KTPX-TV
KTPX-TV, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 28), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States that is licensed to Okmulgee. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications). KTPX's offices are located on East Skelly Drive in Tulsa, and its transmitter is located near Mounds, Oklahoma. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 4 in both standard and high definition.[1]
| Okmulgee/Tulsa, Oklahoma United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Okmulgee, Oklahoma |
| Branding | Ion Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels | Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 44 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | |
| Owner | Ion Media Networks |
| Licensee | Ion Media Tulsa License, Inc. |
| First air date | July 3, 1997 |
| Call sign meaning | Tulsa's PaX TV |
| Sister station(s) | KOPX-TV |
| Former call signs | KGLB-TV (1997–1998) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 44 (UHF, 1997–2009) |
| Former affiliations | inTV (1997–1998) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 219 m (719 ft) |
| Facility ID | 7078 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°50′2″N 96°7′28″W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information | Profile CDBS |
| Website | iontelevision |
History
The station first signed on the air on July 3, 1997, as KGLB-TV; it originally carried programming from Paxson Communications' infomercial service, the Infomall Television Network (inTV). The station became a charter owned-and-operated station of Pax TV (now Ion Television) when the network launched on August 31, 1998; on that date, the station changed its call letters to KTPX-TV (the KTPX calls were previously used by NBC affiliate KWES-TV in Midland, Texas from 1981 to 1993).
Digital television
Newscasts
Until 2005, KTPX aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KJRH-TV's 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. newscasts at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m on tape delays.
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 44, 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 28.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 44.
References
- Cox Channel Lineup Tulsa Area
- RabbitEars TV Query for KTPX
- "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.