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| city = New London, Connecticut
| city = New London, Connecticut
| 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 Television
| branding = Ion Television
| digital = 28 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 28 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
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| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = '''26.1:''' [[Ion Television]]<br>'''26.2:''' [[Bounce TV]]<br>'''26.3:''' [[Court TV]]<br>'''26.4:''' [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br>'''26.5:''' [[Defy TV]]<br>'''26.6:''' [[TrueReal]]
| affiliations = '''26.1:''' [[Ion Television]]<br>'''26.2:''' [[Bounce TV]]<br>'''26.3:''' [[Court TV]]<br>'''26.4:''' [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br>'''26.5:''' [[Defy TV]]<br>'''26.6:''' [[TrueReal]]<br>'''26.7:''' [[Newsy]]
| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|9|15|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|9|15|p=y}}
| location = [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]/[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut]]
| location = [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]/[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut]]
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From 2001 until 2005, WHPX re-aired newscasts produced by [[NBC]] owned-and-operated station [[WVIT]] (channel 30).
From 2001 until 2005, WHPX re-aired newscasts produced by [[NBC]] owned-and-operated station [[WVIT]] (channel 30).


==Technical information==
==Digital television==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WHPX#station RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX]</ref>
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WHPX#station RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX]</ref>
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|-
| 26.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=6|[[16:9]] || ION || Main WHPX-TV programming / [[Ion Television]]
| 26.1 || rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=7|[[16:9]] || ION || Main WHPX-TV programming / [[Ion Television]]
|-
|-
| 26.2 || rowspan=5| [[480i]] || Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
| 26.2 || Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
|-
|-
| 26.3 || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
| 26.3 || rowspan=5| [[480i]] || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
|-
|-
| 26.4 || Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
| 26.4 || Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
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| 26.6 || TruReal || [[TrueReal]]
| 26.6 || TruReal || [[TrueReal]]
|-
| 26.7 || Newsy || [[Newsy]]
|}
|}


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[[Category:Defy TV affiliates]]
[[Category:Defy TV affiliates]]
[[Category:TrueReal affiliates]]
[[Category:TrueReal affiliates]]
[[Category:Newsy affiliates]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Connecticut]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Connecticut]]

Revision as of 20:20, 12 October 2021

WHPX-TV
CityNew London, Connecticut
Channels
BrandingIon Television
Programming
Affiliations26.1: Ion Television
26.2: Bounce TV
26.3: Court TV
26.4: Grit
26.5: Defy TV
26.6: TrueReal
26.7: Newsy
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
September 15, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-09-15)
Former call signs
WTWS (1986–1998)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
26 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Digital:
34 (UHF, until 2009)
26 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Analog/DT1:
Independent (1986–1995)
inTV (1995–1998)
DT2:
Qubo (until 2021)
DT3:
Ion Plus (until 2021)
DT4:
Ion Shop (until 2021)
Call sign meaning
Hartford PaX
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51980
ERP500 kW [2]
HAAT504.83 m (1,656 ft)[2]
Transmitter coordinates41°42′13″N 72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W / 41.70361; -72.83194 [2]
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

WHPX-TV, virtual channel 26 (UHF digital channel 28), is an Ion Television-affiliated station licensed to New London, Connecticut, United States and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings. WHPX-TV's offices are located in New London, and its transmitter is located 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 digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
26.1 720p 16:9 ION Main WHPX-TV programming / Ion Television
26.2 Bounce Bounce TV
26.3 480i CourtTV Court TV
26.4 Grit Grit
26.5 Defy TV Defy TV
26.6 TruReal TrueReal
26.7 Newsy Newsy

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.[4] 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

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WHPX
  4. ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
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