List of Ion Television affiliates

Ion Television is an American broadcast, cable and satellite television network owned by Ion Media, which was launched on August 31, 1998 as Pax TV. As of January 2016, the network currently has 59 owned-and-operated stations, and current and pending affiliation agreements with 15 other television stations. Most of its owned-and-operated stations incorporate the letters "PX" in their call signs (in reference to the original name of the network, itself derived in part from its corporate parent's former name until 2007, Paxson Communications), and all but one carry the network as a primary channel affiliation.[1][2] Ion Television also distributes its base national programming feed directly to cable, satellite and IPTV providers in various media markets not listed here, as an alternative method of distribution in areas without a locally based owned-and-operated or affiliate station.

This article is a listing of current, pending and former Ion Television affiliates in the continental United States (including subchannel affiliates, satellite stations and select low-power translators), arranged alphabetically by state, and based on the station's city of license and followed in parentheses by the Designated Market Area if it differs from the city of license. There are links to and articles on each of the broadcast stations, describing their histories, technical information (such as broadcast frequencies) and any local programming.

The station's virtual (PSIP) channel number follows the call letters, and is itself followed by the station's actual digital channel number, which are listed as separate columns. The article also includes a list of its former affiliate stations, which is based strictly on the station's city of license or market, and denotes the years in which the station served as an affiliate under either its Pax TV, i: Independent Television and/or Ion Television identities as well as the current status of the corresponding channel that carried the network.

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Current affiliates

Notes:

  1. Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station that was an original Ion Television owned-and-operated station from the network's inception as Pax TV in August 1998;
  2. This list includes Ion Media Networks-owned stations, which are also listed separately from its affiliated stations in the article List of stations owned and operated by Ion Media Networks.
  3. This list does not include sister networks Qubo and Ion Life, which are carried on digital subchannels of most of the stations listed.
City of license/Market Station[1] Virtual
channel		 Physical
channel		 Year of
affiliation		 Ownership Notes
Gadsden
(Birmingham)		WPXH-TV**44.1451998Ion Media
HuntsvilleWAAY-TV31.2322017Heartland MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
MobileWKRG-TV5.2272015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
AnchorageKDMD33.1321998Ketchikan Television LLC
Tolleson
(Phoenix)		KPPX-TV51.1511999Ion Media
TucsonKHRR40.3402014NBCUniversal Owned Television StationsPrimary channel is a Telemundo O&O
YumaKYMA-DT11.2112017Northwest BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
Merced
(Fresno)		KNSO51.3112014NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(operated by Serestar Communications)		Primary channel is a Telemundo O&O
Sacramento–Stockton
–Modesto		KSPX-TV**29.1481998Ion Media
San Bernardino
(Los Angeles)		KPXN-TV**30.138
San Jose–San Francisco–OaklandKKPX-TV**65.141
Colorado SpringsKXRM-TV21.3222015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
DenverKPXC-TV**59.1431998Ion Media
New London
(Hartford–New Haven)		WHPX-TV**26.1261998Ion Media
Wilmington
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)		WPPX-TV**61.1311998Ion Media
Bradenton
(Tampa–St. Petersburg)		WXPX-TV**66.1421998Ion Media
Lake Worth
(West Palm Beach–Boca Raton–Fort Pierce)		WPXP-TV**67.136
Melbourne
(Orlando)		WOPX-TV**56.148
MiamiWPXM-TV**35.135
AugustaWJBF6.3422015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
Brunswick
(Jacksonville, Florida)		WPXC-TV21.1242000Ion Media
Columbus, GA/Auburn-Opelika, AlabamaWRBL3.3152016Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
Rome–AtlantaWPXA-TV**14.1311998Ion Media
Kaneohe
(Honolulu)		KPXO-TV**66.1411998Ion Media
Nampa
(Boise)		KTRV-TV12.1132016Ion Media
ChicagoWCPX-TV**38.1431998Ion Media
DecaturWAND17.3172017Block CommunicationsPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
East St. Louis
(St. Louis, Missouri)		WRBU[3][4]46.1472014Ion Media
Bloomington
(Indianapolis)		WIPX-TV**63.1271998Ion Media
Fort WayneWANE-TV15.2312015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
LafayetteWLFI-TV18.311Heartland Media
RichmondWKOI-TV43.1432018Ion Media
South BendWHME-TV46.2462017Family BroadcastingPrimary channel is a religious independent station
Terre HauteWTHI-TV10.3102015Heartland MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
Cedar RapidsKPXR-TV**48.1471998Ion Media
DavenportKWQC-TV6.2362015[5]Gray TelevisionPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
Mason City
Rochester-Austin-Albert Lea, Minnesota		KIMT3.3422015Heartland MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
Newton–Des MoinesKFPX-TV**39.1391998Ion Media
TopekaKSNT27.3272015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
WichitaKSNW3.3452015
LouisvilleWDRB41.3492017Block CommunicationsPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
Morehead
(Lexington)		WUPX-TV67.1212001Ion Media
Baton RougeWVLA-TV33.3342017Nexstar Media GroupLaunched on October 23, 2017
Primary channel is affiliated with NBC
LafayetteKLFY-TV10.3102015Launched November 11, 2015 as a result of an agreement between Media General and Ion Networks to add the subchannel in markets with no Ion O&O
Primary channel is affiliated with CBS
ShreveportKSHV-TV45.3162018Primary channel is affiliated with MyNetworkTV
New OrleansWPXL-TV49.1501998Ion Media
BangorWLBZ2.322017TegnaReplaced AntTV
Primary channel is affiliated with NBC
Lewiston/PortlandWIPL35.1352018Ion Media
Salisbury, MarylandWMDT47.4472017Marquee BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
BostonWBPX-TV68.1321999Ion Media
W40BO4040Operates as a repeater of WBPX-TV
Dennis/Cape CodWMPX-LP3333
Springfield/HolyokeWWLP
WFXQ-CD		22.311
28		2015Nexstar Media GroupWFXQ-CD operates as a translator of WWLP
Primary channels are affiliated with NBC
Vineyard HavenWDPX-TV58.1401999Ion MediaOperates as a satellite station of WBPX-TV
Ann Arbor
(Detroit)		WPXD-TV**31.1501998Ion Media
Cadillac
(Traverse City)		WFQX-TV32.3322017Heritage Broadcast GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
Battle Creek
(Grand Rapids and Lansing)		WZPX-TV**44.1441998Ion Media
Bay City
(Saginaw/Flint)		WNEM-TV5.4222017Meredith CorporationPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
St. Cloud
(Minneapolis–St. Paul)		KPXM-TV**41.1401998Ion Media
DuluthWDIO-DT10.3102017Hubbard BroadcastingPrimary channels are affiliated with ABC
HibbingWIRT-DT13.313
Hattiesburg-LaurelWHLT22.3222015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
JacksonWJTV12.3122016
JoplinKODE-TV12.4432017Mission BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
Kansas CityKPXE-TV**50.1301998Ion Media
NeoshoKCLG-LD32.1321998Gary & Deborah Kenny
Osage Beach-SpringfieldKRBK49.4492017Koplar CommunicationsPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
LincolnKCWH-LD18.2182018Gray TelevisionPrimary channel is affiliated with The CW Plus
OmahaWOWT6.4222018Primary channel is affiliated with NBC
Superior
(Lincoln-Grand Island)		KSNB-TV4.342018
PahrumpKPVM-LP41461998Pahrump Video Media
Paradise–Las VegasKBLR39.3402014NBCUniversal Owned Television StationsPrimary channel is a Telemundo O&O
ConcordWPXG-TV21.1331999Ion Media
Santa Fe
(Albuquerque)		KWBQ19.4292017Tamer MediaMoved from KASA-TV 2.3 on January 18, 2017 following sale of station.
Primary channel is affiliated with The CW
AmityvilleWPXU-LD12.1121998Word of God FellowshipOperates as a repeater of WPXN-TV
Amsterdam
(Albany)		WYPX-TV**55.150Ion Media
Batavia
(Buffalo and Rochester)		WPXJ-TV51.1181999
BinghamtonWICZ-TV40.382017Northwest BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
New York CityWPXN-TV**31.1311998Ion Media
RochesterWHEC-TV10.4102017Hubbard BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
SyracuseWSPX-TV56.1151998Ion Media
Burlington (Greensboro–
Winston-Salem–High Point)		WGPX-TV**16.1141998Ion Media
FayettevilleWFPX-TV**62.136
GreenvilleWEPX-TV38.151WEPX/WPXU maintained a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV from that network's launch in September 2006 until September 2009, following the closure of Flinn Broadcasting Corporation's sale of the station to Ion Media Networks; WPXU-TV operates as a satellite station of WEPX-TV
JacksonvilleWPXU-TV35.1341999
Rocky Mount
(Raleigh–Durham)		WRPX-TV**47.1151998
CharlotteWJZY46.6472016Fox Television StationsPrimary channel is a Fox O&O
Devils Lake (Grand Forks)WDAZ-TV8.482017Forum CommunicationsPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
FargoWDAY-TV6.421
Akron–ClevelandWVPX-TV**23.1231998Ion Media
CincinnatiWXIX-TV19.4292018Raycom MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
ColumbusWCMH-TV4.3142015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
DaytonWDTN2.3502018
YoungstownWYFX-LD19.3192018Primary channel is affiliated with Fox
Oklahoma CityKOPX-TV**62501998Ion Media
Okmulgee
(Tulsa)		KTPX-TV**4428
Cottage GroveK14LP-D14141998South Lane TelevisionOperates as a repeater of KPXG-TV
PortlandKPXG-LD4242Word of God Fellowship
Salem
(Portland)		KPXG-TV**22.122Ion Media
ErieWICU-TV12.3122017SJL BroadcastingPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
HarrisburgWHTM-TV27.2102015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
PittsburghWINP-TV16.1382013Ion Media
Scranton–Wilkes-BarreWQPX-TV**64.1321998
Toa Baja
(San Juan)		W25EF-D25252015TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.
Block Island
(Providence)		WPXQ-TV**69171998Ion Media
CharlestonWCBD-TV2.3502015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
ColumbiaWZRB47.1472013Ion MediaWZRB retained a secondary affiliation with The CW (carrying only prime time shows from that network) following Ion Media's purchase of the station from Roberts Broadcasting until MyNetworkTV affiliate WKTC added the network as a primary affiliation in March 2014.[6]
Spartanburg-GreenvilleWSPA-TV7.372015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
Rapid CityKCLO-TV15.2162015Nexstar Media GroupOperates as a satellite station of KELO-TV
Primary channel is affiliated with CBS
Sioux FallsKELO-TV11.311Primary channel is affiliated with CBS
Cookeville
(Nashville)		WNPX-TV**28361998Ion Media
Jellico
(Knoxville)		WPXK-TV**5423
MemphisWPXX-TV5051
AmarilloKEYU31.3312018Raycom MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with Telemundo
Arlington–DallasKPXD-TV**68421998Ion Media
AustinKXAN-TV36.3212015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with NBC
BeaumontKBMT-LD12.6432017TegnaPrimary channel is affiliated with MyNetworkTV
Conroe–HoustonKPXB-TV**49241998Ion Media
El PasoKVIA-TV7.3172018News Press & Gazette CompanyPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
LubbockKJTV-TV34.3352016Ramar CommunicationsPrimary channel is affiliated with Fox
Sherman/Ada, OKKXII12.4122018Gray TelevisionPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
Uvalde
(San Antonio)		KPXL-TV26261999Ion Media
Victoria KAVU-TV 25.5 20 2018 Morgan Murphy Media Primary channel is affiliated with ABC
Wichita Falls/Lawton, OKKAUZ-TV6.3222018American Spirit Media
(operated through SSA by Raycom Media)		Primary channel is affiliated with CBS
ChristianstedWSVI8202016Atlas News & Information Services, Inc.
Charlotte AmalieWZVI4343Digital-only satellite station
Provo–Salt Lake CityKUPX-TV**16.1291998Ion Media
BurlingtonWCAX-TV3.3222017Gray TelevisionPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
GrundyWLFG68.3492018Living Faith Ministries, Inc.Primary channel is a religious independent station
Manassas
(Washington, D.C.)		WPXW-TV**66.1431998Ion Media
NorfolkWPXV-TV**49.146
Petersburg–RichmondWRIC-TV8.2222015Nexstar Media GroupPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
RoanokeWPXR-TV**38.1361998Ion Media
Bellevue–SeattleKWPX-TV**33.1331998Ion Media
SpokaneKGPX-TV34.1341999
CharlestonWLPX-TV**29.1391998Ion Media
MartinsburgWWPX-TV**60.112Operates as satellite of WPXW-TV, Manassas, Virginia
Antigo
(Wausau)		WTPX-TV**46192001Ion MediaFirst digital-only station signed on by Ion under Pax era; never had an analog signal
Green BayWBAY-TV2.3232015Gray TelevisionPrimary channel is affiliated with ABC
Kenosha
(Milwaukee)		WPXE-TV**55.1401998Ion Media
MadisonWISC-TV3.3502017Morgan Murphy MediaPrimary channel is affiliated with CBS
La CrosseWKBT-TV8.38

Former affiliates

City of license/Market Station Current ownership Years of affiliation Status
Albuquerque, New Mexico KTFQ-DT 14 Univision Communications
(operated by Entravision Communications Corporation)		 1999–2003 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls KAPX-TV, to Univision Communications in 2002; now operating as an UniMás owned-and-operated station
Amarillo, Texas K39HF 39 Marcia T. Turner 2004–2014 now defunct
Bangor, Maine WBGR-LP 33 Maine Family Broadcasting, Inc. 1998–2014 Now operates as a Me-TV affiliate
Baraboo, Wisconsin W43BR 43 Baraboo Broadcasting 1998–2012 Now operates as a Family Channel affiliate
Baton Rouge, Louisiana WLFT-CD 30 Touch Family Broadcasting 1998–2003 Was affiliated with the network (as Pax TV) during WLFT's existence as a cable-only channel; now operates as a Me-TV affiliate
Champaign–Springfield–Decatur, Illinois WBUI 23 GOCOM Media of Illinois LLC
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)		 1998–1999 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls WPXU, to ACME Communications in 1999; now a CW affiliate
Charlottesville, Virginia WAHU-CD 27 Gray Television 1998–2005 Station used the call letters WADA-LP during its affiliation with Pax TV; now operates as a Fox affiliate
Cleveland, Mississippi WHCQ-LD 9 Ellington Broadcasting System 1998–2013 Now operates as a MyNetworkTV affiliate
Clarksdale, Mississippi WPRQ-LD 12 Ellington Broadcasting System 1998–2013 Now operates as a This TV affiliate
Evansville, Indiana WAZE-LP 17 Ion Media License cancelled December 15, 2017
Indianapolis, Indiana WIPX-LD 51 Word of God Fellowship 1998–2014 Operated as repeater of Bloomington, Indiana O&O WIPX-TV but made redundant with digital transmitter launch; license was donated to Word of God Fellowship in December 2014, to be converted into a repeater of Daystar owned-and-operated station WDTI
La Crescent, Minnesota
(La Crosse, Wisconsin)		 KQEG 23 Magnum Radio, Inc. 2009-2015 Dropped its part-time Ion affiliation while continuing its part-time AMGTV affiliation
Lafayette, Louisiana KDCG-CD 22 Delta Media Corporation 1998–2003 Now operates as a Heroes & Icons affiliate
Lansing, Michigan WLNS-TV 6.3 Nexstar Media Group 2015–2018 Subchannel discontinued after entering into a channel sharing agreement with WLAJ following the 2016 FCC spectrum reallocation auction
Little Rock, Arkansas KARZ-TV 42 Nexstar Media Group 1998–2001 Traded Pax TV affiliation and KYPX call letters with its then-sister station
under Equity Media Holdings ownership on UHF channel 49, becoming WB affiliate KWBF; now operates as a MyNetworkTV affiliate
KMYA-DT 49 1 Squared Media, LLC 2001–2005 Obtained affiliation from its then-sister station under Equity Media Holdings ownership on UHF channel 42, adopting its KYPX call letters; disaffiliated from Pax upon its rebrand as i: Independent Television on June 30, 2005, to become the flagship station of the Retro Television Network; now operates as a Me-TV affiliate
Minden–Shreveport, Louisiana KPXJ 21 KTBS, LLC 1998–2003 Paxson Communications sold the station to KTBS, LLC in 2003; now operates as a CW affiliate
Montgomery, Alabama WBMM 22 Bahakel Communications 1999–2005 Now operates as a CW Plus affiliate
WETU-LD 39 Word of God Fellowship 1998–2013 Operates as a Daystar owned-and-operated station
Mount Vernon, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri–Paducah, Kentucky WPXS 13 Word of God Fellowship 1998–2004, 2005–2008 Disaffiliated from Pax TV in 2004 to become a Daystar affiliate, before rejoining the network (as i: Independent Television) following Paxson Communications' sale of WPXS to Equity Media Holdings the following year; became a Retro Television Network affiliate in 2008; now operates as a Daystar owned-and-operated station
Pascagoula, Mississippi WKFK-LD 7 NCN Cable Advertising 1998–2010 Now operates as a This TV affiliate
Plattsburgh, New York–Burlington, Vermont WWBI-LP 27 Defunct 1999–2005; 2006–2007 Briefly disaffiliated from the network to join Daystar in 2005, before rejoining the network (as i: Independent Television) in 2006 after a sale to Word of God Fellowship fell through; ceased operations in 2007
Porterville–Fresno, California KTFF-DT 61 Univision Communications 1998–2003 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls KPXF-TV, to Univision Communications in 2003; now operating as an UniMás owned-and-operated station
Rapid City, South Dakota KKRA-LP Rapid Broadcasting Company 1998–2010 Added secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV in September 2006; now operates as a repeater of NBC affiliate KNBN
Reno, Nevada KREN-TV 27 Entravision Communications Corporation 1998–2002
(secondary until 2000)		 Now operates as a Univision affiliate
San Juan, Puerto Rico WJPX 24 America-CV Stations Group, Inc. 1998–2000 Paxson Communications sold the station to LIN TV Corporation in 2000, and converted it into an MTV2 affiliate; now operates as a MundoMax affiliate
Sioux Falls, South Dakota KAUN-LP 42 J.F. Broadcasting, LLC 2003–2008 Now operates as a Retro Television Network affiliate
Springfield–Dayton, Ohio WBDT 26 Vaughan Media, LLC
(operated by Nexstar Media Group)		 1998–1999 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls WDPX, to ACME Communications in 1999; now operates as a CW affiliate
St. Louis, Missouri KUMO-LD 21 Word of God Fellowship 1998–2004, 2005–2008 Station used call letters WPXS-LD during its affiliation with the network; now operates as a repeater of Daystar owned-and-operated station WPXS
Suring–Green Bay–Appleton, Wisconsin WCWF 14 Sinclair Broadcast Group 1998–1999 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls WPXG, to ACME Communications in 1999; now operates as a CW affiliate
Tucson, Arizona KUVE-DT 39 Univision Communications 2001–2003 Sold to Univision Communications in 2002; now operates as a Univision owned-and-operated station
Waterville–Portland, Maine WPFO 23 Corporate Media Consultants Group
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group; sale pending to Cunningham Broadcasting)		 1999–2003 Paxson Communications sold the station, then using the calls WMPX-TV, to Corporate Media Consultants Group in 2003; now operates as a Fox affiliate
Wichita, Kansas KCTU-LD 43 River City Broadcasters, Inc. 2001–2008 Now operates as a This TV affiliate

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