KFXK
Station Profile
KFXK-TV, FOX51 owned by White Knight Broadcasting, Inc., is a FOX affiliate licensed to Longview, Texas. The station has a strong commitment to serving the communities throughout East Texas. The station produces 18.5 hours of local news produced each week, featuring the only 9PM newscast in the market 7-days a week. A two-hour weekday morning news broadcast was added in 2011. Along with a FOX51 News at 5:30 PM added in 2017. FOX51 weather coverage is enhanced with the experience and weather tools from the East Texas Storm Team, led by Chief Meteorologist, Marcus Bagwell.
FOX51 features some of the top syndicated programs in the nation. Those programs include Mike & Molly, Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Last Man Standing and Seinfeld.
FOX51 is the partner station of the Dallas Cowboys for East Texas. In addition to the Cowboys pre-season games, the station also broadcasts the Dallas Cowboys Coaches Show, Dallas Cowboys Huddle, Special Edition with Jerry Jones, and Texans Late Night 360. The station provides extensive high school football coverage on Friday nights with their locally produced Friday Football Fever Overtime program. The station was one of the first in the market to begin broadcasting local, network and syndicated programming in HD.
Market Profile
Tyler / Longview, TX is in the 106th largest DMA in the United States, with a population of approximately 706,000 and 297,900 television households, as reported by Nielsen Media.
Cable/ADS penetration in the market is estimated to be 53% ADS, 26% Cable and 21% Broadcast as of February 2021 Source: Nielsen Media.
Source: Nielsen Media
Station Contacts
Ward Huey, General Manager / KETK
Cole Dixon, White Knight Employee
Lori Lohr, Office Manager
Joe Spadea, News Director
Kenneth Zurn, Chief Engineer