WLPX-TV
| Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Branding | Ion Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) (to move to 18 (UHF)) Virtual: 29 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
29.1 Ion Television 29.2 qubo 29.3 Ion Life 29.4 Ion Shop 29.5 QVC |
| Affiliations | Ion Television |
| Owner |
Ion Media Networks (Ion Media Charleston License, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 31, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | CharLeston's PaX |
| Former callsigns | WKRP-TV (August–October 1998) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 29 (UHF, 1998–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 350 m (1,148 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 73189 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°28′12″N 81°46′35″W / 38.47000°N 81.77639°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
www |
WLPX-TV, virtual channel 29 (UHF digital channel 39), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States and also serving Huntington. Owned by Ion Media Networks, the station maintains studios on Prestige Park Drive in Hurricane, and its transmitter is located near Poca, West Virginia.
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 | Network[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 29.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Qubo | Qubo |
| 29.3 | IONLife | Ion Life | ||
| 29.4 | Shop | ShopTV | ||
| 29.5 | QVC | QVC | ||
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.
References
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WLPX
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.