KGPX-TV

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KGPX-TV
City Spokane, Washington
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
FoundedApril 2, 1998
First air date
August 1, 1999(24 years ago) (1999-08-01)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 34 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV (predecessor network to Ion)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 81694
ERP 104 kW
HAAT 450 m (1,476 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 47°35′57.2″N117°18′1.2″W / 47.599222°N 117.300333°W / 47.599222; -117.300333
Links
Public license information
Website iontelevision.com

KGPX-TV (channel 34) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with Ion Television and owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings. The station's studios are co-located with NBC affiliate KHQ-TV (channel 6) on West Sprague Avenue in Spokane, and its transmitter is on Krell Hill southeast of the city.

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History

On April 2, 1998, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Paxson Communications for a full-service television station serving Spokane. On May 15, 1998, the FCC issued the call letters KBEU. It was the fourth television station granted such a permit on channel 34 since 1984. The previous station, low-power K34DU, reportedly signed on in 1997 and is mistakenly thought to have been the same station as KGPX.

Two months after the original construction permit was granted, the station changed its call letters June 12, 1998, to KGPX to reflect the new Pax network (the predecessor to Ion), of which the station was to be a part. KGPX signed on the air August 1, 1999. KGPX's license was issued on June 30, 2000.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KGPX-TV [1]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
34.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
34.2 480i 4:3 Bounce Bounce TV
34.3Grit Grit
34.4Mystery Ion Mystery
34.5Defy TV Defy TV
34.6SCRIPPS Scripps News
34.7QVC2 QVC2
34.8Jewelry Jewelry Television

Analog-to-digital conversion

KGPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 34, [2] because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.

KGPX twice attempted to secure a companion digital allocation on channel 43 through a complex Negotiated Channel Election Arrangement with 19 other stations in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, but was denied by the FCC due to interference issues. [3]

Other channel 34 stations in Spokane

KGPX was the fourth television station to be granted an original construction permit on channel 34 in Spokane, Washington.

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References

  1. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for KGPX". rabbitears.info. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
  3. ↑ http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101045072&formid=382&fac_num=81694 [ dead link ]
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