List of stations owned and operated by Ion Media

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The following is a list of television stations owned by the Ion Media unit of Scripps Networks, a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. [1] [2] This list also includes radio and television stations formerly owned by corporate antecedent Paxson Communications and the company's founder, Lowell "Bud" Paxson.

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Current stations

Stations currently owned by Ion Media
Media market State/Terr.StationAffiliatedPurchasedNotes
Los Angeles California KILM 20182018 [α]
KPXN-TV 19981998
Sacramento KSPX-TV 19981998
San Francisco–Oakland KKPX-TV 19981997
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia WPXW-TV 19981997
Jacksonville Florida WPXC-TV 20002000
Miami–Fort Lauderdale WPXM-TV 19981997
Orlando WOPX-TV 19981998
Tampa–St. Petersburg WXPX-TV **19981994
Atlanta Georgia WPXA-TV 19981996
Chicago Illinois WCPX-TV 19981998
Cedar Rapids Iowa KPXR-TV **19981997
Des Moines KFPX-TV **19981998
New Orleans Louisiana WPXL-TV 20082008
Portland Maine WIPL 20182018
Hagerstown Maryland WWPX-TV 19981994 [A]
Boston Massachusetts WBPX-TV 19991999
Woburn WDPX-TV 19991999 [β]
Minneapolis–St. Paul Minnesota KPXM-TV 19981996
St. Louis Missouri WRBU 20142014
Las Vegas Nevada KMCC 20202020 [γ]
Concord–Manchester New Hampshire WPXG-TV 19991999 [B]
New York New York WPXN-TV 19981997
Syracuse WSPX-TV 19981998
Greenville–New Bern North Carolina WEPX-TV 19981998
Jacksonville WPXU-TV 19991999 [C]
Raleigh–Durham WFPX-TV 19981998 [δ]
WRPX-TV 19981998
Columbus Ohio WSFJ-TV 20182018
Springfield–Dayton WKOI-TV 20182018
Tulsa Oklahoma KTPX-TV **19981997
Portland Oregon KPXG-TV 19981996
Philadelphia Pennsylvania WPPX-TV 19981995
Pittsburgh WINP-TV 20112011
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre WQPX-TV **19981998
Providence Rhode Island WPXQ-TV 19981996
Columbia South Carolina WZRB 20172017
Nashville Tennessee WNPX-TV 19981998
Knoxville WPXK-TV **19981993
Dallas–Fort Worth Texas KPXD-TV **19981996
Houston KPXB-TV 19981995
San Antonio KPXL-TV **19991999
Salt Lake City Utah KUPX-TV 19991999 [γ]
Roanoke–Lynchburg Virginia WPXR-TV 19981997
Seattle–Tacoma Washington KWPX-TV 19981998
Charleston–Huntington West Virginia WLPX-TV 19981998
Milwaukee Wisconsin WPXE-TV 19981995
Wausau WTPX-TV **20012001
  1. ↑ Primary channel is affiliated with Bounce TV.
  2. ↑ Primary channel is affiliated with Grit.
  3. 1 2 Primary channel is an independent.
  4. ↑ Primary channel is affiliated with Laff.
  1. ↑ Satellite of WPXW-TV.
  2. ↑ Satellite of WBPX-TV.
  3. ↑ Satellite of WEPX-TV.

Former stations

Stations formerly owned by Paxson Communications/Ion Media
Media marketState/Terr.StationPurchasedSoldNotes
Birmingham Alabama WPXH-TV 19962021
Phoenix Arizona K67FE 19961999
KPPX-TV 19962021
Fresno California KPXF 19972003
Denver Colorado KPXC-TV 19962021
Hartford–New Haven Connecticut WHPX-TV 19952021
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia WSIT-LP 19961999
Jacksonville Florida WFSJ 19971998
WNZS 19931998
WPLA 19931998 [a]
WROO 19911998
WTLK-FM 19961998
WZNZ 19931998
Key West WAVK 19961998
WFKZ 19961998
WKRY 19961998
Miami–Fort Lauderdale WFTL 19951998
WINZ 19921998
WIOD 19961998
WLVE 19921998
WPLL 19961998
WSRF 19961997
WZTA 19911998
Orlando WJRR 19931998
WMGF 19931998
WPRD 19931998
WQTM 19941998 [b]
WSHE 19961998 [c]
WTKS 19911993 [d]
19961998
WWNZ 19911998
Panama City WDIZ 19961998
WFSY 19961998
WPAP-FM 19961998
WPBH 19961998
WSHF 19961998 [e]
Pensacola WTKX-FM 19961998
WYCL 19961998
Tallahassee WNLS 19961998
WJZT 19961998
WSNI 19961998
WTNT-FM 19961998
WXSR 19961998
Tampa–St. Petersburg WHPT 19911998
WHNZ 19911998
WILV 19971998
WSJT 19931998 [f]
WWQT 19771983
WZTM 19951998 [g]
West Palm Beach WBZT 19951998
WEAT 19971998 [3]
WEAT-FM 19971998 [3]
WIRK-FM 19971998 [3]
WKGR 19951998
WOLL 19971998 [3]
WPBF 19931997
WPXP-TV **19982021
WTVX 19951997 [i]
Honolulu Hawaii KPXO-TV **19982021
Boise Idaho KTRV-TV 20172021
Evansville Indiana WAZE-LP 20142017
Indianapolis WCLJ-TV 20182021
WIPX-TV 20002021
Decatur–Champaign–Springfield Illinois WPXU 19971999
Lexington Kentucky WUPX-TV 20012021
Shreveport Louisiana KPXJ 19972003
Portland Maine WMPX-TV 19992003
Detroit Michigan WPXD-TV 19982021
Battle Creek–Grand Rapids–Lansing WZPX-TV **19962021
Rochester Minnesota KXLT-TV 19961997
Kansas City Missouri KPXE-TV 19972021
St. Louis WPXS 19982005
Albuquerque New Mexico KAPX 19992003
Albany–Schenectady New York WYPX-TV 19972021
Buffalo WPXJ-TV **19992021
Jamestown WNYP-TV **19661970
WXYJ 19631970
Rochester WACK 19621972
New York City WIPX 19961999
Greensboro–High Point North Carolina WGPX-TV 19962021
Akron–Cleveland Ohio WDLI-TV 20182021
WOAC 19951998 [i]
WVPX-TV 19962021
Springfield–Dayton WDPX 19951999
Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOPX-TV **19962021
San Juan Puerto Rico WJPX 19982000
Providence Rhode Island WLWC 20182021
Memphis Tennessee WPXX-TV 20082021
Nashville Tennessee WGIC 19961998 [h]
WGSQ 19941998
WHUB 19961998
WPTN 19941998
Salt Lake City Utah KUPX 19971999
Norfolk–Hampton Roads Virginia WPXV-TV 19972021
Spokane Washington KGPX-TV **19992021
Green Bay Wisconsin WPXG 19971999
  1. 1 2 Owned by Whitehead Media.
  1. ↑ Known as WAIA prior to 1995.
  2. ↑ Known as WWZN prior to 1996.
  3. ↑ Known as WDIZ prior to 1996.
  4. ↑ Known as WSSP prior to 1992, and as WZTU, WHVE and WWNZ-FM throughout 1992.
  5. ↑ Known as WEBZ-FM prior to 1997.
  6. ↑ Known as WEZY prior to 1995.
  7. ↑ Known as WNSE prior to 1996.
  8. ↑ Known as WHUB-FM prior to 1997.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scripps Buys ION Network, Increases National TV Network Footprint," from Cincinnati Public Radio, September 24, 2020
  2. ↑ "Scripps Completes Acquisition Of Ion Media," from TVNewsCheck, 1/7/2021
  3. 1 2 3 4 Waresh, Julie (September 20, 1997). "Westinghouse buy includes local stations". Newspapers.com. The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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