WFPX-TV

WFPX-TV
CityArcher Lodge, North Carolina[a]
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsLaff
Ownership
Owner
WRPX-TV
History
FoundedSeptember 14, 1981
First air date
March 1985; 39 years ago (1985-03)[b]
Former call signs
  • WFCT (1981–1993)
  • WFAY (1993–1998)
  • WFPX (1998–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 62 (UHF, 1985–2009)
  • Digital: 36 (UHF, until 2018), 15 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Call sign meaning
Fayetteville's Pax TV
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21245
ERP170 kW[4]
HAAT563.8 m (1,850 ft)[4]
Transmitter coordinates35°49′52.8″N 78°8′42.8″W / 35.831333°N 78.145222°W / 35.831333; -78.145222[4]
Links
Public license information

WFPX-TV (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Archer Lodge, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Laff to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Rocky Mount–licensed Ion Television outlet WRPX-TV (channel 47). WFPX-TV and WRPX-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.

Originally licensed to Fayetteville, North Carolina, WFPX served as a full-time satellite of WRPX-TV from 1998 until 2018. WFPX's signal covered areas of south-central North Carolina that received a marginal to non-existent signal from WRPX, although there was significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WFPX was a straight simulcast of WRPX; on-air references to WFPX were limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from its former transmitter, WFPX did not maintain any physical presence locally in Fayetteville.

  1. ^ WFPX Community of License Change Exhibit
  2. ^ Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ a b c "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.


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