KPXL-TV
History
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The station began broadcasting on February 19, 1999; it was built and signed on by Paxson Communications as an owned-and-operated station of the family-oriented Pax TV network (later reformatted into a general entertainment service as i: Independent Television, now Ion Television), with religious programming from The Worship Network airing during the overnight hours.
On September 24, 2020, the Cincinnati-based E. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase KPXL-TV's owner, Ion Media, for $2.65 billion, with financing from Berkshire Hathaway. Part of the deal included divesting 23 stations nationally to Inyo Broadcast Holdings (then-undisclosed at the time of the announcement) that would maintain Ion affiliations.
Newscasts
From 2000 to 2004, KPXL aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KMOL-TV (channel 4)'s newscasts at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. (KMOL-TV became WOAI-TV in 2002). KPXL was also an affiliate of The News of Texas from 1999 to 2000.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
26.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
26.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
26.4 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
26.5 | Defy TV | Ion Plus | ||
26.6 | SCRIPPS | Scripps News | ||
26.7 | Jewelry | Jewelry TV | ||
26.8 | HSN | HSN | ||
26.9 | HSN2 | HSN2 |
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KPXL-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on June 12, 2009. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 26.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPXL-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Cimilluca, Dana (September 24, 2020). "E.W. Scripps nears $2.65B takeover of ION Media in Berkshire-backed deal". Fox Business. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ "Scripps creates national television networks business with acquisition of ION Media" (Press release).
- ^ "Texas Network - The Week at a Glance". San Antonio Business Journal. August 1, 1999. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KPXL". Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Keys, Matthew (June 28, 2024). "Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV". TheDesk.net. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
- ^ "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.
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