WNTZ-TV (fictional)

WNTZ-TV, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 15), is a Fox-affiliated television station serving Alexandria, Louisiana, United States that is licensed to Natchez, Mississippi (which is technically part of the Jackson television market). The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WNTZ-TV's studios are located on Parliament Drive in Alexandria, and its main transmitter is located near Jonesville, Louisiana, with two low-power translators in Alexandria and Leesville.

WNTZ's master control operation was located in Lafayette at the studios of then-sister stations KADN-TV and KLAF-LD from 1991 until July 2015. It was then moved to the Baton Rouge studios of NBC affiliate WVLA-TV, fellow Fox affiliate WGMB-TV, CW affiliate WBRL-CD and independent station KZUP-CD.

News operation
WNTZ aired news updates during its first incarnation in the mid 1980s. When it returned to the air in 1991, the station did not broadcast newscasts.

In August 2007, WNTZ debuted Fox News Louisiana AM in Alexandria to counter KALB and KLAX's national morning shows. Produced out of sister station WGMB in Baton Rouge, the newscast featured "local" news segments and eight weather updates an hour. Even though Fox News Louisiana AM was more "localized", content direct from the Alexandria area rarely aired. On December 2, 2008, WGMB cancelled the newscast due to cost-saving measures.

On February 5, 2015, shortly after the sale to Nexstar, WNTZ debuted a third attempt at newscasts, entitled Fox 48 News. Outsourced to sister station ; it is presented from a secondary studio at WTAJ-TV's facilities on 6th Avenue in Altoona and is anchored by Ryan Walle and Rachel Cummings, with other WTAJ-TV anchors and reporters filling-in if needed. Weathercasts are provided by staff from WVLA-TV in Baton Rouge, while WNTZ maintains a small reporting staff in Alexandria.