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{{Infobox television station | |||
| call_letters = WWPX-TV<br><small>(] of ],<br>]/])</small> | |||
| callsign = WWPX-TV | |||
| city = Martinsburg, West Virginia | |||
| above = {{ubl|] of ],|]–]}} | |||
| station_logo = <!-- Commented out: ] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo--> | |||
| city = Martinsburg, West Virginia | |||
| station_slogan = ''Positively Entertaining'' | |||
| logo = <!-- Commented out: ] --> <!--Station does not use its own logo--> | |||
| station_branding = Ion Television | |||
| digital = 13 (]) | |||
| analog = | |||
| virtual = 60 | |||
| digital = 12 (])<br>{{small|(to move to 13 (VHF))}} | |||
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''60.1:''' ]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | |||
| virtual = 60 (]) | |||
| country = United States | |||
| subchannels = | |||
| founded = May 21, 1990 | |||
| other_chs = | |||
| airdate = {{start date and age|1991|10|1|p=y}} | |||
| affiliations = {{ION DTV/text|60}} | |||
| location = {{ubl|]|]|]}} | |||
| network = | |||
| callsign_meaning = West Virginia's Pax; satellite of ] | |||
| country = ] | |||
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WYVN (1991–1996)|WSHE-TV (1996–1998)}} | |||
| founded = May 21, 1990 | |||
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 60 (], 1991–2009)|'''Digital:''' 12 (VHF, 2000–2020)}} | |||
| airdate = {{start date and age|1991|10|1|p=y}} | |||
| owner = ] | |||
| enddate = | |||
| licensee = Ion Television License, ] | |||
| location = ]/<br>]/<br>] | |||
| sister_stations = WPXW-TV, ] | |||
| callsign_meaning = '''W'''est Virginia's '''P'''a'''X'''; satellite of ] | |||
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|] (1991–1993)|] (1993–1994)|] (1994–1996)|inTV (1996–1998)}} | |||
| former_callsigns = WYVN (1991–1996)<br>WSHE-TV (1996–1998) | |||
| erp = 4.2 ] | |||
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>60 (], 1991–2009) | |||
| haat = {{convert|327.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | |||
| owner = ] | |||
| facility_id = 23264 | |||
| licensee = Ion Media Martinsburg License, Inc. | |||
| coordinates = {{coord|39|14|21|N|77|46|16|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | |||
| sister_stations = WPXW-TV | |||
| licensing_authority = ] | |||
| former_affiliations = ] (1991–1993)<br>] (1993–1994)<br>] (1994–1996)<br>inTV (1996–1998) | |||
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}} | |||
| effective_radiated_power = 23 ] | |||
| HAAT = {{convert|314|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | |||
| class = ] | |||
| facility_id = 23264 | |||
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|39|27|27|N|78|3|52|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} | |||
| licensing_authority = ] | |||
| homepage = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''WWPX-TV''' |
'''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 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 |
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=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 |
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= |
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== | |||
===Subchannels=== | |||
{{ION DTV|60}}<ref></ref> | |||
The station's signal is ]: | |||
{| 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" | ] | |||
! scope="col" | ] | |||
! scope="col" | Short name | |||
! scope="col" | Programming | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.1 | |||
| rowspan=2|] || rowspan=8| ] || ION || ] | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.2 | |||
| Bounce || ] | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.3 | |||
| rowspan=6| ] || CourtTV || ] | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.4 | |||
| Laff || ] | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.5 | |||
| Defy TV || ] | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.6 | |||
| SCRIPPS || Blank | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | 60.7 | |||
| 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 |
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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*{{BIA|WWPX|TV|TV}} | |||
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{{ION West Virginia}} | {{ION West Virginia}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 26 December 2024
TV station in Martinsburg, West Virginia
City | Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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Channels | |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
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Ownership | |
Owner | |
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 |
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Former channel number(s) |
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Former affiliations |
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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 | |
Website | iontelevision |
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:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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60.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
60.2 | 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.
- Hughes, Dave. "Washington DC/Baltimore Area TV Stations". dcrtv.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2006.
- "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.
- ^ "Lights out at Martinsburg, W. Va., TV station". Frederick News-Post. Associated Press. April 6, 1994. p. B-7.
- "WWPX-TV Facility Data". FCCData.
- "West Virginia Station Suspends News Programming". Associated Press News. February 16, 1994.
- "TV station purchased". Cumberland Times-News. Associated Press. November 29, 1994. p. 2B. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- Foreman, David (March 13, 1997). "inTV Now On TV". The Winchester Star. pp. C1, C3. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- Greene, Julie (February 1, 2002). "Financial woes hit area TV stations". Hagerstown Herald-Mail. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "RabbitEars TV Query for WWPX". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designation for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
Ion network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
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