How many Fox affiliate TV stations are there?
WXIN
On December 6, 2017, reports stated that Sinclair and Fox were working on a deal that would see most of the Fox-affiliated stations whose affiliation contracts were set to expire at the end of the year renew said agreements, in exchange for Sinclair selling some Fox affiliates involved in the Tribune deal or already under the group's ownership directly to Fox Television Stations. The deal would see between six and ten Fox affiliates owned by Sinclair and Tribune in markets with an NFL franchise become Fox owned-and-operated stations. It is not known if WXIN will be one of the stations sold nor how the deal could be brokered with regards to its duopoly with WTTV/WTTK, although the stations being sold to Fox are expected to largely come from Tribune Media (notably KCPQ and its MyNetworkTV-affiliated sister KZJO in Seattle, where Sinclair already owns ABC affiliate KOMO-TV and Univision affiliate KUNS-TV), many of which were previously owned by Fox. (Sinclair may sell additional Fox affiliates to other groups not associated with the company to both address the aforementioned issues and the ownership conflicts that Sinclair and Tribune have in ten markets that largely would be excluded from the side deal with Fox.)
Attempted acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group
On December 6, 2017, it was reported that FTS would purchase up to 10 Fox affiliates from Sinclair (all in NFL markets) once Sinclair's acquisition of Tribune is finalized. The deal would most likely include Seattle's duopoly of KCPQ and KZJO since Sinclair already owns ABC affiliate KOMO-TV and Univision affiliate KUNS-TV. Other Fox affiliates currently owned by either Sinclair or Tribune involving NFL markets include former O&O's in Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, and Milwaukee (none of which are in conflict with FCC regulations, though both Sinclair and Tribune overlap in Milwaukee), as well as stations in Baltimore, Buffalo, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Pittsburgh. (The Baltimore station, being Sinclair's flagship station, likely would not be sold in any event.) FTS would reportedly exchange the Orlando duopoly of WOFL and WRBW as well as semi-satellite WOGX to Sinclair in return. Following the United States Department of Justice giving the OK to the Sinclair–Tribune deal, it was reported that Fox would be purchasing Seattle's KCPQ/KZJO, and is at least interested in the Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, and San Diego Fox affiliates owned by Tribune, as well as some of the other aforementioned Fox affiliates owned by Sinclair and Tribune. The ongoing proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which would not include the sale of the Fox network to The Walt Disney Company (owner of ABC), would reportedly fund the acquisition of stations by Fox.