WMXB

WMXB (channel 11) is a television station in Mexico Beach, Florida, United States, broadcasting as the city's ABC affiliate. Syndicated programming on WMXB includes Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Wheel of Fortune, and Dr. Phil among others.
==History==
The station first began in 1954 as a CBS affiliate on channel 9, it was owned by Mexico Beach Television, Inc. until 1974, when the station was bought by Storer Communications which owned it until 1995 when Sinclair Broadcast Group purchassed it and owns it today.
===Switch to ABC (2015-present)===
Due to similar switches that occurred on New Years Day 2015, the station switched to ABC and moved to channel 11. CBS programming moved to then-NBC affiliate WUFD (channel 6). That same year, the station added a Buzzr affiliate on digital subchannel 11.3, a few days later, the Escape network was added to digital subchannel 11.4.
==Logos==
WMXB ID 1982.png|WMXB logo from 1982; promoting CBS's Great Moments campaign
WMXB 1986.png|WMXB logo from 1986; promoting CBS's Share the Spirit campaign
WMXB 1998 ID.png|WMXB logo from 1998 promoting CBS's The Address is CBS...Welcome Home campaign Series 2
WMXB current logo.png|WMXB logo from 2001-2015 as a CBS affiliate
WMXB.png|Unused 2015 logo
WMXB Promo for ABC's The Bachelorette from 2015.png|WMXB Promo for ABC's The Bachelorette from 2015
WMXB 2015.png|WMXB logo (2015-2018)
==News/Station Presentation==
===Newscast Titles===
*The Texaco News Report (1954-1961)
*WMXB-TV News (1961-1967)
*NewsScene 9 (1967-1973)
*NewsTeam 9 (1973-1978)
*TV-9 Newswatch (1978-1982)
*TV-9 News (1982-1987)
*Channel 9 News (1987-1996)
*WMXB News 9 (1996-2001)
*NewsChannel 9 (2001-2014)
*NewsChannel 11 (2015–present)
===Station Slogans===
*Mexico Beach's 24-Hour News Team (newscasts; 1999–present)
*The Best is Right Here on TV-9/TV-9 is Easy on the Eyes (1973-1974)
*See the Best...TV-9 (1974-1975)
*Catch the Brightest Stars on TV-9 (1975-1976)
*There's Something in the Air on TV-9 (1976-1977)
*TV-9, Turn Us On, We'll Turn You On (1977-1978)
*We're Looking Good on TV-9 (1978-1980)
*TV-9, Looking Good Together (1980-1981)
*Reach for the Stars on TV-9 (1981-1982)
*Great Moments on TV-9 (1982-1983)
*February Looks Great on TV-9 (1983)
*We've Got the Touch, You and TV-9 (1983-1984)
*TV-9, The February Touch (1984)
*You and TV-9, We've Got the Touch (1984-1985)
*We've Got the Touch on TV-9 (1985-1986)
*Share the Spirit on TV-9 (1986-1987)
*Channel 9 Spirit, oh yes. (1987-1988)
*You Can Feel It on Channel 9 (1988-1989)
*Get Ready for Channel 9 (1989-1991)
*The Look of Mexico Beach is Channel 9 (1991-1992)
*This is CBS, on Channel 9 (1992-1994)
*I am Channel 9 People (1994-1995)
*You're on Channel 9 (1995-1996)
*Welcome Home to a Channel 9 Night (1996-1997)
*The Address is Channel 9...Welcome Home (1997-2000)
*WMXB 9, It's All Here (2000-2005)
*We Are WMXB 9, We Are CBS (2005-2009)
*Only WMXB 9, Only CBS (2009-2015)
===Current On-Air Staff (year joined in parentheses) ===
*Shanna Cortez - News Director
*Angie Hicks - anchor; weekday mornings "NewsChannel 11 This Morning" and "NewsChannel 11 at Noon" (2008)
*Rick Lamberson - anchor; weekday mornings "NewsChannel 11 This Morning" and "NewsChannel 11 at Noon" (1990)
*Tom Bach - anchor; weeknights at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 (1977)
*Natasha Barnes - anchor; weeknights at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 (2018)
*Madison Wheel - anchor; weekend evenings (2015)
===StormCenter 11 Meteorologists===
*Jake Harris - meteorologist; weekday mornings "NewsChannel 11 This Morning" and "NewsChannel 11 at Noon" (2007)
*Joe-Nathan Stormies - chief meteorologist (AMS/CBM Seal of Approval); weeknights at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 (2017)
*Francisco Palacio - meteorologist; weekend evenings (2017)
===NewsChannel 11 Sports Team===
*Joe Landis - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 (1999)
*Steven Wehde - sports reporter; weekend evenings (1988)
===Current On-Air Reporters===
*Brenda Dean - multi-media journalist
*Lance Dupree - multi-media journalist
*Natalie Martinez - multi-media journalist
*Paul Macias - multi-media journalist
*Hilda Weston - multi-media journalist
*Rosanne Shuford - multi-media journalist
===Former on-air staff===
*Edgar Rios - chief meteorologist (1983-2017; retried in 2017)
*Kerri Priego - anchor (1986-2018)
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:Channel 11
Category:Mexico Beach, FL
Category:Florida
Category:Sinclair Broadcast Group
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1954
Category:Former CBS affiliates