable station in Meredith's multi-station group, despite being the only UHF "independent" station at that time. In the mid-1990s, WOFL took over the operations of Gainesville's Fox affiliate, Ocala-based WOGX channel 51. WOFL began expanded news operations in March 1998, as Fox was pushing for its affiliates to have news. The newscasts were simulcast on WOGX. It launched its digital TV signal on channel 22 in January 2000, and began broadcasting in widescreen format in January 2002.

In 2002, Meredith traded WOFL and WOGX to News Corporation's Fox Television Stations Group, and, in return, Meredith received KPTV in Portland, Oregon. This made WOFL a Fox owned-and-operated station (O&O), and sister station to UPN affiliate WRBW channel 65. Fox had acquired WRBW and KPTV several months earlier when they acquired the stations of the United Television group. This tradeoff protected WOFL as the Fox affiliate. After the trade was finalized, WRBW's operations were integrated with those of WOFL. WOFL was the only network O&O in the Orlando-Daytona Beach market until UPN and the WB were folded into The CW (which is shown on WKCF). In response, Fox formed My Network TV, which airs on the former Fox-owned UPN stations, including WRBW.

WOFL began broadcasting in 720p HDTV format in September 2004.

Most of WOFL's programming, including Fox programming, was originally seen in Citrus County on W49AI in the 1980s. The station did nor air WOFL's late-night programming however, as it signed off at Midnight. This arrangement continued until WOGX became a Fox affiliate in 1991.

On April 23, 2007, WOFL launched a new logo, modeled after that of sister station WTVT in Tampa Bay. Ironically, the channel number font harkens back to a WOFL logo from the mid-1980s. WOFL renovated their set, started to use new news music, and as well as a slogan change (from "First on Fox" to "The Most Powerful Name in Local News", reflecting the national Fox News slogan).

It has been announced that WOFL will start broadcasting an 11:00PM newscast in the future to replace Geraldo at Large

Newscasts

WOFL's sister station in Ocala, WOGX Fox 51 airs FOX 35 Morning News and FOX 35 News at 10:00 as well.

The station premiered FOX 35 News at 10:00 in 1998, and became the first independently produced newscast in the Orlando market outside of the major-network affiliates; WESH, NBC Channel 2; WKMG, CBS Channel 6; and WFTV, ABC Channel 9. It did not begin competing with the major network affiliates in the 5pm time slot until March 2006 with the debut of FOX at 5.

Monday-Friday
  • FOX 35 Morning News - 5:00AM-9:00AM
  • FOX at 5 - 5:00PM-6:00PM
  • FOX 35 News at 6:00 6:00PM-6:30PM
  • FOX 35 News at 10:00 - 10:00PM-11:00PM
Saturday-Sunday
  • FOX at 5 - 5:00PM-6:00PM (unless pre-empted by sports)
  • FOX 35 News at 10:00 - 10:00PM-11:00PM

Personalities

News Anchors

  • Cale Ramaker, anchor of FOX 35 News at 6 and Fox 35 News at Ten ( 6PM-6:30PM, 10PM-11PM, Mon-Fri)
  • Corrina Sullivan, anchor of FOX 35 News at 6 and Fox 35 News at Ten ( 6PM-6:30PM, 10PM-11PM, Mon-Fri)
  • Amy Kaufeldt, anchor of Fox at 5 (5PM-6PM, Mon-Fri)
  • Tom Johnson, anchor of Fox 35 Morning News (5AM-9AM, Mon-Fri)
  • Heidi Hatch, anchor of Fox 35 Morning News (5AM-9AM, Mon-Fri)
  • Keith Landry, anchor of Fox at 5 & Fox 35 News at Ten (5PM-6PM & 10PM-11PM, Sat-Sun)

Meteorologists

  • Glenn Richards, chief meteorologist (5PM-6PM, 6PM-6:30PM & 10PM-11PM, Mon-Fri) (AMS)
  • Jim Van Fleet, morning meteorologist (5AM-9AM, Mon-Fri) (NWA)
  • Cris Martinez, morning meteorologist and traffic reporter (5AM-9AM, Mon-Fri) -to replace Jim Van Fleet soon
  • Kristi Powers, weekend meteorologist (5PM-6PM & 10PM-11PM, Sat-Sun)(AMS)

Sports Anchors

  • Thomas Forester, weekday sports anchor/Sports Director
  • Kevin Holden, weekend sports anchor

News Reporters

  • Elizabeth Alvarez, general assignment reporter
  • Holly Bristow, general assignment reporter
  • Alexis Brito, general assignment reporter
  • Shannon Butler, general assignment reporter
  • Steve Gehlbach, general assignment reporter
  • Cheryl Getuiza, general assignment reporter
  • Kelly Joyce, general assignment reporter
  • Lauren LaPonzina, general assignment reporter
  • David Martin, general assignment reporter
  • Patrick Pegues, general assignment reporter
  • Ken Smith, SkyFox reporter
  • Tom Sussi, consumer investigator
  • Christine van Blokland, morning features reporter

Newscast Timeline

  • 1998: Fox 35 News at 10, a 30 minute newscast premieres
  • Fall 1999: Fox 35 News at 10 expands to 1 hour
  • September 2000: Fox 35 Morning News launchs as Good Day Orlando
  • 2002: Added 6am Newscast, later moved to 5am
  • March 2006: Fox at 5 Debuts
  • Fall 2006: Fox at 5 expands to 7 days a week, except for if there is Fox Sports games on that day, in which case the newscast may be moved to 6pm
  • Summer 2007: Fox 35 News at 6 debuts

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Broadcast television in the Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne market  (Nielsen DMA #19)
WESH 2 (NBC) - WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WCEU 15 (PBS) - WKCF 18 (The CW) - W21AU 21 (AZA) - WMFE 24 (PBS) - WVEN 26 (UNI) - WRDQ 27 (Ind) - WRCF 29 (A1) - WTMO 31 (TEL) - WOFL 35 (Fox) - WZXZ 36 (Unknown) - WOTF 43 (TFU) - WLCB 45 (TLN / Faith TV) - WHLV 52 (TBN) - WOPX 56 (ION) - WRBW 65 (MNTV) - WBCC 68 (PBS)
Local digital television channels
WACX 40 (Ind/Rel)
Stations serving Ocala, part of the Orlando market
Ocala: W07BP 7 (Edu.) - WOGX 51 (Fox)
: WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) 
Local cable television channels
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WSVN 7 () - WTVT 13 () - WPGX 28 () - WFLX 29 () - WAWS 30 () - WOFL 35 () - WFTX 36 () - WTLH 49 () - WOGX 51 ( / )
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