WPXJ-TV

WPXJ-TV
CityBatavia, New York
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
June 17, 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-06-17)
Former call signs
WAQF (1996–1998)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 51 (UHF, 1999–2009)
  • Digital: 53 (UHF, until 2009), 23 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Call sign meaning
Pax J (disambiguation from other Ion affiliates)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2325
ERP500 kW[2]
HAAT372.53 m (1,222 ft)[2]
Transmitter coordinates42°46′53.5″N 78°27′25.7″W / 42.781528°N 78.457139°W / 42.781528; -78.457139[2]
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

WPXJ-TV (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Batavia, New York, United States, serving the Buffalo area as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, the station maintains offices on Exchange Street in Buffalo, and its transmitter is located in Cowlesville, New York.[2]

Until August 2019, WPXJ-TV's transmitter was based at Pavilion, approximately halfway between the station's two target cities, Buffalo and Rochester; it was the only station in Western New York to serve both markets with the same signal (WNYB still serves both markets, but relies on translators and cable carriage to do so), although what little local programming the station has carried has traditionally favored Buffalo, and Ion now maintains a separate Rochester affiliation on the fourth digital subchannel of WHEC-TV.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXJ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c d "Amendment to a Modification of a DTV Station Construction Permit Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.