WPXK-TV
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| City | Jellico, Tennessee |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | 54.1: Ion (O&O) 54.2: Court TV 54.3: Laff 54.4: Court TV Mystery 54.5: HSN 54.6: QVC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Nashville: WTVF, WNPX-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1993 |
Former call signs | WPMC (1993–1998) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 54 (UHF, 1993–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, until 2019) |
| Analog/DT1: HSN (1993–1998, now on DT6) DT2: Qubo (2007–2021) DT3: Ion Plus (2007–2021) DT4: Ion Shop (2012–2021) | |
Call sign meaning | PaX TV Knoxville |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52628 |
| Class | DT |
| ERP | 1,000 kW[2] |
| HAAT | 512.5 m (1,681 ft)[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°0′19″N 83°56′23″W / 36.00528°N 83.93972°W[2] |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | iontelevision |
WPXK-TV, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 18), is an Ion owned-and-operated television station serving Knoxville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to the town of Jellico near the Kentucky state line. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WPXK-TV's studios are located on Executive Park Drive (near I-40/I-75) in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville, on a tower shared with ABC affiliate WATE-TV (channel 6). Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.
On cable, WPXK-TV is available on Charter Spectrum channel 4 in both standard and high definition, as well as Comcast Xfinity channels 3 (SD) and 1003 (HD), WOW! channels 3 (SD) and 900 (HD), and AT&T U-verse channels 54 (SD) and 1054 (HD).
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion |
| 54.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 54.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 54.4 | Mystery | Court TV Mystery | ||
| 54.5 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 54.6 | HSN | HSN |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, 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 23.[4] Through the use of 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.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXK-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.