WEPX-TV

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WEPX-TV
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 1998(25 years ago) (1998-12)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 38 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012), 26 (UHF, 2012–2019)
MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning
"Eastern Carolina's Pax"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 81508
ERP 850 kW
HAAT 275 m (902 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 35°12′2.6″N77°11′12.8″W / 35.200722°N 77.186889°W / 35.200722; -77.186889
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Public license information
Website iontelevision.com
Satellite station
WPXU-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
History
FoundedSeptember 20, 1994
First air date
July 26, 1999(24 years ago) (1999-07-26)
Former call signs
WFXZ-TV (July–December 1999)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1999–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Technical information [2]
Facility ID 37971
ERP 425 kW
HAAT 218.4 m (717 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 34°29′42″N77°29′18″W / 34.49500°N 77.48833°W / 34.49500; -77.48833
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Public license information

WEPX-TV (channel 38) is a television station licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to Eastern North Carolina. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains a transmitter northwest of New Bern, North Carolina.

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WPXU-TV (channel 35) in Jacksonville, North Carolina, operates as a full-time satellite of WEPX-TV. WPXU covers areas of southeastern North Carolina that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WEPX, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise, including in Jacksonville proper. WPXU is a straight simulcast of WEPX; on-air references to WPXU are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WPXU does not maintain any physical presence locally in Jacksonville.

WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of MyNetworkTV from September 5, 2006, until September 27, 2009, when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i: Independent Television and originally known as Pax TV).

Technical information

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

Subchannels of WEPX-TV [3] and WPXU-TV [4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
WEPX-TVWPXU-TV
38.135.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
38.235.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
38.335.3Grit Grit
38.435.4Laff Laff
38.535.5IONPlus Ion Plus
38.635.6SCRIPPS Scripps News
38.735.7Jewelry Jewelry TV
38.835.8HSN HSN
38.935.9QVC QVC

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, [5] WEPX-TV did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital television station. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008. WEPX has filed a letter with the FCC requesting to move from channel 51 to channel 26. This was part of a larger move for the FCC to get TV stations off channel 51 to prevent interference with cell phone devices.[ citation needed ]

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WPXU has been carried on cable in Carolina Beach, which is within the Wilmington media market.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WEPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WPXU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for WEPX
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for WPXU
  5. "Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115". Transmitter.com. May 28, 1997. Retrieved March 24, 2024.