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WTPX-TV
CityAntigo, Wisconsin
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedMay 15, 1998
First air date
November 23, 2001 (22 years ago) (2001-11-23)
Former call signs
  • WAZW (1998–1999)
  • WTPX (1999–2009)
Former channel number(s)
Digital: 46 (UHF, 2002–2018)
Call sign meaning
Network's former name, Pax TV, transposed
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID86496
ERP24.5 kW
HAAT279 m (915 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°3′33″N 89°26′10″W / 45.05917°N 89.43611°W / 45.05917; -89.43611
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

WTPX-TV (channel 46) is a television station licensed to Antigo, Wisconsin, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the WausauRhinelander market. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains transmitter facilities near Glandon, Wisconsin.

Until 2021, the station's public file was maintained at studios on North Flint Road in Glendale, where WPXE-TV, the Ion station in the Milwaukee market, was based. In October of that year with the 2019 repeal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Main Studio Rule, Ion Media officially registered its studio facility (along with most Ion-owned stations) as the Scripps Center in Cincinnati. The same month, Green Bay sister station WGBA-TV launched Ion as its fifth subchannel, with the affiliation moving from WBAY-TV.

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTPX-TV[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
46.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
46.2 480i Grit Grit
46.3 Mystery Ion Mystery
46.4 Laff Laff
46.5 Bounce Bounce TV
46.6 Scripps Scripps News
46.7 Jewelry Jewelry Television
46.8 HSN HSN
46.9 QVC2 QVC2

Paxson Communications/Ion Media chose to run WTPX-TV as a digital-only station upon signing on in 2001, and held no analog license for the station. Thus, WTPX-TV never had any digital transition channel, flash-cut or analog transition period. It moved from its original physical channel 46 to channel 19 during the FCC's spectrum repack in June 2018, but continues to use channel 46 as its virtual channel position.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WTPX-TV". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved August 20, 2024.