FOX gets SF Bay area support after affiliate shuffle

Deadline is reporting that FOX and Cox have switched up a couple of affiliate stations which will see the house that Homer built become a decent player in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Fox Television Stations will become a power in the San Francisco Bay area as a result of this deal. It will pick up its SF area affiliate KTVU and independent KICU and give Cox Media Group WHBQ in Memphis and WFXT in Boston — which will remain Fox affiliates — the companies say. 

Not only will FOX become a big deal in the area, but they also get a much trendier market to play with in terms of local television which is good because some of FOX’s affiliates just act so old-fashioned and usually complain whenever something is broadcasted which flies over their collective heads.