WPXU-TV

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WPXU-TV
Satellite of WEPX-TV,
Greenville, North Carolina
Jacksonville, North Carolina
United States
ChannelsDigital: 16 (UHF)
Virtual: 35
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations35.1: Ion Television
35.2: Court TV
35.3: Grit
35.4: Laff
35.5: Defy TV
35.6: TrueReal
35.7: Newsy
Ownership
OwnerIon Media
(a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company)
(Ion Television License, LLC)
WEPX-TV
History
FoundedSeptember 20, 1994
First air date
July 26, 1999 (22 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)
Former affiliations
Secondary:
MyNetworkTV (2006–2009)
Call sign meaning
"Pax"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID37971
ERP425 kW
HAAT218.4 m (717 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°29′42″N 77°29′18″W / 34.49500°N 77.48833°W / 34.49500; -77.48833
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websiteiontelevision.com

WPXU-TV, virtual channel 35 (UHF digital channel 16), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WPXU-TV's transmitter is located near Holly Ridge, North Carolina.

WPXU-TV operates as a full-time satellite of Greenville-licensed WEPX-TV (channel 38). 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.

WPXU-TV and WEPX-TV 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 station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
35.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
35.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
35.3 Grit Grit
35.4 Laff Laff
35.5 Defy TV Defy TV
35.6 TrueReal TrueReal
35.6 Newsy Newsy

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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