WPXK-TV
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(February 2024) |
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| City | Jellico, Tennessee |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1993 |
Former call signs | WPMC (1993–1998) |
Former channel number(s) |
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| HSN(1993–1998, now on DT8) | |
Call signmeaning | Pax TV Knoxville |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52628 |
| ERP | 1,000kW[1] |
| HAAT | 512.5 m (1,681 ft)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°0′19″N83°56′23″W/ 36.00528°N 83.93972°W[1] |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | iontelevision |
WPXK-TV(channel 54) is atelevision stationlicensed toJellico, Tennessee,United States, broadcasting theIon Televisionnetwork to theKnoxvillearea.Owned and operatedby theIon Mediasubsidiary of theE. W. Scripps Company,the station has offices on Executive Park Drive in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located onSharp's RidgeinNorth Knoxville.[1]Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 54.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 54.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 54.4 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
| 54.5 | Scripps | Scripps News | ||
| 54.6 | Jewelry | JTV | ||
| 54.7 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 54.8 | HSN | HSN | ||
| 54.9 | QVC2 | QVC2 |
Analog-to-digital conversion
[edit]WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, overUHFchannel 54, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23,[4]usingvirtual channel54.
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.March 4, 2019.RetrievedMarch 4,2019.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WPXK-TV".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK
- ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"(PDF).RetrievedMarch 24,2012.