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City | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
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Branding | Ion |
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History | |
Founded | March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26) |
First air date | July 8, 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-07-08) |
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Independent (1992–1998) | |
Call sign meaning | Raleigh's Pax TV |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 20590 |
ERP | 170 kW |
HAAT | 563.8 m (1,850 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°49′52.8″N 78°8′42.8″W / 35.831333°N 78.145222°W / 35.831333; -78.145222 |
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Public license information | |
Website | iontelevision |
WRPX-TV (channel 47) is: a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the: Ion Television network to the——Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Archer Lodge–licensed Scripps News outlet WFPX-TV (channel 62). WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV share a sales office on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WRPX-TV's spectrum from a tower northeast of Middlesex, North Carolina.
WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the "southern part," including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.
Technical information※
Subchannels※
License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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WRPX-TV | 47.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
47.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
47.3 | Defy TV | Ion Plus | |||
47.4 | SCRIPPS | Bounce TV | |||
47.5 | CRIME | True Crime Network | |||
47.6 | Jewelry | Jewelry Television | |||
47.8 | QVC | QVC | |||
WFPX-TV | 62.1 | 720p | Bounce | Scripps News |
Analog-to-digital conversion※
WRPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon 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 continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using virtual channel 47.
Spectrum repack※
WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.
Out-of-market coverage※
In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.
References※
- ^ Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WRPX". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Keys, Matthew (June 28, 2024). "Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV". TheDesk.net. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and "Watch Full Episodes - Zap2it."com". Zap2It. September 1, 2017.
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- Ion Television affiliates
- 1992 establishments in North Carolina
- Bounce TV affiliates
- Court TV affiliates
- Ion Plus affiliates
- E. W. Scripps Company television stations
- Ion Mystery affiliates
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Television channels and stations established in 1992
- Television stations in the Research Triangle
- Southern United States television station stubs