WLPX-TV

WLPX-TV
Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia United States
Branding	ION Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
Subchannels	29.1 Ion Television 29.2 qubo 29.3 Ion Life 29.4 Ion Shop 29.5 QVC
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; 2007–present)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Charleston License, Inc.)
First air date	August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)
Former callsigns	WKRP-TV (August 31-October 5, 1998)
Former channel number(s)	29 (UHF analog, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	Pax (1998–2005) i (2005–2007)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	350 m
Facility ID	73189
Transmitter coordinates	38°28′12″N 81°46′35″W / 38.47000°N 81.77639°W / 38.47000; -81.77639
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	iontelevision.com

WLPX-TV is the Ion Television affiliate for the Huntington-Charleston area. The station is located in Hurricane, West Virginia, in the Kanawha Valley between Charleston and Huntington. WLPX is currently owned by ION Media Networks, the former Paxson Communications.

Following the same lead as all other ION-owned stations, WLPX shows mainly infomercials, with regular programming seen in prime-time and religious and brokered shows sprinkled throughout the schedule.

History

Actual sign-on date is currently unknown, though FCC records show the current WLPX calls assigned in October 1998. Previously, the station's calls were "WKRP" (the same as the fictional radio station in Cincinnati), which were assigned in 1988, but never used on-air. It has been a member of Ion (previously known as Pax and i) since its inception.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network^[1]
29.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
29.2	480i	4:3	Qubo	Qubo
29.3			IONLife	Ion Life
29.4			Shop	ShopTV
29.5			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 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 39.^[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 29.

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WLPX
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Broadcast television in Southeast Ohio, Western West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including Huntington and Charleston

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WSAZ (3.1 NBC, 3.2 MNTV/MeTV) WCHS (8.1 ABC, 8.2 ANT, 8.3 Grit TV, 8.4 GetTV) WVAH (11.1 Fox, 11.2 ASN Channel, 11.3 Comet) WOWK (13.1 CBS, 13.2 Escape, 13.3 Laff, 13.4 Bounce TV) WOCW-LP (21.1 Silent/Future station) WKAS (25.1 PBS/KET, 25.2 KET2, 25.3 KET KY, 25.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids) WLPX (29.1 ION, 29.2 Qubo, 29.3 Ion Life, 29.4 Ion Shop, 29.5 QVC) W30DG-D 30 (HSN) WQCW (30.1 CW) WVPB (33.1 PBS/WVPB) WPBO (42.1 PBS) WJOS-LD 45 (The Walk TV) WTSF (61.1 DS)

Outlying areas	WOUB (20.1 PBS Athens / Marietta, OH) WKPI (22.1 PBS/KET, 22.2 KET2, 22.3 KY Channel, 22.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids - Pikeville/Paintsville, KY) W28DD-D 25.1 PBS/KET, 25.2 KET2, 25.3 KY Channel, 25.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids - Louisa, KY) WHJC-LD (27.1 RTV, 27.2 Tuff TV - Williamson, WV) WTZP-LD (50.1 Cozi TV, 50.2 Justice - Portsmouth, OH) WYMT (57.1 CBS, 57.2 This TV - Hazard/Pikeville, KY)

Local cable channels	Network West Virginia Southern 17

Adjacent locals	Columbus / Chillicothe WCMH (4.1 NBC, 4.2 MeTV, 4.3 ION) WSYX (6.1 ABC, 6.2 MyNetworkTV/This TV, 6.3 ANT) WBNS (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Decades) Parkersburg / Marietta WTAP (15.1 NBC, 15.4 weather radar)

Defunct stations	WKNA 49 (ABC/DuMont)

West Virginia Broadcast television Bluefield Clarksburg/Weston Huntington/Charleston Parkersburg Washington, DC Wheeling Ohio broadcast television Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia Cincinnati Cleveland/Akron Columbus Dayton Ft. Wayne, Indiana Lima Marietta/Parkersburg, West Virginia Steubenville/Wheeling, West Virginia Toledo Youngstown Zanesville Kentucky broadcast television areas by city Bowling Green Charleston, WV Cincinnati, OH Evansville, IN Knoxville, TN Lexington Louisville Paducah

Ion network affiliates in the state of West Virginia

WLPX 29 (Charleston) WWPX-TV 60 (Martinsburg)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in West Virginia

Ion Media Networks

Networks	Ion Television Ion Life Qubo

O&O Television stations (owned & operated through Ion Media Television; carries Ion Television, Ion Life, & Qubo unless otherwise noted)	KBPX¹ KFPX KGPX KKPX KOPX KPPX KPXB KPXC KPXD KPXE KPXG KPXL KPXM KPXN KPXO KPXR KSPX KTPX KUPX KWPX WAZE² WBPX / WDPX / WPXG WCPX WEPX WFPX WGPX WHPX WINP WIPX WLPX WNPX WOPX WPPX WPXA WPXC WPXD WPXE WPXH WPXJ WPXK WPXL WPXM WPXN WPXP WPXQ WPXR WPXU WPXV WPXW WPXX WQPX WRBU³ WRPX WSPX WTPX WUPX WVPX WWPX WXPX WYPX WZRB³ WZPX

Other ION Affiliates (owned by other broadcasters)	K39HF KCLG KCVB KDMD KDMD-LP KPVM / K46KA-D KASA-DT3 KTSS KXAN-DT3 WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-LD KWQC-DT2 WKRG-DT2 KSNW-DT3 WANE-DT3 WJBF-DT3 KXRM-DT3 WLFI-DT3 WBAY-DT3 KHRR-DT3 KTRV KNSO-DT3 KBLR-DT3

¹Affiliated with The Country Network. ² Repeater of WAZE-TV. Currently silent. ³Sale to Cedar Creek Broadcasting pending; to remain operated by Ion thereafter.

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