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{{short description|Ion Television station in Jellico, Tennessee}}
{{short description|Ion TV station in Jellico, Tennessee}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WPXK-TV
| callsign = WPXK-TV
| city = Jellico, Tennessee
| city = Jellico, Tennessee
| logo = <!-- Commented out: [[File:Ion Television 2013.png|150px]] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo-->
| logo = <!-- Commented out: [[File:Ion Television 2013.png|150px]] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo-->
| slogan = ''Positively Entertaining''
| branding = Ion
| branding = Ion Television
| analog =
| analog =
| digital = 18 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 18 ([[UHF]]){{r|wpxktxmove}}
| virtual = 54
| virtual = 54
| subchannels =
| subchannels = '''54.1:''' [[Ion Television]] ('''[[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]''')<br>'''54.2:''' [[Court TV]]<br>'''54.3:''' [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]<br>'''54.4:''' [[Court TV Mystery]]<br>'''54.5:''' [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]<br>'''54.6:''' [[QVC]]
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''54.1:''' [[Ion Television]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| network =
| network =
| country = United States
| country = United States
| founded =
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|1|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|1|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Jellico, Tennessee|Jellico]]/[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| location = [[Jellico, Tennessee|Jellico]]–[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| callsign_meaning = '''P'''a'''X''' TV '''K'''noxville
| callsign_meaning = Pax TV Knoxville
| former_callsigns = WPMC (1993–1998)
| former_callsigns = WPMC (1993–1998)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>54 (UHF, 1993–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>23 (UHF, until 2019)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 54 (UHF, 1993–2009)|'''Digital:''' 23 (UHF, until 2019)}}
| owner = [[Ion Media|Ion Media Networks]]<br>''(a subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]])
| owner = [[Ion Media]]
| licensee = Ion Television License, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| licensee = Ion Television License, [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[WTVF]], [[WNPX-TV]]
| sister_stations =
| former_affiliations = [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]] (1993–1998)(Still on DT6)<br>'''DT2:'''<br>[[Qubo]] (2007–2021)<br>'''DT3:'''<br>[[Ion Plus]]<br> (2007–2021)<br>'''DT4:'''<br>Ion Shop (2012–2021)
| former_affiliations = [[HSN]] (1993–1998, now on DT8)
| erp = 1,000 [[kW]]{{r|wpxktxmove}}
| erp = 1,000 [[kilowatt|kW]]<ref name="wpxktxmove?">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9168cf94c40168e36e1cd410f2&id=25076f9168cf94c40168e36e1cd410f2&goBack=N|title=Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref>
| haat = {{convert|512.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="wpxktxmove?"/>
| haat = {{convert|512.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{r|wpxktxmove}}
| class = [[digital terrestrial television|DT]]
| class =
| facility_id = 52628
| facility_id = 52628
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|0|19|N|83|56|23|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}}}<ref name="wpxktxmove?"/>
| coordinates = {{coord|36|0|19|N|83|56|23|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}{{r|wpxktxmove}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
}}
}}
'''WPXK-TV''', [[virtual channel]] 54 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 18), is an [[Ion Television]] [[owned-and-operated station]] serving [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], United States that is [[city of license|licensed]] to the town of [[Jellico, Tennessee|Jellico]] near the [[Kentucky]] state line. The station is owned by the [[Ion Media|Ion Media Networks]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]]. WPXK-TV's studios are located on Executive Park Drive (near [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|I-40]]/[[Interstate 75 in Tennessee|I-75]]) in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on [[Sharp's Ridge]] in [[North Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee|North Knoxville]], on a tower shared with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[network affiliate|affiliate]] [[WATE-TV]] (channel 6). WPXK-TV's facilities also serve as the main studio for [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) purposes for [[sister station]] [[WUPX-TV]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ionmedia.com/business/stations/WUPX|title=WUPX Station Information|publisher=[[Ion Media|Ion Media Networks]]|access-date=November 17, 2019|quote=If your organization would like to be notified of such [job] vacancies, please contact the Station Operations Manager at 9000 Executive Park Drive, Bldg. D, Suite 210, Knoxville, Tennessee.}}</ref>
'''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]].<ref name="wpxktxmove">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9168cf94c40168e36e1cd410f2&id=25076f9168cf94c40168e36e1cd410f2&goBack=N|title=Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.


==Technical information==
On [[cable television|cable]], WPXK-TV is available on [[Spectrum (cable service)|Charter Spectrum]] channel 4 in both [[standard-definition television|standard]] and [[high-definition television|high definition]], as well as [[Xfinity|Comcast Xfinity]] channels 3 (SD) and 1003 (HD), [[Wide Open West|WOW!]] channels 3 (SD) and 900 (HD), and [[AT&T U-verse]] channels 54 (SD) and 1054 (HD).
===Subchannels===

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The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
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The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|+Subchannels of WPXK-TV<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WPXK#station RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK]</ref>
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! scope="col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
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! scope="col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
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! scope="col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope="col" | Short name
! scope="col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.1
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! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
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| [[720p]] || rowspan=9| [[16:9]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
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! [[Display resolution|Video]]
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! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
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! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WPXK#station RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.2
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| 54.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=6| [[16:9]] || ION || Main WPXK-TV programming / [[Ion Television]]
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| rowspan=8| [[480i]] || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.3
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| 54.2 || rowspan=5| [[480i]] || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
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| Laff || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.4
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| 54.3 || Laff || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
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| Mystery || [[Ion Mystery]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.5
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| 54.4 || Mystery || [[Court TV Mystery]]
| Scripps || [[Scripps News]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.6
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| 54.5 || QVC || [[QVC]]
| Jewelry || [[Jewelry Television|JTV]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.7
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| 54.6 || HSN || [[HSN]]
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| QVC || [[QVC]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 54.8
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| HSN || [[HSN]]
|-
! scope="row" | 54.9
| QVC2 || [[QVC2]]
|}
|}


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 54, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|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.
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 [[Digital television transition 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 54.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://iontelevision.com/}}
*{{Official website|https://iontelevision.com/}}
*{{BIA|WPXK|TV|TV}}


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[[Category:Television stations in Knoxville, Tennessee|PXK-TV]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in Tennessee]]
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[[Category:Court TV affiliates]]
[[Category:E. W. Scripps Company television stations]]
[[Category:E. W. Scripps Company television stations]]
[[Category:Ion Mystery affiliates]]
[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
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[[Category:Court TV affiliates]]
[[Category:Laff (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Laff (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Court TV Mystery affiliates]]
[[Category:Scripps News affiliates]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993]]
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[[Category:Television stations in Knoxville, Tennessee|PXK-TV]]

Latest revision as of 02:29, 11 July 2024

WPXK-TV
CityJellico, Tennessee
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
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

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.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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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

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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

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  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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