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WRPX-TV

WRPX-TV is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Bounce TV outlet WFPX-TV. WRPX-TV and WFPX-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.

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WRPX-TV
CityRocky Mount, North Carolina
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WFPX-TV
History
FoundedMarch 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)
First air date
July 8, 1992 (1992-07-08)
Former call signs
  • WFXB (1991)
  • WRMY (1991–1998)
  • WRPX (1998–2009)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 47 (UHF, 1992–2009)
  • Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2019)
Independent (1992–1998)
Call sign meaning
Raleigh's Pax TV
Technical information2
Licensing authority
FCC
20590
ERP170 kW3
HAAT563.8 m (1,850 ft)3
Transmitter coordinates
35°49′52.8″N 78°8′42.8″W / 35.831333°N 78.145222°W / 35.831333; -78.1452223
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

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

WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the southern part, including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.

Technical information

Subchannels

Subchannels of WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV4
License Channel Res. Short name Programming
WRPX-TV 47.1 720p ION Ion Television
47.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
47.3 IONPlus Ion Plus
47.4 GameSho Game Show Central
47.5 CRIME True Crime Network
47.6 BUSTED Busted
47.8 QVC QVC
WFPX-TV 62.1 720p Bounce Bounce TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

WRPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon 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 continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using virtual channel 47.5

Spectrum repack

WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.

Out-of-market coverage

In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.6

References

References

  1. Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WRPX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. "RabbitEars TV Query for WRPX". RabbitEars. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  5. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  6. "TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes - Zap2it.com". Zap2It. September 1, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2001.
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