WZDX

WZDX is the Fox-affiliated television station for North Alabama's Tennessee Valley. Licensed to Huntsville, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 41 (or virtual channel 54.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast in Madison County (in Huntsville). Owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, WZDX is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate "WAMY-TV" and the two share studios on North Memorial Parkway/US 72/US 231/US 431 in Huntsville. Syndicated programming on WZDX includes: The Big Bang Theory, Dr. Phil, Mike & Molly, and Judge Mathis among others.

History

WZDX first signed on April 14, 1984 as Northern Alabama's first independent station and the area's first new outlet to launch in nearly twenty years. The station originally broadcast in analog on channel 54. The inaugural program shown was an airing of the 1968 film Charly. The station's transmitter was on Green Mountain in Southeastern Huntsville while its studios were in the northwestern section of the city. During the first months after its beginning, WZDX used the slogan "We're Taking You to the Top!" and ran full page ads in The Huntsville Times with this tagline and with still pictures of old movies and syndicated TV shows that the station planned to air.