WLPX-TV
Ion TV station in Charleston, West Virginia
38°30′21.1″N 82°12′32.3″W / 38.505861°N 82.208972°W / 38.505861; -82.208972
Public license information
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WLPX-TV (channel 29) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Charleston–Huntington market. The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, and has offices on Prestige Park Drive in Hurricane; its transmitter is located near Milton, West Virginia.
History
After originating as a construction permit in 1987 and receiving several extensions, WLPX-TV applied for its license on September 11, 1998.[2] In the construction phase and for its first month on air, the station's calls were WKRP (the same as the fictional radio station in Cincinnati); it adopted its current call sign on October 5 of the same year. It has been a member of Ion (previously known as Pax TV and i: Independent Television) since its inception.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 29.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 29.3 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 29.4 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 29.5 | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||
| 29.6 | SCRIPPS | Scripps News | ||
| 29.7 | Jewelry | Jewelry TV | ||
| 29.8 | HSN | HSN | ||
| 29.9 | QVC | QVC |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WLPX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, the official date on 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 39,[4] using virtual channel 29.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WLPX-TV Facility Data". FCCData. REC Networks.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WLPX". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
- Official website
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