KFPX-TV
| Newton/Des Moines, Iowa United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Newton, Iowa |
| Branding | Ion Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) (to move to 36 (UHF)) Virtual: 39 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | Ion Television |
| Owner |
Ion Media Networks (Ion Media Des Moines License, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 31, 1998 |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 39 (UHF, 1998–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 116 kW |
| Height | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 81509 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°49′5″N 93°12′33″W / 41.81806°N 93.20917°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.iontelevision.com |
KFPX-TV is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station serving Des Moines, Iowa, United States that is licensed to Newton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and UHF channel 39 from a transmitter located in Baxter, Iowa. Owned by Ion Media Networks, KFPX-TV maintains a sales office on 114th Street in Urbandale.[1]
Due to KFPX's transmitter location and short tower height, its broadcasting radius is largely confined to the immediate Des Moines area, although some southern and western suburbs may have difficulty picking up the station's signal.[2] Therefore, it must rely on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market. On cable, the station is available on Mediacom channel 10 in standard definition and on digital channel 810 in high definition.[3]
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 39.2 | 480i | 4:3 | qubo | Qubo |
| 39.3 | IONLife | Ion Life | ||
| 39.4 | Shop | Ion Shop | ||
| 39.5 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 39.6 | HSN | HSN |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KFPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 39, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 39.[5]
Newscasts
For a short time in 2001, KFPX ran a prime-time newscast produced by NBC affiliate WHO-TV (channel 13) to compete with Fox affiliate KDSM-TV (channel 17)'s Fox News at Nine (which WHO eventually took over from CBS affiliate KGAN in Cedar Rapids). After that newscast was cancelled, KFPX reran WHO-TV's 10:00 p.m. newscasts on a 30-minute delay until early 2005.
References
- ↑ https://ionmedia.com/business/stations/KFPX
- ↑ https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=1315908&map=Y
- ↑ Channel Lineup: Altoona, Bondurant, Carlisle, Des Moines, Hartford, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Polk Co., Waukee & West Des Moines, IA
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KFPX
- ↑ "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.