WGXA

==1982–1986==
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Aside from the brief existence of WETV/WNEX-TV/WOKA-TV from 1953 to 1955, Macon had one commercial television service (WMAZ-TV, channel 13) from 1955 to 1968, when WCWB-TV (channel 41) signed on. WMAZ had been a secondary affiliate of ABC since signing on in 1953, but by the 1970s, Macon was among the largest markets remaining without full three-network service; only cable viewers or those lucky enough to receive stations from Atlanta (WXIA-TV, and from 1980 onwards, WSB-TV) or Columbus (WTVM) could see the full ABC schedule. An effort in 1970 to get WMCN-TV off the ground on channel 24 failed, and it was not until later in the decade that movement started in earnest to bring Middle Georgia its third commercial TV station.
While WGXA made its on-air debut on April 21, 1982, it was nowhere near fully ready. The studio was unlit; equipment was still in boxes, while other components had not yet arrived. Local commercials had to be edited in Atlanta or Columbus. The first local newscast did not air until October 18, six months later.
==1986–1996==
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In February 1995, Russell-Rowe—whose three owners, Russell and two other men, were all past retirement age—filed to sell the station to GOCOM Media of Charlotte, North Carolina, for $11.75 million. GOCOM closed on the sale in July; it replaced the management and announced an infusion of $1 million in cash and the hiring of 20 new staff for the station.
That September, GOCOM announced the station would switch network affiliations from ABC to Fox, a move that the company felt would allow the station to more effectively counterprogram WMAZ with a 10 p.m. local newscast and shows aimed at a younger audience. This displaced Register Communications-owned WPGA-TV (channel 58), which began airing Fox programming in December 1994. WPGA-TV aligned with ABC, setting up an affiliation switch for January 1, 1996.
==1996–1998==
==1998–1999==
==1999–2004==
==2004–2009==
In 2007, Frontier Television Investors, a company owned by Jason R. Wolff, purchased WGXA-TV from Piedmont for $18.7 million, equivalent to $24 million in 2021 dollars.
==2009–2012==
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Under Frontier ownership, ABC returned from WPGA-TV after 13 years to a subchannel of WGXA beginning January 1, 2010. The move was precipitated by two factors, both involving WPGA-TV's owner, Lowell Register: he disapproved of a change by ABC regarding the institution of affiliation fees, and he also decried what he felt was an increasingly risqué program offering from ABC; the new subchannel was branded as "ABC 16", reflecting the physical channel then used for WGXA's broadcasts.
==2012–2017==
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WGXA Fox 24 News - 2012.png|Fox 24 News logo (2012–2015)
WGXA News 2015.jpg|WGXA News logo (2015–2017)
WGXA social logo.png|Variant featuring main and DT2 logos
MemLogoFull_WGXA _Dual ABC 16 Fox 24-Logo.png|WGXA Television variant
==2017–present==
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WGXA Fox 24 (2017, print).svg|Print logo
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WGXA-DT2 ABC 16 2017.svg|WGXA-DT2 (2017–present)
WGXA-DT2 ABC 16 2017 flat.svg|WGXA-DT2 flat logo (2020–present)
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LWH3xHUj 400x400.jpg|WGXA News logo (2017–present)
WGXA News horizonal 2017.jpg|Horizontal variant (2017–present)
FOX24.png|Fox 24 News open (2017–2020)
ABC 16 (WGXA-DT2) 2020 ID.png|WGXA-DT2 ID (2020)
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
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Category:Russell-Rowe Communications, Inc.
Category:Frontier Radio Management
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Category:Grapevine Communications aka GOCOM
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