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Donald Trump speaks to the media in the spin room after the CBS News Republican presidential debate on Feb. 13 in Greenville, S.C. | AP Photo Trump owns GOP media appearances on Fox

Donald Trump and his surrogates dwarf his competitors when it comes to air time on Fox News Channel.

According to analysis from the right-leaning media watchdog Media Research Center, over the past four weeks, Trump spent a total of 178 minutes being interviewed by Fox. Ted Cruz spent 120 minutes on the network, while John Kasich spent 84 minutes.

When candidate surrogates are added into the mix, Trump’s team spent 397 minutes on air for Fox, Cruz’s crew spent 164 minutes in total and Kasich and his allies spent 105 minutes.

Trump’s time spent on Fox is drastically higher than his time on CNN (106 minutes) and MSNBC (43 minutes.) But Cruz spent more time on CNN (133 minutes) and just 35 minutes on MSNBC. The Ohio governor was close on all of his times, registering 106 minutes on CNN and 100 minutes on MSNBC.

The study, which did not include Democratic candidates, took place March 21 to April 15 during weekdays prime time only and did not include debates or rallies.