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WHPX-TV
New London–Hartford–New Haven, Connecticut; United States;
City	New London, Connecticut
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 26;
Branding	Ion Television
Programming
Affiliations	26.1: Ion Television; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Inyo Broadcast Holdings; (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC);
History
First air date	September 15, 1986; (38 years ago)
Former call signs	WTWS (1986–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 26 (UHF, 1986–2009); Digital: 34 (UHF, until 2009), 26 (UHF, 2009–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1986–1995); inTV (1995–1998);
Call sign meaning	"Hartford Pax"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51980
ERP	500 kW
HAAT	504.83 m (1,656 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°42′13″N 72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	iontelevision.com

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WHPX-TV (channel 26) is a television station licensed to New London, Connecticut, United States, serving as the Ion Television affiliate for the Hartford–New Haven market. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, and maintains offices in New London and a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.

Prior to 2021, WHPX-TV's facilities served as the main studio for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) purposes for sister station WLWC and former sister station WPXQ-TV in Providence, Rhode Island.

History

The station began operation on September 15, 1986, as independent station WTWS, with transmitter in the Oakdale neighborhood of Montville near Lake Konomoc. It was owned by C&S Broadcasting with majority owner Neil Denenberg and ran a low-budget general entertainment format. In 1988, the station took over some programming from WHCT-TV (channel 18, now Univision affiliate WUVN) as a result of that station's financial problems.

In 1990, the station also began to acquire programming that WTXX (channel 20, now WCCT-TV) chose not to renew. It also offered to pick up WTXX's programming inventory in 1992, but WTXX's owner (Renaissance Broadcasting) declined.

The station had added more infomercials to its lineup by 1993. Two years later, it was sold to Paxson Communications, and switched to Paxson's standard schedule of religious programming in the morning, infomercials in the afternoon and evenings, and worship programming overnight after affiliating with inTV. The rights to its programming were acquired by LIN Television, which placed those shows on WTVU (channel 59, now WCTX).

Paxson then began programming WHCT in 1997, and sold WTWS to Roberts Broadcasting. Roberts, in turn, sold the station to DP Media the following year. However, DP Media was owned by—and named for—Devon Paxson, son of Paxson Communications founder Bud Paxson. Paxson then cut its ties with WHCT and took control of WTWS. The station then affiliated with Pax TV (the predecessor to Ion Television) that year, and changed its call letters to WHPX-TV to reflect its affiliation. Paxson bought DP Media in 2000.

From 2001 until 2005, WHPX re-aired newscasts produced by NBC owned-and-operated station WVIT (channel 30).

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WHPX-TV^[3]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
26.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
26.2	720p		Bounce	Bounce TV
26.3	480i		CourtTV	Court TV
26.4			IonPlus	Ion Plus^[4]
26.5			SCRIPPS	Scripps News
26.6			Jewelry	Jewelry TV
26.7			QVC	QVC
26.8			HSN	HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

WHPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.^[5] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to channel 26.

In conjunction with the repack of Connecticut television stations on August 2, 2019, WHPX now transmits on channel 28 from Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington^[2] where many Connecticut television station transmitters are located.

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WHPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Amendment to a Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX". RabbitEars. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Keys, Matthew (June 28, 2024). "Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV". TheDesk.net. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations

External links

Ion Television website

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WHPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[whpxtxmove?-2] "Amendment to a Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[3] "RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX". RabbitEars. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[ionplus-4] Keys, Matthew (June 28, 2024). "Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV". TheDesk.net. Retrieved June 28, 2024.

[Analog_to_Digital-5] List of Digital Full-Power Stations

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 {{short description|Ion Television station in New London, Connecticut}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
 {{Infobox television station
 | callsign = WHPX-TV
 | city = New London, Connecticut
 | branding = Ion Television
-| digital = 28 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
+| digital = 28 ([[UHF]])
 | virtual = 26
 | subchannels =
 | translators =
-| affiliations = '''26.1:''' [[Ion Television]]<br>''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''
+| affiliations = {{ubl|'''26.1:''' [[Ion Television]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
 | airdate = {{start date and age|1986|9|15|p=y|br=yes}}
-| location = [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]/[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut]]
+| location = [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]–[[Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut]]
 | country = United States
 | callsign_meaning = "Hartford Pax"
 | former_callsigns = WTWS (1986–1998)
-| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|26 (UHF, 1986–2009)|'''Digital:'''|34 (UHF, until 2009)|26 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}
+| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 26 (UHF, 1986–2009)|'''Digital:''' 34 (UHF, until 2009), 26 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}
 | owner = Inyo Broadcast Holdings
-| licensee = Inyo Broadcast Licenses [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
+| licensee = Inyo Broadcast Licenses [[LLC]]
 | sister_stations =
-| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1986–1995)|inTV (1995–1998)}}
+| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1986–1995)|inTV (1995–1998)}}
-| erp = 500 [[kilowatt|kW]]<ref name="whpxtxmove?">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916896b5a901689fa25e691176&id=25076f916896b5a901689fa25e691176&goBack=N|title=Amendment to a Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=February 15, 2019|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
+| erp = 500 [[kW]]<ref name="whpxtxmove?">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916896b5a901689fa25e691176&id=25076f916896b5a901689fa25e691176&goBack=N|title=Amendment to a Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=February 15, 2019|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
 | haat = {{convert|504.83|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="whpxtxmove?"/>
 | class =
 | facility_id = 51980
 | coordinates = {{Coord|41|42|13|N|72|49|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}{{r|whpxtxmove?}}
-| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
+| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
 | website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
 }}
-'''WHPX-TV''' (channel 26) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[New London, Connecticut]], United States, serving as the [[Ion Television]] affiliate for the [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] [[media market|market]]. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, and maintains offices in New London and a transmitter on [[Rattlesnake Mountain (Connecticut)|Rattlesnake Mountain]] in [[Farmington, Connecticut]].
+'''WHPX-TV''' (channel 26) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[New London, Connecticut]], United States, serving as the [[Ion Television]] affiliate for the [[Hartford]]–[[New Haven]] [[media market|market]]. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, and maintains offices in New London and a transmitter on [[Rattlesnake Mountain (Connecticut)|Rattlesnake Mountain]] in [[Farmington, Connecticut]].
 Prior to 2021, WHPX-TV's facilities served as the main studio for [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) purposes for [[sister station]] [[WLWC]] and former sister station [[WPXQ-TV]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].
 ==History==
-The station began operation on September 15, 1986, as [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] WTWS, with transmitter in the Oakdale neighborhood of [[Montville, Connecticut|Montville]] near [[Lake Konomoc, Connecticut|Lake Konomoc]]. It was owned by C&S Broadcasting with majority owner Neil Denenberg and ran a low-budget general entertainment format. In 1988, the station took over some programming from WHCT-TV (channel 18, now [[Univision]] affiliate [[WUVN]]) as a result of that station's financial problems.
+The station began operation on September 15, 1986, as [[independent station]] WTWS, with transmitter in the Oakdale neighborhood of [[Montville, Connecticut|Montville]] near [[Lake Konomoc, Connecticut|Lake Konomoc]]. It was owned by C&S Broadcasting with majority owner Neil Denenberg and ran a low-budget general entertainment format. In 1988, the station took over some programming from WHCT-TV (channel 18, now [[Univision]] affiliate [[WUVN]]) as a result of that station's financial problems.
 In 1990, the station also began to acquire programming that WTXX (channel 20, now [[WCCT-TV]]) chose not to renew. It also offered to pick up WTXX's programming inventory in 1992, but WTXX's owner ([[Renaissance Broadcasting]]) declined.
-The station had added more [[infomercial]]s to its lineup by 1993. Two years later, it was sold to Paxson Communications, and switched to Paxson's standard schedule of [[religious broadcasting|religious programming]] in the morning, infomercials in the afternoon and evenings, and worship programming overnight after affiliating with inTV. The rights to its programming were acquired by [[LIN Media|LIN Television]], which placed those shows on WTVU (channel 59, now [[WCTX]]).
+The station had added more [[infomercial]]s to its lineup by 1993. Two years later, it was sold to Paxson Communications, and switched to Paxson's standard schedule of [[religious programming]] in the morning, infomercials in the afternoon and evenings, and worship programming overnight after affiliating with inTV. The rights to its programming were acquired by [[LIN Television]], which placed those shows on WTVU (channel 59, now [[WCTX]]).
 Paxson then began programming WHCT in 1997, and sold WTWS to [[Roberts Broadcasting]]. Roberts, in turn, sold the station to DP Media the following year. However, DP Media was owned by—and named for—Devon Paxson, son of Paxson Communications founder [[Bud Paxson]]. Paxson then cut its ties with WHCT and took control of WTWS. The station then affiliated with Pax TV (the predecessor to Ion Television) that year, and changed its call letters to WHPX-TV to reflect its affiliation. Paxson bought DP Media in 2000.
@@ Line 45: / Line 46: @@
 ==Technical information==
 ===Subchannels===
-The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
+The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+Subchannels of WHPX-TV<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WHPX#station RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX]</ref>
+|+Subchannels of WHPX-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WHPX#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX|website=[[RabbitEars]]|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
 ! scope="col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
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 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.1
-| rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=8|[[16:9]] || ION || Main WHPX-TV programming / [[Ion Television]]
+| rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=8|[[16:9]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.2
@@ Line 61: / Line 62: @@
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.3
-| rowspan=6| [[480i]] || Grit || [[Court TV]]
+| rowspan=6| [[480i]] || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.4
+| IonPlus|| [[Ion Plus]]<ref name="ionplus">{{Cite web|url=https://thedesk.net/news/scripps-ion-plus-broadcast-tv/|title=Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV|first=Matthew|last=Keys|website=TheDesk.net|date=June 28, 2024|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
-| Defy TV || [[Defy TV]]
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.5
-| TruReal || [[TrueReal]]
+| SCRIPPS || [[Scripps News]]
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.6
-| NEWSY || [[Scripps News]]
+| Jewelry || [[Jewelry TV]]
 |-
 ! scope="row" | 26.7
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 ===Analog-to-digital conversion===
-WHPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 26, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Stations]</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to channel 26.
+WHPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 26, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Stations]</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to channel 26.
 In conjunction with the [[Spectrum reallocation|repack]] of Connecticut television stations on August 2, 2019, WHPX now transmits on channel 28 from [[Rattlesnake Mountain (Connecticut)|Rattlesnake Mountain]] in [[Farmington, Connecticut|Farmington]]<ref name="whpxtxmove?"/> where many Connecticut television station transmitters are located.
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-[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
+[[Category:1986 establishments in Connecticut]]
 [[Category:Bounce TV affiliates]]
 [[Category:Court TV affiliates]]
-[[Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates]]
+[[Category:Ion Plus affiliates]]
-[[Category:Defy TV affiliates]]
+[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
-[[Category:TrueReal affiliates]]
-[[Category:Newsy affiliates]]
-[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]]
-[[Category:1986 establishments in Connecticut]]
 [[Category:New London, Connecticut]]
+[[Category:Scripps News affiliates]]
+[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]]
 [[Category:Television stations in Connecticut|HPX-TV]]

v t e Broadcast television in Connecticut
English (Hartford–New Haven)	WHNH-CD 2 (.1 This, .2 Grio, .3 NewsNet, .4 Local) WFSB 3 (.1 CBS, .2 Mystery, .3 Laff, .4 Ind. simulcast of 27.1, .5 News, .6 WX) WTNH 8 (.1 ABC, .2 REW) WETN-LD 16 (.1 Retro) WCCT-TV 20 (.1 CW, .2 Grit, .3 Comet, .4 Quest) WEDH 24 / WEDY 65 (24.1/65.3 PBS, .2 Kids, 24.3/65.1 CPTV Spirit) WHPX-TV 26 (.1 Ion, .2 Bounce, .3 Court, .4 Scripps, .5 Ion+, .6 JTV, .7 QVC, .8 HSN) WWAX-LD 27 (.1 Ind., .2 TBD, .3 WX, .4 Bark TV, .5 Defy, .6 The365, .7 Outlaw) WVIT 30 (.1 NBC, .2 Cozi, .3 American Crimes, .4 Oxygen) WRNT-LD 32 (.1 Ads, .3 MtrSpt1, .4 Daystar, .5 LC, .6 Buzzr, .7 HQ) WTXX-LD 34 (.1/.5-.6 Ads, .2 beIN Xtra, .3 L&C) WHCT-LD 35 (.1 MeTV, .2 H&I, .3 Start, .4 Movies!, .5 Catchy, .6 MeTV+, .7 Story, .8 MeToons) WCTX 59 (.1 MNT, .2 Charge!) WTIC-TV 61 (.1 Fox, .2 ANT, .3 Get, .4 Crime, .5 Nest)
Spanish (Hartford–New Haven)	WUVN 18 (.1 UNI, .4 LATV) WRDM-CD 19 (.1 TMD, .2 TXO) WRNT-LD 32 (.2 Daystar Español) WTXX-LD 34 (.4 beIN Español) WUTH-CD 47 (.1 UniMás)
English (Bridgeport)	WZME 43 (.1 Story, .2 MeTV+, .3 MeTV, .4 MeToons, .8 Retro, .9 Heartland, .12 Ads) WEDW 49 (.1 PBS, .2 Kids, .3 CPTV Spirit)
ATSC 3.0 digital	WCCT-TV (3.1 CBS, 8.1 ABC, 20.1 CW, 61.1 Fox) WEDN (53.1 PBS, 53.2 Create, 53.3 CPTV Spirit)
Cable channels	Citizens TV Connecticut Network HPATV MSG MSGSN NBC Sports Boston NECN NESN SNY YES
Streaming channels	Eyewitness News NOW NBC Connecticut News FOX 61+
Adjacent areas Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY Boston, MA–Manchester, NH New York City, NY Providence, RI–New Bedford, MA Springfield–Holyoke, MA

v t e Broadcast television in Rhode Island and the South Coast of Massachusetts
This region includes the following cities: Providence/Newport, Rhode Island New Bedford/Fall River/Taunton, Massachusetts Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full-power	WLNE-TV (6.1 ABC, 6.2 Grit, 6.3 Mystery, 6.4 Ion+, 6.5 MeTV) WJAR (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Charge!, 10.3 Comet, 10.4 TBD) WPRI-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 MNTV, 12.3 Crime, 12.4 Dabl) WLWC (28.1 Court) WSBE-TV (36.1 PBS, 36.2 Learn) WNAC-TV (64.1 Fox, 64.2 CW, 64.3 REW, 64.4 ANT) WPXQ-TV (69.1 Ion, 69.2 Laff, 69.3 Scripps News, 69.4 Bounce, 69.5 JTV, 69.6 HSN, 69.8 QVC)
Low-power	WYCN-LD (8.1 TMD, 8.2 TXO, 8.3 Cozi, 8.4 AmCrimess) WRIW-CD (51.1 TMD, 51.2 Cozi, 51.3 Oxygen)
Cable	NBC Sports Boston NECN NESN The Portuguese Channel
Defunct	WNET 16 (CBS/ABC/DuMont) News Channel 5 Eyewitness News Pinpoint Weather Station Cox Sports OSN
Adjacent areas Hartford–New Haven, Connecticut Boston, Massachusetts Springfield, Massachusetts

v t e Ion Television network affiliates in New England
Connecticut	WHPX-TV 26 (New London) WPXN-TV 31 (New York City; serving Fairfield County)
Maine	WLBZ 2.3 (Bangor, ME) WIPL 35 (Lewiston)
Massachusetts	WWLP-DT 22.3 & WFXQ-CD 22.3 (Springfield, MA) WBPX-TV 68 (Boston) WPXQ-TV 69 (Newport, RI; serving Bristol County)
New Hampshire	WCAX-TV 3.3 (Burlington, VT; serving western New Hampshire) WPXG-TV 21 (Concord) WIPL 35 (Lewiston, ME; serving Coös and Carroll counties)
Rhode Island	WPXQ-TV 69 (Newport)
Vermont	WCAX-DT 3.3 (Burlington, VT) WPXG-TV 21 (Concord, NH; serving Windham County)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New England