WIPX

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WIPX
city = Bloomington, Indiana
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = ION Television
analog = 63 (UHF)
digital = 27 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ION Television
network =
founded =
airdate = December 27, 1988
location = Indianapolis, Indiana
callsign_meaning = Indianapolis PaX
former_callsigns = WIIB (1988-1998)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = ION Media Networks, Inc.
licensee = Paxson Indianapolis License, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = HSN (1988-1995)
inTV (1995-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
effective_radiated_power = 1820 kW (analog)
165 kW (digital)
HAAT = 328 m (analog)
310 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 10253
coordinates = coord|39|24|13.8|N|86|8|40.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ionline.tv/ www.ionline.tv]

WIPX is a commercial television station in Bloomington, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis market on channel 63 as an ION Television owned-and-operated station. Owned by ion Media Networks, the station runs informercials, religious programming, and family friendly shows and movies. Additionally, ION owns a repeater station in Indianapolis, WIPX-LP channel 51, to increase the reach of WIPX programming, though it has been recently listed as for sale in Broadcasting & Cable.

Channel Programming: 63.1 ION (simulcasting the analog station) 63.2 Qubo63.3 ION Life 63.4 The Worship Network

History

The station signed on in December 1988 as "WIIB". It was a Home Shopping Network (HSN) station owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. There were plans to eventually switch WIIB to a general entertainment format. However, those plans never materialized, as Sinclair acquired WTTV in 1995 as a result of a merger. WIIB continued to air HSN programming until 1998, when it affiliated with "Pax TV" and changed its call sign to WIPX to reflect its new affiliation. The station was sold to Paxson Communications in 2000.

External links

* [http://www.ionline.tv/ ION Television site]
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