WPXK-TV

WPXK-TV, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 18), is a Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Knoxville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to the town of Jellico near the Kentucky state line. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications). WPXK-TV's studios are located on Executive Park Drive (near I-40/I-75) in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville, on a tower shared with ABC affiliate WATE-TV (channel 6). WPXK-TV's facilities also serve as the main studio for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) purposes for sister station WUPX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky.[2]

WPXK-TV
Jellico/Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
CityJellico, Tennessee
BrandingIon Television
SloganPositively Entertaining
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 54 (PSIP)
Affiliations
OwnerIon Media Networks
LicenseeIon Media Knoxville License, Inc.
First air dateJanuary 1993 (1993-01)
Call sign meaningPaX TV Knoxville
Former call signsWPMC (1993–1998)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
54 (UHF, 1993–2009)
Digital:
23 (UHF, until 2019)
Former affiliationsHSN (1993–1998)
Transmitter power1,000 kW[1]
Height512.5 m (1,681 ft)[1]
ClassDT
Facility ID52628
Transmitter coordinates36°0′19″N 83°56′23″W[1]
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license informationProfile
CDBS
Websiteiontelevision.com

On cable, WPXK-TV is available on Charter Spectrum channel 4 in both standard and high definition, as well as Comcast Xfinity channels 3 (SD) and 1003 (HD), WOW! channels 3 (SD) and 900 (HD), and AT&T U-verse channels 54 (SD) and 1054 (HD).

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
54.1720p16:9IONMain Ion Television programming
54.2480i4:3quboQubo
54.3IONPlusIon Plus
54.4ShopIon Shop
54.5QVCQVC
54.6HSNHSN

[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, 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 23.[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References
  1. "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. "WUPX Station Information". Ion Media Networks. Retrieved November 17, 2019. If your organization would like to be notified of such [job] vacancies, please contact the Station Operations Manager at 9000 Executive Park Drive, Bldg. D, Suite 210, Knoxville, Tennessee.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK
  4. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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