KFOX14

Local Television Broadcastingkfoxtv.com

KFOX14 is a Fox-affiliated local television station serving El Paso, Texas and southern New Mexico, delivering local news, weather, sports, and traffic coverage via over-the-air broadcast, digital, mobile, and social channels under parent Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Company typePrivate
Founded1979
HeadquartersEl Paso, United States
Headcount1,001–5,000
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What KFOX14 does

KFOX14 (also known as KFOX-TV) is a Fox-affiliated local television station serving the El Paso, Texas metropolitan area and adjacent Dona Ana County in New Mexico. The station operates as a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI), a large publicly traded media conglomerate headquartered in Maryland. KFOX14 delivers local news, weather forecasting, sports coverage, traffic reporting, and community-focused programming to Borderland residents through traditional over-the-air broadcasting on digital channel 14.1 and across digital distribution channels. The station's coverage differentiates on Borderland-specific issues including immigration, cross-border activity, and desert Southwest weather patterns.

The station's product portfolio encompasses a core broadcast news operation supplemented by a dedicated weather service with radar, hurricane tracking, and live weather cameras, local sports coverage of teams such as the El Paso Chihuahuas, El Paso Locomotive, and El Paso Rhinos, a traffic reporting service with bridge times and gas tracking, and a financial news section covering deposits, investing, mortgages, and loans. Distribution extends across over-the-air broadcast, cable and satellite carriage, the kfoxtv.com website, iOS and Android mobile applications, live streaming, podcasts (including Open Mic), and social media channels on Facebook, Twitter/X (@kfox14), Instagram (kfox14news/), TikTok (@kfoxtv), and YouTube. The station produces branded community programs such as Built in the Borderland, The Breakdown, Becoming the Badge, and ARC El Paso, which target specific local verticals and create sponsorable inventory.

KFOX14's business model is advertising-supported rather than subscription-based, generating revenue from ad sales rather than direct consumer charges; pricing is not disclosed because viewing is free. The station occupies the Fox affiliate position in the El Paso DMA, providing distinctive hyperlocal coverage that competes with other network affiliates in the market. The entity is not publicly traded as a standalone company; all financial reporting is consolidated under parent Sinclair Broadcast Group, and individual station-level financials are not separately disclosed.

KFOX14 firmographics

Firmographics

Name: KFOX14
Legal name: Sinclair Broadcast Group (KFOX14)
Website: https://kfoxtv.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1979
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1,001–5,000 employees
Short description: KFOX14 is a Fox-affiliated local television station serving El Paso, Texas and southern New Mexico, delivering local news, weather, sports, and traffic coverage via over-the-air broadcast, digital, mobile, and social channels under parent Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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KFOX14 industry classification

Industry

Product category: Local Television Broadcasting
NAICS: Television Broadcasting Stations (516120), Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations (5161)
SIC: Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)
akta.pro primary industry: Network-Affiliated Local TV Stations (ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/CW/Telemundo/Univision, etc.) (MPABACAE)
akta.pro secondary industry: Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

Local television news
Broadcast media
Weather forecasting
Traffic reporting
Community news coverage

Where KFOX14 is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: El Paso
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

KFOX14 business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

KFOX14 product offering

Product offering

Core offering

KFOX14 is a Fox-affiliated local television station (KFOX-TV) serving the El Paso, Texas and Southern New Mexico borderland market. It produces and distributes local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, sports coverage, and community-focused programming through over-the-air broadcast, cable/satellite carriage, a digital website (kfoxtv.com), mobile applications, live streaming, and podcasts.

Product overview

KFOX14 is a local television news station in El Paso, Texas, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station operates as a single unified broadcast platform offering local news, weather, sports, entertainment, traffic, and financial content through traditional television broadcasting, a companion mobile app, live streaming, and podcast services. The core offering is real-time news broadcasting supplemented by community-focused programming segments like 'Becoming the Badge,' 'The Breakdown,' and 'ARC El Paso,' along with weather services featuring radar and hurricane tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

KFOX14 News Broadcasting Local television news broadcasting service covering El Paso, Texas and surrounding areas including local news, national/world news, sports, entertainment, and crime news for local viewers.
KFOX14 Weather Service

Companies that use KFOX14

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

KFOX14 technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
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KFOX14 partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

KFOX14 competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

KDBC-TV (CBS 4 El Paso): Direct in-market competitor: KDBC is the CBS-affiliated local TV station in the El Paso DMA, also owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, covering the same geography with the same news/broadcast model and competing head-to-head for viewers and advertisers.
KVIA-TV (ABC-7 El Paso): Direct in-market competitor: KVIA is the ABC-affiliated local TV station serving El Paso and Las Cruces, offering local news, weather, and sports on the same broadcast/website/app stack, competing for the same audience and ad dollars.
KTSM-TV (NBC-9 El Paso): Direct in-market competitor: KTSM is the NBC-affiliated local television station in the El Paso market, providing news, weather, and sports across broadcast and digital channels — a head-to-head rival for KFOX14's audience and advertisers.
Telemundo El Paso (KTDO / KISS): Direct competitor in the El Paso border market: Telemundo's local affiliate targets the bilingual/Hispanic viewer pool that is heavily represented in El Paso, offering Spanish-language news and weather programming parallel to KFOX14's English-language coverage.

Broad incumbents

Nexstar Media Group local stations: Broad incumbent peer: Nexstar is the largest U.S. local TV broadcaster with ~200 stations across NBC/ABC/CBS/FOX affiliations, overlapping with KFOX14's broadcast-and-digital operating model, ad-sales structure, and group-level scale economics.
Gray Television: Broad incumbent peer: Gray operates ~180 local TV stations across mid-size U.S. markets with a comparable news/local-content + digital monetization model to KFOX14/Sinclair, making it a directly comparable group-station operator.
TEGNA (now part of Nexstar) local stations: Broad incumbent peer: TEGNA (acquired by Nexstar in 2025) ran a portfolio of network-affiliated local TV stations with strong digital/mobile platforms, mirroring KFOX14's free, ad-supported, multi-channel local news strategy.

Others

Sinclair Broadcast Group (corporate): Parent company / enabling peer: Sinclair is the publicly traded owner/operator of KFOX14 and provides shared news-gathering technology, back-office services, and national ad-sales scale to the station.
E.W. Scripps (Scripps News / local stations): Adjacent/ecosystem peer: E.W. Scripps operates network-affiliated local TV stations and a national news network, overlapping with KFOX14's broadcast-and-digital local news model and competing for the same national advertiser budgets.

Emerging players

WFLD-TV (Fox 32 Chicago): Emerging peer: another Fox-network-affiliated Sinclair-owned local TV station running the same brand template, newsroom structure, and digital product stack as KFOX14, useful as a same-affiliation benchmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

KFOX14 financial estimates

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KFOX14 leadership team

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KFOX14 funding detail

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Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

KFOX14 M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about KFOX14

What does KFOX14 do?

Is KFOX14 a public or private company?

KFOX14 is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was KFOX14 founded?

KFOX14 was founded in 1979. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.

Where is KFOX14 based?

KFOX14 is headquartered in El Paso, United States, in the North America region.

Who are KFOX14's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are KDBC-TV (CBS 4 El Paso), KVIA-TV (ABC-7 El Paso), KTSM-TV (NBC-9 El Paso) and Telemundo El Paso (KTDO / KISS). Broad incumbents are Nexstar Media Group local stations, Gray Television and TEGNA (now part of Nexstar) local stations. Others are Sinclair Broadcast Group (corporate) and E.W. Scripps (Scripps News / local stations). WFLD-TV (Fox 32 Chicago) is listed as an emerging player.

Does KFOX14 have an API?

No public API is recorded for KFOX14.

What industry is KFOX14 in?

KFOX14's product category is Local Television Broadcasting. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPABACAE, Network-Affiliated Local TV Stations (ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/CW/Telemundo/Univision, etc.), with a secondary code of MPABACAJ, Local News & Weather Stations. Its NAICS code is 516120 and its SIC code is 4833.