WBPX-TV

WBPX-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WDPX-TV
History
First air date
January 2, 1979
(45 years ago)
 (1979-01-02)
Former call signs
  • WQTV (1979–1993)
  • WABU (1993–1999)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 68 (UHF, 1979–2009)
  • Digital: 32 (UHF, 2004–2019)
Call sign meaning
"Boston Pax"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID7692
ERP150 kW[2]
HAAT334.59 m (1,098 ft)[2]
Transmitter coordinates42°23′2.7″N 71°29′35.3″W / 42.384083°N 71.493139°W / 42.384083; -71.493139[2]
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com
Satellite station
WPXG-TV
Channels
Ownership
WDPX-TV
History
First air date
September 1, 1995
(29 years ago)
 (1995-09-01)
Former call signs
WNBU (1995–1999)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 21 (UHF, 1995–2009)
  • Digital: 33 (UHF, 2003–2019)
Technical information[3]
Facility ID48406
ERP80.6 kW
HAAT342 m (1,122 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°11′4″N 71°19′10″W / 43.18444°N 71.31944°W / 43.18444; -71.31944 (WPXG-TV)
Links
Public license information

WBPX-TV (channel 68) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the Ion Television network. It is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, which also owns Woburn-licensed Grit station WDPX-TV (channel 58); the two channels share the same TV spectrum. WBPX-TV and WDPX-TV are broadcast from a tower shared with WUNI and WWJE-DT on Parmenter Road in Hudson, Massachusetts.

WBPX-TV's programming is duplicated on WPXG-TV (channel 21) in Concord, New Hampshire, which shares its channel with Lowell, Massachusetts–licensed Daystar station WYDN (channel 48) and broadcasts from Fort Mountain near Epsom, New Hampshire.

WBPX-TV began broadcasting as WQTV in 1979 and originally broadcast subscription television programming to paying customers, which ended in 1983, with the station operating as a full-time commercial independent station until succumbing to financial troubles and paring back its programming. After being sold to The Christian Science Monitor in 1986, WQTV became the nucleus of a major production operation, which in 1991 spawned a cable television channel, the Monitor Channel. After $325 million in losses, this service shut down in 1992, and the Monitor sold WQTV to Boston University, which operated it for six years as commercial independent WABU. Boston University also bought the Concord station, which had been silent since it failed as CBS affiliate WNHT in 1989, and turned it into a satellite of WABU in 1995. Both stations were sold in 1999 to become outlets of the Pax network, which changed its name to i in 2005 before becoming known as Ion in 2007.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 2, 2018. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXG-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.