WPXK-TV (channel 54) is a television station licensed to Jellico, Tennessee, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Knoxville area. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has offices on Executive Park Drive in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville.[1] Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

WPXK-TV
CityJellico, Tennessee
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-01)
Former call signs
WPMC (1993–1998)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 54 (UHF, 1993–2009)
  • Digital: 23 (UHF, until 2019)
HSN (1993–1998, now on DT8)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV Knoxville
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52628
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; -83.93972[1]
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

Technical information edit

Subchannels edit

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WPXK-TV[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
54.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
54.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
54.3 Laff Laff
54.4 Mystery Ion Mystery
54.5 Scripps Scripps News
54.6 Jewelry JTV
54.7 QVC QVC
54.8 HSN HSN
54.9 QVC2 QVC2

Analog-to-digital conversion edit

WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, 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 23,[4] using virtual channel 54.

References edit

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

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