KFPX-TV
Newton/Des Moines, Iowa United States | |
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City | Newton, Iowa |
Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 39 |
Branding | Ion |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 39.1: Ion Television 39.2: Court TV 39.3: Laff 39.4: Court TV Mystery 39.5: Defy TV 39.6: TrueReal 39.7: Newsy |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ion Media (a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company) (Ion Media License Company, LLC) |
History | |
First air date | August 31, 1998 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 39 (UHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 2009–2018) |
DT2: Qubo (until 2021) DT3: Ion Plus (until 2021) DT4: Ion Shop (until 2021) DT5: QVC (until 2021) DT6: HSN (until 2021) | |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 81509 |
Class | DT |
ERP | 270 kW |
HAAT | 564 m (1,850 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°48′35″N 93°37′17″W / 41.80972°N 93.62139°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | iontelevision |
KFPX-TV, virtual channel 39 (UHF digital channel 36), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Des Moines, Iowa, United States that is licensed to Newton. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. KFPX-TV's offices are located on 114th Street in Urbandale,[1] and its transmitter is located in Alleman, Iowa.
Newscasts[]
For a short time in 2001, KFPX ran a prime-time newscast produced by NBC affiliate WHO-TV (channel 13) to compete with Fox affiliate KDSM-TV (channel 17)'s Fox News at Nine (which WHO eventually took over from CBS affiliate KGAN in Cedar Rapids). After that newscast was cancelled, KFPX reran WHO-TV's 10:00 p.m. newscasts on a 30-minute delay until early 2005.
Technical information[]
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
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39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
39.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
39.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
39.4 | Mystery | Court TV Mystery | ||
39.5 | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||
39.6 | TruReal | TrueReal | ||
39.7 | Newsy | Newsy |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KFPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 39, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 39.[2]
Former transmitter site[]
KFPX previously maintained transmitter facilities in Baxter, Iowa. Due to its short tower height, the station's broadcasting radius was largely confined to the immediate Des Moines area, although some southern and western suburbs may have had difficulty picking up the station's signal.[3] Therefore, KFPX relied on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market. With the move to Alleman, KFPX now provides over-the-air coverage comparable to the market's other stations.
References[]
- ^ "ION - Positively Entertaining".
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
External links[]
- Ion Television affiliates
- Court TV affiliates
- Laff (TV network) affiliates
- Court TV Mystery affiliates
- Defy TV affiliates
- TrueReal affiliates
- Newsy affiliates
- E. W. Scripps Company television stations
- Television channels and stations established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in Iowa
- Television stations in Des Moines, Iowa
- Newton, Iowa