WNPX-TV

WNPX-TV, virtual channel 28 (UHF digital channel 32), is an Ion Television-owned-and-operated station serving Nashville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to Franklin. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications). WNPX-TV's transmitter is located near Cross Plains, Tennessee.

WNPX-TV
Franklin/Nashville, Tennessee/
Bowling Green, Kentucky
United States
CityFranklin, Tennessee
BrandingIon Television
SloganPositively Entertaining
ChannelsDigital: 32 (UHF)
Virtual: 28 (PSIP)
Affiliations
OwnerIon Media Networks
LicenseeIon Media License Company, LLC
FoundedJuly 28, 1986 (1986-07-28)
First air dateJanuary 23, 1989 (1989-01-23)
(in Cookeville, Tennessee; license moved to Franklin in 2019[1])
Call sign meaningNashville PaX
Sister station(s)WPXX-TV, WPXK-TV
Former call signsWMTT (1989–1993)
WKZX (1993–1998)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
28 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Digital:
36 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliationsIndependent (1989–1995)
The WB (1995–1998)
Transmitter power550 kW[2]
Height364.8 m (1,197 ft)[2]
ClassDT
Facility ID28468
Transmitter coordinates36°31′36″N 86°41′14″W[2]
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license informationProfile
CDBS
Websiteiontelevision.com

WNPX also serves as the de facto Ion outlet for the Bowling Green, Kentucky market since that area doesn't have an affiliate of its own.

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.[3] InaVision Broadcasting bought WMTT in 1993,[4] 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.[5] In 1997, InaVision Broadcasting sold the station to St. Louis, Missouri-based Roberts Broadcasting.[6][7] A year later, Roberts Broadcasting sold the station to Paxson Communications,[8] 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, located at Whites Creek. The translator was sold to Daystar on March 26, 2015.[9]

Sometime in 2019, WNPX's city of license was changed from Cookeville to Franklin, Tennessee.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
28.1720p16:9IONMain Ion Television programming
28.2480i4:3quboQubo
28.3IONPlusIon Plus
28.4ShopIon Shop
28.5QVCQVC
28.6HSNHSN

[10]

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.[11] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 28.

Spectrum incentive auction results

In summer 2017, due to the station's participation in the FCC's 2016–17 incentive auction, WNPX filed for a construction permit for its digital signal to relocate to UHF channel 32. As a result, on October 18, 2019, WNPX moved to channel 32 due to spectrum repacking. CBS affiliate WTVF moved its digital signal allocation to WNPX's former allocation.

References
  1. "WNPX-TV Cookeville to Franklin, TN - COL Petition for Rulemaking". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  4. "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  5. Other News Opens, Closes, and Themes - NashvilleTV.org
  6. "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. October 14, 1996. p. 43. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  7. "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  8. "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  10. RabbitEars TV Query for WNPX
  11. "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.
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