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WACH FOX (pronounced "Watch FOX") is the FOX affiliate serving Columbia, SC, the 79th television market. This market is in the heart of South Carolina, in the state's capital, serving eleven counties better known as the Midlands. It covers more than 350,000 television households with more than 210,000 households located in our metro counties, Richland and Lexington.

WACH FOX strongly identifies with a population impacted by three large military installations, nine colleges and more than six hospitals. 

WACH FOX is a full-power UHF station that began broadcasting in 1980 as a Christian Independent Station and became a FOX affiliate in 1988. WACH broadcasts its signal on channel 48. The station can also be seen on both DirecTV and DISH Network.

WACH FOX is the home of WACH FOX News at Ten, Columbia's only primetime newscast, which is among the highest-rated late newscasts among FOX affiliates in the country. WACH FOX News at Ten celebrated 15 years of service in the Midlands on March 6, 2010. WACH FOX is also the home of Good Day Columbia, Columbia's only four hour, all-local morning program.  

The station is aggressive in its community service efforts, including "Waiting Child WACH," “Teens to WACH”, Hire our Heroes, Change for Change Art Auction & Fundraiser, annual Red Cross Blood Drive “Drive for Life”, American Heart Association partnership – Go Red for Women, Heart Ball, and Annual Midlands Heart Walk, and the annual "Share Your Holiday Food Drive" for Harvest Hope Food Bank, the largest food drive in the state. WACH FOX is committed to providing viewers with quality shows such as GLEE, American Idol, NASCAR, Major League Baseball and the NFL; and syndicated programming such as The Simpsons, Two and a Half Men, and Big Band Theory.

WACH FOX is owned by Barrington Broadcast Group, LLC, which also owns WPDE NewsChannel 15 in Myrtle Beach.

Our mailing address is:

WACH FOX
1400 Pickens Street
Suite 600
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 252-5757

Do you want to learn more about the WACH FOX news team? Click here to meet the team!

Do you want to join our team? Click here to see available jobs with WACH FOX.

Do you want to learn more about the WACH FOX news policy? Click here to read it.

Required Report Documents:

EEO Report 2009-2010 
Children's Commercial Certification
FCC Form 398
Quarterly Issues Report