WNPX-TV
| Cookeville/Nashville, Tennessee/ Bowling Green, Kentucky United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Branding | Ion Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) (to move to 32 (UHF)) Virtual: 28 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | Ion Television (O&O; 1998–present) |
| Owner |
Ion Media Networks (Ion Media License Company, LLC) |
| Founded | July 28, 1986 |
| First air date | January 23, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | Nashville PaX |
| Sister station(s) | WPXX-TV, WPXK-TV |
| Former callsigns |
WMTT (1989–1993) WKZX (1993–1998) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1989–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1989–1995) The WB (1995–1998) |
| Transmitter power |
733 kW 676 kW (CP) |
| Height |
428.7 m (1,406 ft) 427 m (1,401 ft) (CP) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 28468 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′4″N 86°47′44″W / 36.26778°N 86.79556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.iontelevision.com |
WNPX-TV is an Ion Television-owned-and-operated television station serving Nashville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to Cookeville. Owned by Ion Media Networks, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (or virtual channel 28 via PSIP) from a transmitter located in Whites Creek, Tennessee, 7 miles (11 km) north of Nashville. Its call sign is derived from "Nashville PaX", in reference to a former name for Ion Television. Because the Bowling Green, Kentucky market does not have an Ion Television affiliate of its own, WNPX also serves the Bowling Green area by default.
History
The station was signed on by Dove Broadcasting on January 23, 1989 as WMTT, an independent station serving Cookeville. A few months later, Dove sold the station to Steven J. Sweeney.[1] InaVision Broadcasting bought WMTT in 1993,[2] changed its call sign to WKZX in 1994, and affiliated the station with The WB in 1995. Also in 1995, WKZX launched a nightly 6:30 p.m. newscast (which was repeated at 10 p.m.) branded as News 28.[3] In 1997, InaVision Broadcasting sold the station to St. Louis, Missouri-based Roberts Broadcasting.[4][5] A year later, Roberts Broadcasting sold the station to Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks),[6] who closed WKZX's news operation, moved and upgraded its transmitter to begin focusing on the Nashville market, and changed the callsign to WNPX; on August 31, 1998, the station began broadcasting programming from Pax TV, the forerunner of Ion Television.
Until 2015, the station also utilized an analog translator, WNPX-LP on channel 20, also located at Whites Creek. The translator was sold to Daystar on March 26, 2015.[7]
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 28.2 | 480i | 4:3 | qubo | Qubo |
| 28.3 | IONLife | Ion Life | ||
| 28.4 | Shop | Ion Shop | ||
| 28.5 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 28.6 | HSN | HSN |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WNPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, 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 36.[9] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 28.
References
- ↑ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ Other News Opens, Closes, and Themes - NashvilleTV.org
- ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. October 14, 1996. p. 43. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WNPX
- ↑ "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.