WLPX-TV

WLPX-TV, virtual channel 29 (UHF digital channel 18), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States and also serving Huntington. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications). WLPX-TV's studios are located on Prestige Park Drive in Hurricane, and its transmitter is located near Milton, West Virginia. The station also serves as the de facto Ion outlet for the Parkersburg, West Virginia–Marietta, Ohio market.

WLPX-TV
Charleston–Huntington/
Parkersburg, West Virginia–
Marietta, Ohio
United States
CityCharleston, West Virginia
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
BrandingIon Television
SloganPositively Entertaining
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerIon Media Networks
(Ion Media Charleston License, Inc.)
History
First air dateAugust 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)
Former call signsWKRP-TV (August–October 1998)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
29 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Digital:
39 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaningCharLeston's PaX
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID73189
ClassDT
ERP200 kW (STA)
765 kW (CP)
HAAT327.2 m (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°30′21.1″N 82°12′32.3″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websiteiontelevision.com

History

The station's actual sign-on date is currently unknown, though FCC records show the current WLPX calls assigned in October 1998. Previously, the station's calls were WKRP (the same as the fictional radio station in Cincinnati), which were assigned in 1988, but never used on-air. It has been a member of Ion (previously known as Pax TV and i: Independent Television) since its inception.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
29.1720p16:9IONMain Ion Television programming
29.2480i4:3quboQubo
29.3IONPlusIon Plus
29.4ShopIon Shop
29.5QVCQVC
29.6HSNHSN

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Analog-to-digital conversion

WLPX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, 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 39.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 29.

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References
  1. "RabbitEars TV Query for WLPX". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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