KPXN

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPXN
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = ION Television
analog = 30 (UHF)
digital = 38 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ION Television
network =
founded =
airdate = January 7, 1994
location = San Bernardino/Los Angeles, California
callsign_meaning = PaXsoN
former_callsigns = KZKI (1994-1997)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = ION Media Networks, Inc.
licensee = Paxson Los Angeles License, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1994-1995)
inTV (1995-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
effective_radiated_power = 3800 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 715 m (analog)
909.3 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 58978
coordinates = coord|34|11|15.4|N|117|42|1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|34|12|45.9|N|118|3|44.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.ionline.tv/ www.ionline.tv]

KPXN, licensed to San Bernardino, California broadcasts on analog channel 30 and digital channel 38 in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It signed on on January 7, 1994 as KZKI. An investor group called "Sandino Communications" built KZKI, 'Sandino' being short of for the city of license of San Bernardino. Sandino sold KZKI to Paxson Communications in 1995 for $18 million dollars in cash and debt assumption. It is now owned by ION Media Networks (previously Paxson Communications). It is the local affiliate of the ION Television network.

Channel 30 first went on the air as KHOF-TV in October 1969. The station was a Christian broadcast outreach of Faith Center Church in Glendale, California, of which Dr. Gene Scott was the pastor. The church already owned and operated KHOF-FM radio (now KKLA) in Los Angeles. In the 1980s KHOF came under the scrutiny of the Federal Communications Commission due to its fund raising operations. Eventually, the FCC revoked KHOF-TV's license. After losing court challenges to the FCC action, KHOF-TV left the air in May, 1983.

In order to not keep Channel 30 dark until a new permanent licensee could be selected from the many applications the FCC anticipated, they decided to allow an interim broadcaster to operate on the channel. In 1984, Angeles Broadcasting was granted an interim license and in January 1985, returned channel 30 to the air as KAGL-TV. The station continued to broadcast religious programming and later some general programming as well. Because KAGL utilized the old KHOF transmitter, still owned by Faith Center, KAGL provided the Rev. Scott four hours of evening time and some daytime hours to continue the "Festival of Faith" programs he televised on KHOF.

In 1992, KAGL left the air. The FCC shut down the station so that KZKI, the new licensee, could construct a new transmitter. KZKI aired religious shows, infomercials, and some movies in the four years between that time and the launch of PAX TV (later i, now ION) in 1998.

Currently, channel 30, now KPXN, is the only remaining station transmitting from Sunset Ridge in the Mount San Antonio range. At one time, KDOC. Ch 56 (now on Mt. Wilson), KSCI, Ch 18 and KRCA, Ch 62 (both now on Mt. Harvard) used to broadcast on Sunset Ridge as well. KPXN's digital transmitter, KPXN-DT, channel 38 transmits from Mt. Harvard.

Newscasts from KNBC

KPXN aired rebroadcasts of KNBC's 6pm and 11pm newscasts until 2006. KPXN aired rebroadcasts of the weekday editions of "The Channel 4 News at 11PM" at 11:30pm. KPXN badged the newscast as "The Channel 4 News at 11:30 on PAX30." The 6pm news was called "The Channel 4 News at 6pm on PAX30." KPXN stopped airing the newscasts in 2006.

ee also

*Eugene Scott

Past Logos

External links

*TVQ|KPXN
*BIA|KPXN|TV|TV