WPXK-TV

WPXK-TV
Jellico–Knoxville, Tennessee; United States;
City	Jellico, Tennessee
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF); Virtual: 54;
Branding	Ion
Programming
Affiliations	54.1: Ion Television; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Ion Media; (Ion Television License, LLC);
History
First air date	January 1993 (31 years ago)
Former call signs	WPMC (1993–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 54 (UHF, 1993–2009); Digital: 23 (UHF, until 2019);
Former affiliations	HSN (1993–1998, now on DT8)
Call sign meaning	Pax TV Knoxville
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52628
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	512.5 m (1,681 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°0′19″N 83°56′23″W / 36.00528°N 83.93972°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	iontelevision.com

WPXK-TV (channel 54) is a television station licensed to Jellico, Tennessee, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Knoxville area. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has offices on Executive Park Drive in west Knoxville, and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville.^[1] Despite Jellico being WPXK-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WPXK-TV^[3]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
54.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
54.2	480i		CourtTV	Court TV
54.3			Laff	Laff
54.4			Mystery	Ion Mystery
54.5			Scripps	Scripps News
54.6			Jewelry	JTV
54.7			QVC	QVC
54.8			HSN	HSN
54.9			QVC2	QVC2

Analog-to-digital conversion

WPXK-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, on June 12, 2009, the official date on 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] using virtual channel 54.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXK-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK
^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.

External links

Official website

[wpxktxmove-1] "Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2] "Facility Technical Data for WPXK-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[3] RabbitEars TV Query for WPXK

[4] "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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