WHPX

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WHPX
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = ION Television
analog = 26 (UHF)
digital = 34 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ION Television
network =
founded =
airdate = September 15, 1986
location = New London/Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut
callsign_meaning = Hartford PaX
former_callsigns = WTWS (1986-1998)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = ION Media Networks, Inc.
licensee = nowrap|Paxson Hartford License, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1986-1995)
inTV (1995-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
effective_radiated_power = 2820 kW (analog)
90 kW (digital)
HAAT = 381 m (analog)
368 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 51980
coordinates = coord|41|25|4|N|72|11|53.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ionline.tv/ www.ionline.tv]

WHPX is the ION Television affiliate serving the Hartford / New Haven, Connecticut television market. It is owned and operated by ION Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications) and is licensed to New London, Connecticut.

History

The station began operation on September 15, 1986 as WTWS. It was owned by R & R Media and ran a low budget general entertainment format. In 1988, the station took over some programming from WHCT as a result of WHCT's financial problems.

In 1990, the station also began to take programming that WTXX chose not to renew. It also offered to pick up WTXX's programming inventory in 1992, but WTXX's owner (Renaissance Broadcasting) declined.

The station had added more infomercials to its lineup by 1993. However, shortly thereafter, it was sold to Paxson, and rights to its programming were acquired by LIN Television, which placed those shows on WBNE in 1995.

Under Paxson, WTWS ran religious programming in the morning, infomercials in the afternoon and evenings, and worship programming overnight. Paxson then bought WHCT in 1997, and sold WTWS to Roberts Broadcasting.

Paxson, however, sold WHCT to Entravision in 1998, and affiliated with WTWS. The station became a Pax affiliate that year, and changed its call letters to WHPX to reflect its affiliation. In 2005, Paxson repurchased channel 26.

External links

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