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	{{short description\|Ion Television station in Martinsburg, West Virginia}}		{{short description\|Ion Television station in Martinsburg, West Virginia}}
			{{Use mdy dates\|date=February 2024}}
	{{Infobox television station		{{Infobox television station
	\| callsign = WWPX-TV		\| callsign = WWPX-TV
	\| above = ] of ],~~<br>~~]/]		\| above = {{ubl\|] of ],\|]–]}}
	\| city = Martinsburg, West Virginia		\| city = Martinsburg, West Virginia
	\| logo = <!-- Commented out: ] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo-->		\| logo = <!-- Commented out: ] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo-->
		⚫	\| digital = 13 (])
	\| slogan = ''Positively Entertaining''
		⚫	\| virtual = 60
	\| branding = Ion
			\| affiliations = {{ubl\|'''60.1:''' ]\|''for others, see {{section link\|\|Subchannels}}''}}
	\| analog =
		⚫	\| country = United States
⚫	\| digital = 13 (])
		⚫	\| founded = May 21, 1990
⚫	\| virtual = 60
		⚫	\| airdate = {{start date and age\|1991\|10\|1\|p=y}}
	\| subchannels =
		⚫	\| location = {{ubl\|]\|]\|]}}
	\| translators =
		⚫	\| callsign_meaning = West Virginia's Pax; satellite of ]
	\| affiliations = '''60.1:''' ] (''']''')<br>'''60.2:''' ]<br>'''60.3:''' ]<br>'''60.4:''' ]<br>'''60.5:''' ]<br>'''60.6:''' ]
		⚫	\| former_callsigns = {{ubl\|WYVN (1991–1996)\|WSHE-TV (1996–1998)}}
	\| network =
		⚫	\| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl\|'''Analog:''' 60 (], 1991–2009)\|'''Digital:''' 12 (VHF, 2000–2020)}}
⚫	\| country = United States
			\| owner = ]
⚫	\| founded = May 21, 1990
		⚫	\| licensee = Ion Television License, ]
⚫	\| airdate = {{start date and age\|1991\|10\|1\|p=y}}
		⚫	\| sister_stations = WPXW-TV, ]
	\| last_airdate =
			\| former_affiliations = {{ubl\|] (1991–1993)\|] (1993–1994)\|] (1994–1996)\|inTV (1996–1998)}}
⚫	\| location = ]~~/<br>~~]~~/<br>~~]
			\| erp = 4.2 ]
⚫	\| callsign_meaning = ~~'''W'''est~~ Virginia's ~~'''P'''a'''X'''~~; satellite of ]
		⚫	\| haat = {{convert\|327.5\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}
⚫	\| former_callsigns = WYVN (1991–1996)~~<br>~~WSHE-TV (1996–1998)
		⚫	\| facility_id = 23264
⚫	\| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''~~<br>~~60 (], 1991–2009)~~<br>~~'''Digital:'''~~<br>~~12 (VHF, 2000–2020)
		⚫	\| coordinates = {{coord\|39\|14\|21\|N\|77\|46\|16\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
	\| owner = ]<br>''(a subsidiary of the ])''
		⚫	\| licensing_authority = ]
⚫	\| licensee = Ion Television License, ]
		⚫	\| website = {{URL\|https://iontelevision.com/}}
⚫	\| sister_stations = WPXW-TV, ]
	\| former_affiliations = '''Analog/DT1:'''<br>] (1991–1993)<br>] (1993–1994)<br>] (1994–1996)<br>inTV (1996–1998)<br>'''DT2:'''<br>] (2007–2021)<br>'''DT3:'''<br>] (2007–2021)<br>'''DT4:'''<br>] (20??–2010)<br>Ion Shop (201?–2021)<br>'''DT5:'''<br>] (until 2021)<br>'''DT6:'''<br>] (until 2021)
	\| erp = 4.2 ]
⚫	\| haat = {{convert\|327.5\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}
	\| class = ]
⚫	\| facility_id = 23264
⚫	\| coordinates = ~~{{nowrap\|~~{{coord\|39\|14\|21\|N\|77\|46\|16\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
⚫	\| licensing_authority = ]
⚫	\| website = {{URL\|https://iontelevision.com/}}
	}}		}}
	'''WWPX-TV'''~~, ]~~ 60 ~~(] ] channel 13~~), is an ] ] ] to ], United States ~~and~~ ~~serving~~ the northwestern portion of the ] ].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hughes\|first=Dave\|url=http://www.dcrtv.org/mediawt.html\|title=Washington DC/Baltimore Area TV Stations\|publisher=dcrtv.com\|access-date=May 21, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060519131804/http://www.dcrtv.org/mediawt.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = May 19, 2006}}</ref> ~~The~~ ~~station~~ ~~is owned~~ by ~~the~~ ] ~~subsidiary of~~ the ~~]. WWPX-TV's~~ transmitter ~~is located~~ on ] east of ].		'''WWPX-TV''' (channel 60) is a ] licensed to ], United States, broadcasting the ] network to the northwestern portion of the ], ].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hughes\|first=Dave\|url=http://www.dcrtv.org/mediawt.html\|title=Washington DC/Baltimore Area TV Stations\|publisher=dcrtv.com\|access-date=May 21, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060519131804/http://www.dcrtv.org/mediawt.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = May 19, 2006}}</ref> ] by ], the station maintains transmitter facilities on ] east of ].

	WWPX-TV operates as a full-time ] of the main Ion station for the Washington area, ]~~-licensed~~ ] (channel 66), whose ~~studios~~ are located in ]. WWPX covers areas of ], northern ], central ] and south-central ] that receive a marginal to non-existent ] signal from WPXW, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' ] otherwise. WWPX is a straight ] of WPXW; on-air references to WWPX are limited to ] (FCC)-mandated hourly ]s during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WWPX does not maintain any physical presence locally in Martinsburg.		WWPX-TV operates as a full-time ] of the main Ion station for the Washington area, ]–licensed ] (channel 66), whose offices are located in ]. WWPX covers areas of ], northern ], central ] and south-central ] that receive a marginal to non-existent ] signal from WPXW, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' ] otherwise. WWPX is a straight ] of WPXW; on-air references to WWPX are limited to ] (FCC)-mandated hourly ]s during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WWPX does not maintain any physical presence locally in Martinsburg.

	==History==		==History==
	Channel 60 signed on October 1, 1991, as ~~'''~~WYVN~~'''~~ ("~~'''Y'''our~~ ~~'''V'''alley~~ ~~'''N'''ews~~"), with studios located in a renovated barn on Discovery Place in Martinsburg. WYVN was the second ] affiliate in West Virginia, behind ]'s ] (now a ] affiliate). Unusually for Fox stations in the network's early years, WYVN made a commitment from the beginning to local news and public affairs programming.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Martinsburg gets new TV station \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=2 October 1991 \|page=D-7 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-02-1991-1816499/}}</ref> However, owner Flying A Communications found itself in financial trouble due to the cost of the local news operation and poor ratings from competition with Washington, D.C.~~-based~~ stations. In addition to this, the station was beset by technical issues; its signal would go back and forth between ] and ]. A Fox network employee was reportedly sent to Martinsburg to investigate this matter, and was appalled by the sight of the station running '']'' episode "]" in black and white; management responded by saying "we don't even have an engineer."<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?451691-Worst-TV-stations-ever&p=5362857&viewfull=1#post5362857 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2018-10-14 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091625/https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?451691-Worst-TV-stations-ever&p=5362857&viewfull=1#post5362857 \|archive-date=2018-10-14 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Flying A Communications filed for bankruptcy in October 1992, and the station suspended newscasts in May 1993.<ref name="ap1">{{cite news \|title=W.Va. Judge Approves Sale of TV Station to Kentucky Company \|url=https://www.apnews.com/0bde3c1dcc5aaa860ba0beefb3b1a5cf \|~~agency~~=Associated Press \|date=11 October 1993}}</ref>		Channel 60 signed on October 1, 1991, as WYVN ("Your Valley News"), with studios located in a renovated barn on Discovery Place in Martinsburg. WYVN was the second ] affiliate in West Virginia, behind ]'s ] (now a ] affiliate). Unusually for Fox stations in the network's early years, WYVN made a commitment from the beginning to local news and public affairs programming.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Martinsburg gets new TV station \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=October 2, 1991 \|page=D-7 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-02-1991-1816499/}}</ref> However, owner Flying A Communications found itself in financial trouble due to the cost of the local news operation and poor ratings from competition with Washington, D.C.–based stations. Flying A Communications filed for bankruptcy in October 1992, and the station suspended newscasts in May 1993.<ref name="ap1">{{cite news \|title=W.Va. Judge Approves Sale of TV Station to Kentucky Company \|url=https://www.apnews.com/0bde3c1dcc5aaa860ba0beefb3b1a5cf \|work=Associated Press News \|date=October 11, 1993}}</ref>

	WYVN was forced off the air when Flying A went into ] on September 17, 1993. A sale to ] owner Benchmark Communications, who would have converted the station to ] affiliate WUSQ-TV, was worked out and approved by the station's bankruptcy trustee, but fell through at the last minute; the license was instead sold to Green River Broadcasting, who returned the station to air on September 24 while it worked out a financing plan.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Trustee recommends WYVN-TV sale \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=2 September 1993 \|page=B-2 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-sep-02-1993-1816504/}}</ref><ref name="fnp">{{cite news \|title=Lights out at Martinsburg, W. Va., TV station \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=6 April 1994 \|page=B-7 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-06-1994-1816506/}}</ref> Having lost its Fox affiliation, WYVN soldiered on as an independent, and briefly attempted a return of local news from January through February 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|title=WWPX-TV Facility Data \|url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=23264 \|website=FCCData \|ref=fd}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=West Virginia Station Suspends News Programming \|url=https://www.apnews.com/cd5ccbe92f2801792bcff78be2d095b8 \|~~agency~~=Associated Press \|date=16 February 1994}}</ref> The station remained unable to emerge from bankruptcy; the studio and equipment were sold to its creditors April 1, 1994, and they locked out the staff and suspended broadcasting.<ref name="fnp" /> ] acquired the license out of bankruptcy for $1.9 million in late 1994.<ref>{{cite news\|work=Cumberland Times-News\|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-29-1994-1816512/\|date=November 29, 1994\|access-date=June 17, 2020\|agency=Associated Press\|title=TV station purchased\|page=2B}}</ref>		WYVN was forced off the air when Flying A went into ] on September 17, 1993. A sale to ] owner Benchmark Communications, who would have converted the station to ] affiliate WUSQ-TV, was worked out and approved by the station's bankruptcy trustee, but fell through at the last minute; the license was instead sold to Green River Broadcasting, who returned the station to air on September 24 while it worked out a financing plan.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Trustee recommends WYVN-TV sale \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=September 2, 1993 \|page=B-2 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-sep-02-1993-1816504/}}</ref><ref name="fnp">{{cite news \|title=Lights out at Martinsburg, W. Va., TV station \|work=Frederick News-Post \|agency=Associated Press \|date=April 6, 1994 \|page=B-7 \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-06-1994-1816506/}}</ref> Having lost its Fox affiliation, WYVN soldiered on as an ], and briefly attempted a return of local news from January through February 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|title=WWPX-TV Facility Data \|url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=23264 \|website=FCCData \|ref=fd}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=West Virginia Station Suspends News Programming \|url=https://www.apnews.com/cd5ccbe92f2801792bcff78be2d095b8 \|work=Associated Press News \|date=February 16, 1994}}</ref> The station remained unable to emerge from bankruptcy; the studio and equipment were sold to its creditors on April 1, 1994, and they locked out the staff and suspended broadcasting.<ref name="fnp" /> ] acquired the license out of bankruptcy for $1.9 million in late 1994.<ref>{{cite news\|work=Cumberland Times-News\|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-29-1994-1816512/\|date=November 29, 1994\|access-date=June 17, 2020\|agency=Associated Press\|title=TV station purchased\|page=2B}}</ref>

	The station returned again on September 1, 1996, as ~~'''~~WSHE-TV~~'''~~, a Paxson station that aired the company's standard ] format, with ] in some dayparts. The change was made as a clean break with the troubled history of WYVN, but also to "park" a heritage call sign that Paxson had recently removed from one of its FM stations in Miami (now ]).<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-13-1997-2223562/\|pages=C1, \|accessdate=February 1, 2021\|title=inTV Now On TV\|first=David\|last=Foreman\|work=Winchester Star}}</ref> The station changed its call letters to ~~'''~~WWPX~~'''~~ at the beginning of 1998 and became a charter member of Pax TV along with most of Paxson's other stations on August 31 of that year. It has remained with the network, later known as i: Independent Television and now known as Ion Television, ever since.		The station returned again on September 1, 1996, as WSHE-TV, a Paxson station that aired the company's standard ] format, with ] in some dayparts. The change was made as a clean break with the troubled history of WYVN, but also to "park" a heritage call sign that Paxson had recently removed from one of its FM stations in Miami (now ]).<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-13-1997-2223562/\|pages=C1, \|date=March 13, 1997\|accessdate=February 1, 2021\|title=inTV Now On TV\|first=David\|last=Foreman\|work=The Winchester Star}}</ref> The station changed its call letters to WWPX at the beginning of 1998 and became a charter member of Pax TV along with most of Paxson's other stations on August 31 of that year. It has remained with the network, later known as i: Independent Television and now known as Ion Television, ever since.

	WWPX was originally a full affiliate of Pax. In 2002, it converted to a satellite of WPXW. The station could no longer afford its own staff of five master-control operators, and becoming a satellite allowed it to carry only the legal minimum of one manager and one engineer.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Greene\|first1=Julie\|title=Financial woes hit area TV stations\|url=http://articles.herald-mail.com/2002-02-01/news/25141352_1_paxson-communications-tv-stations-airs\|work=Hagerstown Herald-Mail\|date=1 February 2002\|language=en\|access-date=25 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426011900/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2002-02-01/news/25141352_1_paxson-communications-tv-stations-airs\|archive-date=26 April 2018\|url-status=~~live~~}}</ref>		WWPX was originally a full affiliate of Pax. In 2002, it converted to a satellite of WPXW. The station could no longer afford its own staff of five master-control operators, and becoming a satellite allowed it to carry only the legal minimum of one manager and one engineer.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Greene\|first1=Julie\|title=Financial woes hit area TV stations\|url=http://articles.herald-mail.com/2002-02-01/news/25141352_1_paxson-communications-tv-stations-airs\|work=Hagerstown Herald-Mail\|date=February 1, 2002\|language=en\|access-date=April 25, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426011900/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2002-02-01/news/25141352_1_paxson-communications-tv-stations-airs\|archive-date=April 26, 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			==Technical information==
	==Digital television==
	===~~Digital channels~~===		===Subchannels===
	The station's ~~digital~~ signal is ]:		The station's signal is ]:
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
		⚫	\|+Subchannels of WWPX-TV<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPX#station \|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WWPX \|access-date=February 6, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001152/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPX#station \|archive-date=February 22, 2014 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
		⚫	! scope="col" \| ]
		⚫	! scope="col" \| ]
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			! scope="col" \| Short name
			! scope="col" \| Programming
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.1
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		⚫	\| rowspan=2\|] \|\| rowspan=8\| ] \|\| ION \|\| ]
⚫	! ]
⚫	! ]
	! ]
⚫	! ~~Programming~~<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPX#station \|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WWPX \|access-date=2014~~-02-06~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001152/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPX#station \|archive-date=~~2014-02-~~22 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.2
⚫	~~\| 60.1 \|~~\| rowspan=2\|] \|\| rowspan=6\| ] \|\| ION \|\| ]
		⚫	\| Bounce \|\| ]
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.3
⚫	~~\| 60.2 \|~~\| Bounce \|\| ]
		⚫	\| rowspan=6\| ] \|\| CourtTV \|\| ]
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.4
⚫	~~\| 60.3 \|~~\| rowspan=4\| ] \|\| CourtTV \|\| ]
		⚫	\| Laff \|\| ]
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.5
⚫	~~\| 60.4 \|~~\| Laff \|\| ]
		⚫	\| Defy TV \|\| ]
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.6
	\| 60.5 \|\| Mystery \|\| ]
			\| SCRIPPS \|\| Blank
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.7
⚫	\| ~~60.6 \|\| DeFy~~ TV \|\| ]
			\| Get TV \|\| ]
			\|-
			! scope="row" \| 60.8
			\| HSN \|\| ]
	\|}		\|}

	===Analog-to-digital conversion===		===Analog-to-digital conversion===
	WWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 60, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition ] channel 12.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designation for the First and the Second Rounds ~~\|format=PDF~~ \|access-date=2012~~-03-24~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|archive-date=~~2013-08-~~29 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Through the use of ], digital television receivers display the station's ] as its former UHF analog channel 60, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.		WWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 60, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition ] channel 12, using ] 60.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designation for the First and the Second Rounds \|access-date=March 24, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|archive-date=August 29, 2013 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	*{{Official website\|https://iontelevision.com/}}		*{{Official website\|https://iontelevision.com/}}
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			{{ION Pennsylvania}}
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Latest revision as of 03:34, 6 December 2024

Ion Television station in Martinsburg, West Virginia

WWPX-TV
Satellite of WPXW-TV, Manassas, Virginia–Washington, D.C.
Martinsburg, West Virginia Hagerstown, Maryland Winchester, Virginia United States
City	Martinsburg, West Virginia
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 60
Programming
Affiliations	60.1: Ion Television for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Ion Media (Ion Television License, LLC)
Sister stations	WPXW-TV, WMAR-TV
History
Founded	May 21, 1990
First air date	October 1, 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-10-01)
Former call signs	WYVN (1991–1996) WSHE-TV (1996–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 60 (UHF, 1991–2009) Digital: 12 (VHF, 2000–2020)
Former affiliations	Fox (1991–1993) Independent (1993–1994) Dark (1994–1996) inTV (1996–1998)
Call sign meaning	West Virginia's Pax; satellite of WPXW-TV
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23264
ERP	4.2 kW
HAAT	327.5 m (1,074 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°14′21″N 77°46′16″W / 39.23917°N 77.77111°W / 39.23917; -77.77111
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	iontelevision.com

WWPX-TV (channel 60) is a television station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the northwestern portion of the Washington, D.C., television market. Owned and operated by Ion Media, the station maintains transmitter facilities on Blue Ridge Mountain east of Charles Town, West Virginia.

WWPX-TV operates as a full-time satellite of the main Ion station for the Washington area, Manassas, Virginia–licensed WPXW-TV (channel 66), whose offices are located in Fairfax Station, Virginia. WWPX covers areas of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, northern Virginia, central Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WPXW, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WWPX is a straight simulcast of WPXW; on-air references to WWPX are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WWPX does not maintain any physical presence locally in Martinsburg.

History

Channel 60 signed on October 1, 1991, as WYVN ("Your Valley News"), with studios located in a renovated barn on Discovery Place in Martinsburg. WYVN was the second Fox affiliate in West Virginia, behind Charleston's WVAH-TV (now a Catchy Comedy affiliate). Unusually for Fox stations in the network's early years, WYVN made a commitment from the beginning to local news and public affairs programming. However, owner Flying A Communications found itself in financial trouble due to the cost of the local news operation and poor ratings from competition with Washington, D.C.–based stations. Flying A Communications filed for bankruptcy in October 1992, and the station suspended newscasts in May 1993.

WYVN was forced off the air when Flying A went into receivership on September 17, 1993. A sale to WUSQ-FM owner Benchmark Communications, who would have converted the station to CBS affiliate WUSQ-TV, was worked out and approved by the station's bankruptcy trustee, but fell through at the last minute; the license was instead sold to Green River Broadcasting, who returned the station to air on September 24 while it worked out a financing plan. Having lost its Fox affiliation, WYVN soldiered on as an independent, and briefly attempted a return of local news from January through February 1994. The station remained unable to emerge from bankruptcy; the studio and equipment were sold to its creditors on April 1, 1994, and they locked out the staff and suspended broadcasting. Paxson Communications acquired the license out of bankruptcy for $1.9 million in late 1994.

The station returned again on September 1, 1996, as WSHE-TV, a Paxson station that aired the company's standard infomercial format, with religious programming in some dayparts. The change was made as a clean break with the troubled history of WYVN, but also to "park" a heritage call sign that Paxson had recently removed from one of its FM stations in Miami (now WMIB). The station changed its call letters to WWPX at the beginning of 1998 and became a charter member of Pax TV along with most of Paxson's other stations on August 31 of that year. It has remained with the network, later known as i: Independent Television and now known as Ion Television, ever since.

WWPX was originally a full affiliate of Pax. In 2002, it converted to a satellite of WPXW. The station could no longer afford its own staff of five master-control operators, and becoming a satellite allowed it to carry only the legal minimum of one manager and one engineer.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WWPX-TV
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
60.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
60.2	720p		Bounce	Bounce TV
60.3	480i		CourtTV	Court TV
60.4			Laff	Laff
60.5			Defy TV	Ion Plus
60.6			SCRIPPS	Blank
60.7			Get TV	Get
60.8			HSN	HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

WWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 60, 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 VHF channel 12, using virtual channel 60.

References

"Facility Technical Data for WWPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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"Martinsburg gets new TV station". Frederick News-Post. Associated Press. October 2, 1991. p. D-7.
"W.Va. Judge Approves Sale of TV Station to Kentucky Company". Associated Press News. October 11, 1993.
"Trustee recommends WYVN-TV sale". Frederick News-Post. Associated Press. September 2, 1993. p. B-2.
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"WWPX-TV Facility Data". FCCData.
"West Virginia Station Suspends News Programming". Associated Press News. February 16, 1994.
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External links

Official website

Broadcast television in the National Capitol Region (DMV)

This region includes the following cities: Washington, D.C.

Landover/Bethesda/Frederick, MD

Arlington/Fairfax/Fredericksburg/Winchester, VA

Martinsburg, WV

McConnellsburg, PA
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power

WRC-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Cozi, 4.3 AmCrimes, 4.4 Oxygen)
WTTG (5.1 Fox, 5.2 Buzzr, 5.3 Start)
WJLA-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Charge!, 7.3 Comet, 7.4 TBD)
WUSA (9.1 CBS, 9.2 Crime, 9.3 Quest, 9.4 Nest, 9.5 QVC)
WFDC-DT (14.1 UNI, 14.2 Get, 14.3 Grit, 14.4 UniMás)
WDCA (20.1 MNTV, 20.2 Movies!, 20.3 H&I, 20.4 Fox WX)
WMPT / WFPT (22.1/62.1 PBS/MPT, 22.2/62.2 MPT2/Create, 22.3/62.3 PBS Kids, 22.4/62.4 NHK)
WDCW (25.1 Ind., 50.1 CW, 50.2 ANT)
WETA-TV (26.1 PBS, 26.2 WETA UK, 26.3 PBS Kids, 26.4 World, 26.5 WETA Metro)
WHUT-TV (32.1 PBS, 32.2 PBS Kids)
WZDC-CD (44.1 TMD, 44.2 TXO)
WPXW-TV (66.1 Ion, 66.2 Bounce, 66.3 Court, 66.4 Laff, 66.5 Ion+, 66.6 Mystery, 66.7 Jewelry, 66.8 HSN)
WJAL (68.1 Merit, 68.2 Defy)

Low power

WDCN-LD (6.1 TCN)
WDCO-CD (10.1 TBD)
WDDN-LD / WDWA-LD (23.1 Daystar, 23.2 DS Español, 23.3 Reflections)
WMDO-CD (47.1 LATV)
WDME-CD (48.1 MeTV, 48.2 Story, 48.3 Catchy, 48.4 MeTV+, 48.5 MeToons, 48.6 Dabl, 48.12 OnTV4U)
WWTD-LD (49.2 HSN2, 49.3 QVC2, 49.4 NTD, 49.5 SBN, 49.6 LC)

ATSC 3.0

WHUT-TV (4.1 NBC, 5.1 Fox, 7.1 ABC, 9.1 CBS, 32.1 PBS)
WDCN-LD (6.1 TCN)
WIAV-CD (58.1 TBD, 58.4 WJLA 24/7 News)

Cable

Outlying areas

Dover, DE	WMDE (36.1/.8 LC, 36.2/.5 The365, 36.3 Heartland, 36.4 Retro, 36.6 Outlaw, 36.7 Arirang, 36.9 Binge)
Hagerstown, MD	WDVM-TV (25.1 Ind., 25.2 Mystery, 25.3 REW, 25.4 HSN) WWPB (31.1 PBS/MPT, 31.2 MPT2, 31.3 PBS Kids, 31.4 NHK World) W20EU-D (33.1 PBS, 33.2 PBS Kids, 43.1 Fox, 43.2 ANT)
Winchester, VA Martinsburg, WV	WHSV-TV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 NBC, 3.3 Ion, 3.4 MNTV/MeTV, 3.5 CBS) W08EE-D (24.1 PBS/WVPB, 24.2 World, 24.3 PBS Kids) WWPX-TV (60.1 Ion, 60.2 Bounce, 60.3 Court, 60.4 Laff, 60.5 Mystery, 60.6 Ion+, 60.7 Scripps, 60.8 HSN)

Defunct

Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WRC-TV.

Virginia broadcast television areas by city: Bristol; Bluefield; Charlottesville; Harrisonburg; Norfolk; Richmond; Roanoke; Washington, D.C.

Pennsylvania broadcast television: Erie; Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York (Susquehanna Valley); Johnstown/Altoona/State College (Happy Valley); Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

See also: Maryland TV; West Virginia TV

v t e Ion network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
Primary*	WHSV-DT 3.3 (Harrisonburg) WTVR-TV 6.5 (Richmond/Petersburg) WCAV-DT 19.4 (Charlottesville) WPXR-TV 38 (Roanoke/Lynchburg) WPXV-TV 49 (Norfolk) WPXW-TV 66 (Manassas/Washington, D.C.) WLFG-DT 68.3 (Grundy/Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City, TN)
Secondary**	WGPX-TV 16 (Burlington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC, serving Patrick County) WLFB-DT 40.3 (Bluefield/Beckley, WV, serving Tazewell County) WRPX-TV 47 (Rocky Mount/Raleigh/Durham, NC, serving Mecklenburg County)
() – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of West Virginia

ABC

WOAY-TV 4 (Oak Hill–Beckley–Bluefield)*
WTAE-TV 4 (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WJLA-TV 7 (Washington, D.C.)**
WTRF-DT 7.3 (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*
WCHS-TV 8 (Charleston–Huntington)*
WBOY-DT 12.2 (Clarksburg)*
WSET-TV 13 (Lynchburg–Roanoke, VA)**

CBS

KDKA-TV 2 (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WDTV 5 (Weston–Clarksburg)*
WDBJ 7 (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**
WTRF-TV 7 (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*
WUSA 9 (Washington, D.C.)**
WOWK-TV 13 (Huntington–Charleston)*
WIYE-LD 26 (Parkersburg)*
WVNS-TV 59 (Lewisburg)*

Fox

WTTG 5 (Washington, D.C.)**
WCHS-DT 8.2 (Charleston–Huntington)*
WTOV-DT 9.2 (Steubenville, OH/Wheeling)*
WVFX 10 (Clarksburg)*
WOVA-LD 22 (Parkersburg)*
WFXR 27 / WWCW-DT 21.2 (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**
WPGH-TV 53 (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WVNS-DT 59.2 (Lewisburg)*

NBC

WSAZ-TV 3_{ATSC 3.0} (Huntington–Charleston)*
WRC-TV 4 (Washington, D.C.)**
WVVA 6 (Bluefield–Beckley)*
WTOV-TV 9 (Steubenville, OH/Wheeling)*
WSLS-TV 10 (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**
WPXI 11 (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WBOY-TV 12 (Clarksburg)*
WTAP-TV 15 (Parkersburg)*

The CW

Broadcast	WVVA 6.2 (Bluefield–Beckley)* WVFX 10.2 (Clarksburg)* WWCW 21 / WFXR-DT 27.2 (Lynchburg–Roanoke, VA) WPNT 22_{ATSC 3.0} (Pittsburgh, PA) WQCW 30 (Portsmouth, OH/Huntington–Charleston)* WDCW 50 (Washington, D.C.)**
Cable-only	WBPB 3/80/97 (Parkersburg)* WBWO 18 (Wheeling–Steubenville, OH)*

MyNetworkTV

WSAZ-DT 3.2 (Huntington–Charleston)*
WTRF-DT 7.2 (Wheeling/Steubenville, OH)*
WDCA 20 (Washington, D.C.)**
WPNT 22_{ATSC 3.0} (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WZBJ 24 / WZBJ-CD 19_{ATSC 3.0} (Danville–Lynchburg, VA)**
WIYE-LD 47.2 (Parkersburg)*
WVNS-DT 59.2 (Lewisburg–Beckley–Bluefield)*

Ion

WTAP-DT 15.5 (Parkersburg)*
WINP-TV 16 (Pittsburgh, PA)**
WLPX-TV 29 (Charleston–Huntington)*
WPXR-TV 38 (Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA)**
WLFB 40.3 (Bluefield–Beckley)*
WWPX-TV 60 (Martinsburg)**

PBS (WVPB)

WSWP 9 (Grandview)
WNPB 24 (Morgantown)
WVPB 33 (Charleston–Huntington)

Other

WWVW-LD 8 (JTV, Wheeling)*
WVAH-TV 11 (Catchy, Charleston–Huntington)*
WFDC-DT 14 (UNI, Arlington, VA/Washington, D.C.)**
WUSV-LD 16 (ANT, Clarksburg)*
WPKD-TV 19 (Ind., Jeannette–Pittsburgh, PA)*
WDVM-TV 25 (Ind., Hagerstown, MD)**
W26EW-D 26 (HSN, Huntington)*
WLFB 40 (Ind., Bluefield–Beckley)*
WPCB-TV 40 (CTVN, Greensburg–Pittsburgh, PA)**
WZDC-CD 44 (TMD, Washington, D.C.)**
WTSF 61 (Daystar, Ashland, KY/Huntington–Charleston)*
WJAL 68 (ShopHQ, Silver Spring, MD/Washington, D.C.)**

(*) – indicates station is in one of West Virginia's primary TV markets
(**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of West Virginia

v t e Ion Television network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Primary*	WICU-DT 12.3 (Erie) WINP-TV 16 (Pittsburgh) WHTM-DT 27.2 (Harrisburg/York/Lancaster/Lebanon) WKBS-TV 47.4 (Altoona/Johnstown/State College) WPPX-TV 61 (Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia) WQPX-TV 64 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre)
Secondary**	WPXN-TV 31 (New York City; serving Pike County) WENY-DT 36.4 (Elmira, NY; serving Tioga County) WPXJ-TV 51 (Batavia/Buffalo, NY; serving McKean and Potter counties) WWPX-TV 60 (Martinsburg, WV; serving Fulton County) WYFX-LD 62.3 (Youngstown, OH; serving Mercer County)
() – indicates station is in one of Pennsylvania's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Pennsylvania See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Pennsylvania

v t e E. W. Scripps Company
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KATC KERO-TV / KZKC-LD KGTV / KZSD-LD KGUN-TV KIVI-TV / KSAW-LD KMGH-TV / KZCO-LD KNXV-TV KTNV-TV KXXV / KRHD-CD WCPO-TV WEWS-TV WFTS-TV WKBW-TV WMAR-TV WRTV WTXL-TV WXYZ-TV
CBS	KMTV-TV KPAX-TV / KAJJ-CD KRTV / KXLH-LD KTVQ KXLF-TV / KBZK KZTV WTKR WTVF WTVR-TV
Independent	K22JA-D KASW KCDO-TV / KSBS-CD KMCC KMCI-TV KTNV-TV KUPX-TV KWBA-TV WACY-TV WGNT WHDT WMYD WSFL-TV
Fox	KSTU WFLX WFTX-TV WSYM-TV WXMI
NBC	KJRH-TV KOAA-TV KRIS-TV KSBY KSHB-TV KTVH-DT / KTGF-LD KTPX-TV WGBA-TV WLEX-TV WPTV-TV WTMJ-TV
Ion (O&O)	KFPX-TV KKPX-TV KPXB-TV KPXD-TV KPXG-TV KPXL-TV KPXM-TV KPXN-TV KPXR-TV KRTV / KXLH-LD KSPX-TV KTPX-TV KWPX-TV KXLF-TV / KBZK WBPX-TV / WPXG WCPX-TV WDPX-TV WEPX-TV / WPXU-TV WINP-TV WIPL WKOI-TV WLPX-TV WNPX-TV WOPX-TV WPPX-TV WPXA-TV WPXC-TV WPXE-TV WPXK-TV WPXL-TV WPXM-TV WPXN-TV WPXQ-TV WPXR-TV WPXW-TV / WWPX-TV WQPX-TV WRBU WRPX-TV WSPX-TV WTPX-TV WTVR-TV WXPX-TV WZRB
Other	The CW KTNV-TV Grit WDPX-TV Ion Mystery KZCS-LD MyNetworkTV WSYM-TV Scripps News KILM WFPX-TV WSFJ-TV Telemundo K47DF-D / KZTV
TV networks	Broadcast Bounce TV Court TV Grit Ion Television Ion Mystery Ion Plus Laff Scripps News
Defunct	Broadcast Defy Qubo TrueReal
Programming	Scripps Sports The List Right This Minute Yule Log
Acquisitions	Cordillera Communications Ion Media Journal Communications McGraw-Hill Katz Broadcasting
Digital	Scripps News
People	Adam P. Symson Rich Boehne Edward W. Estlow Jack R. Howard Roy W. Howard Ted Knap Jim G. Lucas Ernie Pyle Al Schottelkotte Charles Scripps E. W. Scripps
Related	National Journalism Awards Newspaper Enterprise Association National Spelling Bee Scripps Howard Foundation Scripps Networks Interactive United Feature Syndicate United Media Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
NOTES: Scripps operates KZTV under a shared services agreement with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. KNXV-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of sister independent station KASW for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. KTNV-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned CW station KVCW for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. WTVF provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of locally-owned and Sinclair Broadcast Group-operated Dabl station WNAB for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. Scripps operates WFLX under a shared services agreement with Gray Television. WXYZ-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of sister CW station WMYD for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers. KJRH-TV provides a standard definition simulcast of sister station, Ion Television O&O KTPX-TV. WFTS-TV provides an ATSC 1.0 simulcast of Hearst Television-owned independent station WMOR-TV for non-ATSC 3.0 tuners and receivers.

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