KWPX

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KWPX
Seattle, Washington
City of license Bellevue, Washington
Branding ION Television
Channels Analog: 33 (UHF)

Digital: 32 (UHF)
Affiliations ION Television
Owner ION Media Networks, Inc.
(Paxson Communications License Company, LLC)
First air date May 17, 1989
Call letters’ meaning Washington's PaX TV
Former callsigns KBGE (1989-1998)
Former affiliations HSN (until 1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Transmitter Power 3720 kW (analog)
175 kW (digital)
Height 717 m (analog)
716 m (digital)
Facility ID 56852
Transmitter Coordinates 47°30′16.3″N, 121°58′10″W
Website www.ionline.tv

KWPX is an ION (formerly PAX and i) television station serving Seattle, Washington and Bellevue, Washington, owned by ION Media Networks, formerly Paxson Communications. KWPX signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. KWPX's local administrative office is shared with Belo Corporation's KING-TV, just east of the Seattle Center, though since July 2005, KING no longer has any operating agreement with KWPX.

The station's current programming consists of the ION national feed including religious programs, plus paid infomercials and local advertising spots. The network programing on Friday includes qubo in the afternoon and ION Life in the early evening.

When the station first signed on the air, its transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower. The transmitter site was later moved to West Tiger Mountain -- which is also known as West Tiger #3.

On most Western Washington cable TV systems, KWPX is typically located as channel 15 or channel 3.

KWPX's city of license is Bellevue, Washington.

[edit] Digital Television

The station's over the air digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels
Virtual
Channel		 Physical
RF Channel		 Video Aspect Programming
33.1 32.1 480i 4:3 Main KWPX Programming from the ION Television network
33.2 32.2 480i 4:3 qubo
33.3 32.3 480i 4:3 ION Life
33.4 32.4 480i 4:3 The Worship Network

In 2009, KWPX will remain on channel 33 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
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Broadcast television in the Seattle / Tacoma market  (Nielsen DMA #14)
Local Stations

KOMO 4 (ABC) • KING 5 (NBC, Weather Plus on DT2) • KIRO 7 (CBS, RTN on DT2) • KCTS 9 (PBS, V-me on DT2, Create on DT3, HD on DT5) • KSTW 11 (The CW) • KCPQ 13 (Fox, AccuWeather on DT2) • KONG 16 (Ind) •
KTBW 20 (TBN, Church on DT2, JCTV on DT3, Enlace on DT4, Smile on DT5) • KMYQ 22 (MNTV) •
KBTC 28 (PBS, Create on DT2, Annenberg on DT3, Worldview on DT4) •
KWPX 33 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) •
KHCV 45 (JTV, AZA on DT2, AAT TV on DT3) • KUNS 51 (Univision) •
KUSE 58 (Daystar) • K68DL 68 (3ABN)
Digital-only
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Outlying Areas
Canadian stations
available on cable
Cable-only
Defunct stations

Tacoma: KPEC 56 (NET) • Wenatchee: KCWT 27 (TBN)

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ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of Washington

KWPX 33 (ION, Bellevue) - KGPX 34 (ION, Spokane)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Washington
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Annual Revenue: US$276.6 million (2004) · Employees: 433 (2005) · Stock Symbol: AMEX: ION · Website: www.ionmedia.tv
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