KFXT (TV)

KFXT, virtual channel 21 (digital channel 26), is an dual Fox/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate KKWW. Both stations share studios at the ABC7 Reports newscenter on Cochise Drive in downtown Flagstaff, while KFXT's transmitter is located southeast of Flagstaff in rural Coconino County.

As KWOC-TV
On November 14, 1979, KFXT would launch as KWOC-TV. The station was originally owned by Palmer Communications, which is primarily owned by the family of B.J. Palmer (founder of the company), and KWOC-TV's call-letters were based on the call-letters of WOC-TV, which was Palmer's flagship station at the time.

The station was an independent station, and mostly aired syndicated cartoons, movies and sitcoms, as well as reruns of a bunch of old network programming that no longer aired on KPHF-TV, KOAI-TV, or KKWW.

It was the only station owned by Palmer Communications to not be an affiliate of NBC, as NBC already signed a local affiliation deal with KOAI-TV (now KNAZ-TV), which is still an affiliate of NBC to this day.

On October 9, 1986, KWOC-TV would become a charter affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company. The station, however, was still considered a de-facto independent considering that Fox only had 1 show during, and only provided weekend primetime programming back in 1987 and it didn't provide weekly primetime programming until September 1993.

As KFXT
On July 8, 1987, KWOC-TV would change its call-letters to KFXT to reflect on its affiliation with the Fox network (in a similar manner to then Fox O&O, WFXT). The station would adopt its longtime "Fox 21" in 1990, to fit with Fox's branding conventions.

The Palmers sold off their broadcast holdings in 1996, while WHO-TV and KFOR-TV were sold to The New York Times Company, and WOC-TV (which changed its call-letters to KWQC-TV in 1986) was sold to Broad Green Television back in 1989, KFXT was instead sold to Cocola Broadcasting. The sale of the three stations closed on May 14, 1996.

Shortly after the sale, Cocola Broadcasting would enter a LMA deal with McGraw-Hill (owner of KKWW) in which KKWW would provide programming, as well as newscasts for the station.

Acquisition by McGraw Hill, and then E.W. Scripps
In October 20, 2001, McGraw Hill would purchase KFXT outright from Cocola Broadcasting, forming a duopoly with KKWW. In a normal situation, a duopoly with 2 affiliates of one of the big 4 networks is normally not allowed.

However, according to local Nielsen ratings, KKWW ranked second, while KFXT ranked fifth, and because the FCC allows a station above 5th place to form a duopoly with a station at or below 5th place, the purchase of KFXT was allowed to happen. When the purchase happened, it made KFXT the first non-ABC affiliate they have owned since 1996, as well as the company's first Fox affiliate.

On February 22, 2006, News Corporation (the owners of the Fox network) announced the launch of a new network known as MyNetworkTV, with its intended purpose to serve as an alternative to The CW for stations that failed to receive that channel. KFXT's DT2 subchannel would become a launch affiliate of the network on September 5, 2006.

On October 3, 2011, McGraw Hill would sell its broadcasting assets to the E. W. Scripps Company for $212 million. The sale received FCC approval on November 29, 2011, and was formally consummated on December 30. This made KKWW and KFXT sister stations of adjacent ABC affiliate KNXV-TV in Phoenix.