FOX 61 News

What FOX 61 News does

FOX 61 News (legal name WTIC-TV) is a local broadcast television station headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, serving the Hartford-New Haven television market and surrounding Connecticut communities. Operating as a FOX network affiliate since its founding in 1984, the station is owned and operated by TEGNA (NYSE: TGNA), a publicly traded broadcast and digital media company. FOX 61 distributes free over-the-air programming through traditional broadcast transmission and extends reach via cable carriage (Comcast, Frontier, Charter Spectrum), satellite distribution (DirecTV, Dish Network), and its proprietary FOX61+ streaming application. Content spans local news, weather, sports (including UConn athletics, the Travelers Championship, and Connecticut high school sports), and community programming.

The station's product suite centers on the fox61.com news website and integrates a dedicated mobile app, weather services with live radar and forecasting modules, a community photo/video platform ("Near Me"), and audio content through the Locked On Podcast Network. Distribution channels include email newsletters, social media, YouTube, and the FOX61+ streaming service on connected devices. Revenue is generated entirely through advertising — both traditional television ad sales during news programming and digital/streaming advertising (display, pre-roll, sponsored content) on the website and streaming platforms — with content provided free to viewers. The audience is geographically segmented as Connecticut residents across all demographics, and the station differentiates through deep local coverage, weather expertise, and community engagement initiatives such as the ImpaCT Awards (with United Way) and Student News Awards program. No standalone revenue, funding, or headcount data is disclosed; the entity operates as a subsidiary asset within TEGNA's national station portfolio.

Name

FOX 61 News

Legal name

WTIC-TV

Website

https://fox61.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

FOX 61 News (WTIC-TV) is a Hartford-based FOX affiliate television station serving Connecticut, owned by TEGNA. It delivers local news, weather, sports, and community content free over-the-air and via cable, satellite, and its FOX61+ streaming platform, monetized through advertising.

Ownership category

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NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (516120), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

News OTT & Live News Streaming Channels (MPABAHAK), Rolling News & Breaking News Channels (MPABAIAH)

Keywords

• Local news broadcasting
• Weather forecasting
• Television advertising
• Digital news platform
• Sports coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Hartford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Television Advertising: Revenue generated from commercial advertising airtime sold to local and regional businesses during news programming and other shows. Advertisers include local businesses, automotive dealers, healthcare providers, and retail establishments targeting Connecticut viewers.
2. Digital/Streaming Advertising: Online advertising revenue from fox61.com website and FOX61+ streaming platform, including display ads, pre-roll video advertisements, and sponsored content.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FOX 61 News (WTIC-TV) is a Connecticut local broadcast television station that produces and distributes local news, weather forecasts, and sports coverage to viewers across the Hartford-New Haven market. Content is delivered free to audiences through over-the-air broadcast, cable/satellite carriage, the fox61.com website, and the FOX61+ streaming application, with revenue generated through television and digital advertising sales.

Product overview

FOX 61 News (WTIC-TV) operates as a regional television news station's digital platform offering a comprehensive suite of news and information products. The core offering is the FOX61 News Website delivering local Connecticut news, national/world coverage, weather, sports, entertainment, and live streaming video. The platform includes dedicated mobile application (FOX61+), specialized weather services with radar and forecasts, a sports podcast network (Locked On), high school and UConn sports coverage, user-generated content features (Near Me), community impact journalism (Making an ImpaCT), and closings/delays tracking. The product architecture functions as a unified news platform with integrated weather and sports modules rather than a modular platform-plus-components structure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FOX61+: Streaming service for watching FOX61 content on streaming devices
• FOX61 Business Report
• FOX61 Student News Awards
• ImpaCT Awards

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United WaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOX61 partners with United Way of Connecticut to present the annual ImpaCT Awards, honoring community heroes. This partnership combines FOX61's media reach with United Way's community focus to highlight transformative work in healthcare, housing, financial empowerment, and education across Connecticut.
• Locked On Podcast NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFOX61 incorporates content from the Locked On Podcast Network, including team-specific shows for New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, and other professional and college sports teams. This provides additional sports content for viewers.
• TEGNAcoreOthersFOX61 (WTIC-TV) is owned and operated by TEGNA, a publicly traded broadcast and digital media company. TEGNA provides corporate infrastructure, technology systems, advertising sales support, and content distribution platforms for the station.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fox61news
• Facebookfacebook.com/fox61news

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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