KPXO-TV

Last updated
KPXO-TV
City Kaneohe, Hawaii
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations66.1: Ion Television
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
August 31, 1998(25 years ago) (1998-08-31)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
66 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Digital:
41 (UHF, until 2019)
DT2:
Qubo (until 2021)
DT3:
Ion Plus (until 2021)
DT4:
Ion Shop (until 2021)
Ion Mystery (2021)
DT5:
HSN (until 2021)
DT6:
QVC (2021)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV Oahu
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 77483
ERP 0.68 kW (DTS1)
17 kW (DTS2)
HAAT 80.9 m (265 ft) (DTS1)
713 m (2,339 ft) (DTS2)
Transmitter coordinates 21°25′20.5″N157°45′25.1″W / 21.422361°N 157.756972°W / 21.422361; -157.756972 (DTS1)
21°24′11.8″N158°5′52.8″W / 21.403278°N 158.098000°W / 21.403278; -158.098000 (DTS2)
Links
Public license information
Website iontelevision.com

KPXO-TV (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, KPXO-TV maintains offices on Waimanu Street in Honolulu. Its primary transmitter is located north of Kailua, with a secondary transmitter in Akupu, Hawaii.

Contents

KPXO-TV was a charter affiliate of the network when it began as Pax TV in 1998. Even though it does not have any satellite stations, KPXO-TV is available on cable statewide.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KPXO-TV [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
66.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
66.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
66.3Grit Grit
66.4Defy Defy TV
66.5Scripps Scripps News
66.6Jewelry Jewelry TV
66.7HSN HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

In 2009, KPXO left analog channel 66, continuing on digital channel 41 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. [3]

On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KPXO-TV will relocate to RF channel 32 [4] by April 12, 2019 [5] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction. [6]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KPXO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for KPXO
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Repack Plan". RabbitEars.info. RabbitEars.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "Transition Schedule". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. Meisch, Charlie. "FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2017.