Hattiesburg Gets Fox Affiliate

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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 is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.