KWPX-TV

KWPX-TV
Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma, Washington United States
City	Bellevue, Washington
Branding	Ion Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP)
Subchannels	(see article)
Affiliations	Ion Television
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media License Company, LLC)
First air date	May 17, 1989 (1989-05-17)
Call letters' meaning	Washington's PaX TV
Former callsigns	KBGE (1989–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 32 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	ValueVision (until 1998)
Transmitter power	400 kW
Height	716 m (2,349 ft)
Facility ID	56852
Transmitter coordinates	47°30′16.3″N 121°58′10″W / 47.504528°N 121.96944°W / 47.504528; -121.96944
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.iontelevision.com

KWPX-TV is an Ion Television (formerly Pax and i) owned-and-operated television station serving Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, United States that is licensed to Bellevue. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks, formerly Paxson Communications. KWPX's offices are located on 304th Avenue Southeast in Preston, and its transmitter is located on West Tiger Mountain near Issaquah.

History

KWPX signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. When the station first signed on the air, its transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower. The transmitter site was later moved to West Tiger Mountain—which is also known as West Tiger #3. The call letters became KWPX-TV on March 9, 1998.

As of April 23, 2010, KWPX is transmitting Ion programming in HD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
33.1	720p	16:9	KWPX-DT	Main KWPX-TV programming / Ion Television
33.2	480i	4:3	KWPX-SD	Qubo
33.3				Ion Life
33.4				ShopTV
33.5				QVC
33.6				HSN
33.7		16:9		Telemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

KWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.^[2] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 32 to frequency, channel 33.^[3]

References

↑ http://nwbroadcasters.com/digitaltv.html
↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ CDBS Print

External links

Broadcast television in the Puget Sound Region, including Seattle, Tacoma and Everett

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Network O&Os are in bold

Major network affiliates

KOMO (4.1 ABC, 4.2 Comet, 4.3 Charge!)
KING (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Justice, 5.3 Quest)
KIRO (7.1 CBS, 7.2 getTV, 7.3 Laff)
KCTS (9.1 PBS, 9.2 PBS Kids, 9.3 Create)
KSTW (11.1 CW, 11.2 Start TV, 11.3 Grit)
KCPQ (13.1 Fox, 13.2 This TV, 13.3 Escape)
KZJO (22.1 MNTV, 22.2 KCPQ SD, 22.3 Antenna TV)
KBTC/KCKA (28.1/15.1 PBS, 28.2/15.2 NHK World, 28.3/15.3 Worldview, 28.4/15.4 TVW)

Other stations

K08OU-D (8.1 3ABN, 8.3 Dare To Dream, 8.4 3ABN Latino, 8.5 3ABN Radio, 8.7 Radio74)
KONG (16.1 Ind)
KTBW (20.1 TBN, 20.2 Church, 20.3 JUCE TV/Smile, 20.4 Enlace, 20.5 Salsa)
KRUM-LD (24.3 Ind, 24.4 Ind)
KWPX-TV (33.1 Ion, 33.2 qubo, 33.3 Ion Life, 33.4 Ion Shop, 33.5 QVC, 33.6 HSN, 33.7 TMD)
KWDK (42.1 DS)
KFFV (44.1 MeTV, 44.2 Movies!, 44.3 H&I, 44.4 Decades)
KUSE-LD (46.1 AAT TV, 46.2 OnTV4U, 46.3 Sonlife, 46.4 color bars, 46.5 Shop LC, 46.6 QVC, 46.7 Beauty Network)
KUNS (51.1 UNI, 51.2 TBD, 51.3 Stadium)

Adjacent locals

Bellingham	KVOS (12.1 H&I, 12.2 Movies!, 12.3 MeTV, 12.4 Decades, 12.5 Start TV) KBCB (24.1 Sonlife, 24.2 Evine, 24.3 QVC, 24.4 Jewelry TV)
Portland	KATU (2.1 ABC, 2.2 MeTV, 2.3 Comet) KOIN (6.1 CBS, 6.2 GetTV, 6.3 Decades) KGW (8.1 NBC, 8.2 Justice, 8.3 Estrella TV) KOPB-TV (10.1 PBS, 10.2 PBS Encore, 10.3 PBS Kids, 10.4 OPB Radio) KPTV (12.1 Fox, 12.2 Cozi, 12.3 Laff) KRCW-TV (32.1 CW, 32.2 Antenna TV, 32.3 This TV)

Cable-only

Defunct stations

See also List of television stations in Washington (state), plus British Columbia, Bellingham, Spokane, Portland, and Yakima/Tri-Cities TV

Other television stations in the state of Washington
Seattle area	KVOS 12 (H&I / Movies! / MeTV, Bellingham) KONG 16 (Independent, Everett) KTBW 20 (TBN, Seattle) KBCB 24 (ShopHQ / Estrella TV, Bellingham) KWPX-TV 33 (Ion, Bellevue) KWDK 42 (Daystar, Tacoma) KFFV 45 (MeTV / Movies! / H&I / MBC-D, Seattle) KUNS 51 (Univision, Bellevue) KUSE-LD 46 (Hot TV, Seattle)
Spokane area	KQUP 24 (Daystar, Pullman) KDYS-LD 32 (Daystar, Spokane) KGPX-TV 34 (Ion, Spokane) KHBA-LD 39 (Hope/3ABN/Open Book TV/LLBN/Esperanza TV, Spokane) KQUP-LD 47 (Daystar, Spokane)
Yakima/Tri-Cities area	KUNW-CD 2 / KVVK-CA 15 / KORK-CA 16 (Univision, Yakima/Kennewick/Walla Walla) K21JQ-D 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (Hope Channel / Worship, Walla Walla) K33EJ-D (3ABN, Walla Walla)
Portland/Vancouver area	KOXI-CD 20 (Youtoo TV, Camas) KEVE-LD 36 (3ABN, Vancouver)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Washington

Ion Media
Networks	Ion Television Ion Life Qubo
O&O Television stations (owned & operated through Ion Media Television; carries Ion Television, Ion Life, & Qubo unless otherwise noted)	KFPX KGPX KILM KKPX KOPX KPPX KPXB KPXC KPXD KPXE KPXG KPXL KPXM KPXN KPXO KPXR KSPX KTPX KTRV KUPX KWPX WBPX / WPXG WCLJ WCPX WDLI WDPX WEPX WFPX WGPX WHPX WINP WIPL WIPX WKOI WLPX WLWC WNPX WOPX WPPX WPXA WPXC WPXD WPXE WPXH WPXJ WPXK WPXL WPXM WPXN WPXP WPXQ WPXR WPXU WPXV WPXW WPXX WQPX WRBU WRPX WSPX WTPX WUPX WVPX WWPX WXPX WYPX WZRB WZPX
Other ION Affiliates (owned by other broadcasters)	KBPX ¹ KCLG KCVB KDMD KDMD-LP KPVM / K46KA-D KASA-DT3 KEYU-DT3 KTSS KXAN-DT3 WAAY-DT2 WDRB-DT3 KWQC-DT2 WKRG-DT2 KSNW-DT3 WANE-DT3 WJBF-DT3 KXRM-DT3 WLFI-DT3 WBAY-DT3 WHME-DT2 WNEM-DT4 WTHI-DT4 KHRR-DT3 KNSO-DT3 KBLR-DT3 WTVG-DT4
¹ Affiliated with The Country Network.

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