WXXA-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WXXA-TV
city = Albany, New York
station_
station_slogan = Coverage and Convenience
station_branding = Fox 23
Fox 23 News
analog = 23 (UHF)
digital = 7 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
The Variety Channel
(on DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = July 30, 1982
location = Albany / Schenectady /
Troy, New York
callsign_meaning = XX (most recognizable letter combination) Albany
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Newport Television
licensee = Newport Television License, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Independent (1982-1987)
UPN (secondary, 1995-1997)
effective_radiated_power = 3,675 kW (analog)
10 kW (digital)
HAAT = convert|363|m|ft|0|abbr=on (analog)
convert|434|m|ft|0|abbr=on (digital)
class =
facility_id = 11970
coordinates = coord|42|37|0.2|N|74|0|44.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.fox23news.com/ fox23news.com]

WXXA-TV, channel 23, is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and western New England that is licensed to Albany. Its transmitter is located on Mount Pinnacle in New Scotland. Owned by Newport Television, the station has studios on Corporate Circle on the border of Albany suburbs Colonie and Guilderland. WXXA broadcasts "The Variety Channel" on its second digital subchannel and Time Warner digital cable channel 423. syndicated shows on the station includes: "Tyra", "Montel", "The People's Court", "Everybody Loves Raymond", and "The Simpsons".

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Reporters
"(in alphabetical rrder)"

Previous personnel

* Megan Baker (Former reporter and anchor, worked for Capital News 9 2003-2006, now head of her own public relations firm in Albany.
* [http://www.wnyt.com/dan-bazile.xml?ag=x156&sb=x229 Dan Bazile] (Former reporter/fill-in anchor, was formerly at WNYT, now spokesman for New York State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco)
*Greg Floyd (Original lead anchor and managing editor, downgraded to weekends upon John Gray's arrival, left for WRGB in December 2005)
* [http://noahfrancisweather.blogspot.com/index.html Noah Francis] (Chief meteorologist 1996-2006 and the last on-air talent from the news department's launch to leave the station)
*Molly Line (Reporter and fill-in anchor in the early 2000s, now is a reporter at Fox News Channel)
*Brent Martineau (Weekend sports anchor from 2002 to 2008, now at WTEV-TV/WAWS-TV in Jacksonville, Florida)
*Natalie Martinez (Weeknight co-anchor from 1998 to 2000, previously reporter and original weekend anchor). Now a reporter and fill-in anchor at WMAQ in Chicago)
*Marci Natale (Former reporter, now weekend morning anchor at WRGB)
*Nathan O'Leary (Former reporter/fill-in anchor, now news anchor for INN-Independent News Network)
*Tim Drawbridge (Former weekend meteorologist at Fox23 and WNYT. He left WNYT in May 2008 to become the Public Relations Manager & Spokesperson for the Great Escape)
*Jill Montag (Former reporter and fill-in anchor)
*Allison Seymour (Original co-anchor, now early morning anchor at WTTG in Washington DC)
*Gary Somerset (reporter in the late 1990s)
*Kristin Stinar (Reporter and 6:30 co-anchor with Ann Hughes in the early 2000s, now reporter and fill-in anchor at KSTP-TV in Minneapolis)
*David Wade (Original weekend reporter, then becoming reporter and weeknight anchor at WFXT in Boston)
*Brian Pastiglione (Former reporter and fill-in anchor.)
*Stephanie Gorin (Anchor from 1996-1998, now the lead anchor at WPTZ in Plattsburgh)
*Keith Galley (Former weekend meteorologist.)Outside the realm of news, a few other personalities in WXXA-TV's past could be considered notable
*"Ranger Danger": Played by veteran radio DJ Gary Locatelli (better known as "Uncle Vito" of WPYX), the character of Ranger Danger was a cartoon host/children's show character who developed a cult following until the show was canceled upon Clear Channel's purchase of the station.
*John Mulrooney, by then working for WPYX as morning show sidekick, briefly was a host of the station's late night comedies in 2001.

References

External links

* [http://www.fox23news.com/ WXXA-TV/DT "Fox 23"]
* [http://mobile.fox23news.com/ WXXA wireless]
* [http://www.thevarietychannel.com/ WXXA-DT2 "The Variety Channel"]
*TVQ|WXXA-TV