WEPX-TV

WEPX-TV
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 1998 (25 years ago) (1998-12)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 38 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012), 26 (UHF, 2012–2019)
MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning
"Eastern Carolina's Pax"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID81508
ERP850 kW
HAAT275 m (902 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′2.6″N 77°11′12.8″W / 35.200722°N 77.186889°W / 35.200722; -77.186889
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com
Satellite station
WPXU-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
History
FoundedSeptember 20, 1994
First air date
July 26, 1999 (25 years ago) (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[2]
Facility ID37971
ERP425 kW
HAAT218.4 m (717 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°29′42″N 77°29′18″W / 34.49500°N 77.48833°W / 34.49500; -77.48833
Links
Public license information

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.

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).

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.