Hattiesburg Gets Fox Affiliate

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Hattiesburg has its first ever Fox affiliate, according to the network, in WHPM.

It's owned by Waypoint Media, which manages a Fox affiliate in Meridian.

Hattiesburg-Laurel (Miss.) represents DMA No. 167. Raycom's NBC affiliate WDAM is a giant there, while Media General has CBS affiliate WHLT.

WHPM's Fox affiliation was previously reported in the Hattiesburg American newspaper.

WHPM airs on channel 6 on Comcast and channel 23.1 over the air.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.