WEPX-TV

WEPX-TV (channel 38) is a television station licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to Eastern North Carolina. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains a transmitter northwest of New Bern, North Carolina.

WEPX-TV

Greenville, North Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 38
Branding	Ion
Programming
Affiliations	38.1: Ion Television for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Ion Media (Ion Television License, LLC)
History
First air date	December 1998 (1998-12)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 38 (UHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012), 26 (UHF, 2012–2019)
Former affiliations	MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning	"Eastern Carolina's Pax"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	81508
ERP	850 kW
HAAT	275 m (902 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°12′2.6″N 77°11′12.8″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	iontelevision.com
Satellite station
WPXU-TV
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 35
Programming
Affiliations	35.1: Ion Television for others, see § Subchannels
History
Founded	September 20, 1994
First air date	July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)
Former call signs	WFXZ-TV (July–December 1999)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 35 (UHF, 1999–2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Technical information
Facility ID	37971
ERP	425 kW
HAAT	218.4 m (717 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°29′42″N 77°29′18″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WPXU-TV (channel 35) in Jacksonville, North Carolina, operates as a full-time satellite of WEPX-TV. WPXU covers areas of southeastern North Carolina that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WEPX, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise, including in Jacksonville proper. WPXU is a straight simulcast of WEPX; on-air references to WPXU are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WPXU does not maintain any physical presence locally in Jacksonville.

WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of MyNetworkTV from September 5, 2006, until September 27, 2009, when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i: Independent Television and originally known as Pax TV).

Technical information

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

Subchannels of WEPX-TV and WPXU-TV

Channel		Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
WEPX-TV	WPXU-TV
38.1	35.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
38.2	35.2	480i		CourtTV	Court TV
38.3	35.3			Grit	Grit
38.4	35.4			Laff	Laff
38.5	35.5			IONPlus	Ion Plus
38.6	35.6			SCRIPPS	Scripps News
38.7	35.7			Jewelry	Jewelry TV
38.8	35.8			HSN	HSN
38.9	35.9			QVC	QVC

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, WEPX-TV did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital television station. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008. WEPX has filed a letter with the FCC requesting to move from channel 51 to channel 26. This was part of a larger move for the FCC to get TV stations off channel 51 to prevent interference with cell phone devices.

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WPXU has been carried on cable in Carolina Beach, which is within the Wilmington media market.

External links

• Official website