KWPX-TV
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| Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma, Washington United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Bellevue, Washington |
| Channels | Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 33 |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ion Media (E. W. Scripps Company) (Ion Media License Company, LLC) |
| History | |
First air date | May 17, 1989 |
Former call signs | KBGE (1989–1998) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 32 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Analog/DT1: ValueVision (until 1998) DT7: Telemundo (until 2021) | |
Call sign meaning | Washington's PaX TV |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 56852 |
| ERP | 400 kW |
| HAAT | 716 m (2,349 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°30′16.3″N 121°58′10″W / 47.504528°N 121.96944°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | iontelevision |
KWPX-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, United States that is licensed to Bellevue. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. KWPX-TV's offices are located on 304th Avenue Southeast in Preston, and its transmitter is located on West Tiger Mountain near Issaquah.
History[]
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The station signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. Its original transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower; the transmitter was later moved to West Tiger Mountain—which is also known as "West Tiger #3". The call letters became KWPX-TV on March 9, 1998, after the station was purchased by Paxson Communications; it had been broadcasting ValueVision home shopping.[1]
As of April 23, 2010, KWPX-TV is broadcasting Ion programming in HD.
As of July 1, 2021 33.5 changed from QVC to DefyTV, stylized with an upside and backwards "f", and 33.6 changed from HSN to TrueReal stylized "TruReal". Prior to this change both channels were shopping channels that advertised consumer goods that viewers purchased over the phone or through the channels matching website.[2]
Technical information[]
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 33.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 33.3 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 33.4 | Grit | Grit | ||
| 33.5 | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||
| 33.6 | TruReal | TrueReal | ||
| 33.7 | NEWSY | Newsy |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[4] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 32 to frequency, channel 33.[5]
References[]
- ^ Levesque, John (November 18, 1997). "Growing Paxson empire extends its reach into Seattle". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. D6.
- ^ https://www.nexttv.com/news/new-scripps-networks-defy-tv-truereal-launch-in-92-of-us
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KWPX". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CDBS Print
External links[]
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- Television stations in Seattle
- Ion Television affiliates
- Court TV affiliates
- Bounce TV affiliates
- Grit (TV network) affiliates
- Defy TV affiliates
- TrueReal affiliates
- Newsy affiliates
- E. W. Scripps Company television stations
- 1989 establishments in Washington (state)
- Television channels and stations established in 1989
- Western United States television station stubs