WPXK-TV

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WPXK-TV
Jellico/Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
CityJellico, Tennessee
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 54
BrandingIon
Programming
Subchannels54.1: Ion
54.2: Court TV
54.3: Laff
54.4: Court TV Mystery
54.5: TrueReal
54.6: Newsy
54.7: QVC
Ownership
OwnerIon Media
(a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company)
(Ion Television License, LLC)
Nashville:
WTVF, WNPX-TV
History
First air date
January 1993 (29 years ago) (1993-01)
Former call signs
WPMC (1993–1998)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
54 (UHF, 1993–2009)
Digital:
23 (UHF, until 2019)
Analog/DT1:
HSN (1993–1998, now on DT6)
DT2:
Qubo (2007–2021)
DT3:
Ion Plus
(2007–2021)
DT4:
Ion Shop (2012–2021)
Call sign meaning
PaX TV Knoxville
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52628
ClassDT
ERP1,000 kW[1]
HAAT512.5 m (1,681 ft)[1]
Transmitter coordinates36°0′19″N 83°56′23″W / 36.00528°N 83.93972°W / 36.00528; -83.93972Coordinates: 36°0′19″N 83°56′23″W / 36.00528°N 83.93972°W / 36.00528; -83.93972[1]
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websiteiontelevision.com

WPXK-TV, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 18), is an Ion owned-and-operated television station serving Knoxville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to the town of Jellico near the Kentucky state line. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WPXK-TV's studios are located on Executive Park Drive in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville. Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
54.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion
54.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
54.3 Laff Laff
54.4 Mystery Court TV Mystery
54.5 TrueReal TrueReal
54.6 NEWSY Newsy
54.7 QVC QVC

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK
  3. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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