WPXC-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WPXC-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = ION Television
analog = 21 (UHF)
digital = 24 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ION Television
network =
founded =
airdate = April 2, 1990
location = Brunswick, Georgia/Jacksonville, Florida
callsign_meaning = PaXson Communications
"(original name of current owner)"
former_callsigns = WBSG-TV (1990-2001)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = ION Media Networks, Inc.
licensee = Paxson Jax License, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1990-1995)
The WB (1995-1996)
ABC (1996-2001)
Pax TV (2001-2005)
i (2005-2007)
effective_radiated_power = 2630 kW (analog)
311 kW (digital)
HAAT = 500 m (analog)
418 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 71236
coordinates = coord|31|8|24.4|N|81|56|13.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|30|49|39.8|N|81|44|26.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.ionline.tv/ www.ionline.tv]

WPXC-TV is the ION Television (formerly Pax and i) television station in the Jacksonville, Florida market, but licenced to serve Brunswick, Georgia. Owned by ION Media Networks (formerly Paxson Communications), the station broadcasts on channel 21. In addition, the station has a low power repeater in Jacksonville, WPXJ-LP, on channel 41.

WPXC also shows Tampa Bay Rays baseball from the Rays Television Network.

History

The station was granted a construction permit on August 13, 1988 and began on-air operations on April 2, 1990 as independent WBSG-TV. By 1995, the station had become a charter WB affiliate. However, the station was later purchased by Allbritton Communications and so in 1996 the station took over the ABC affiliation, along with WJXX, in order for Allbritton to retain the network on its other stations. Unfortunately, this unique arrangement couldn't succeed because of WBSG's Georgia broadcast location and WJXX's signal troubles and so channel 25 was spun to Gannett, while channel 21 would be sold to Paxson Communications. As a result in 2001, WBSG dropped ABC in favor of Pax (now ION Television) under the WPXC-TV callsign.

Digital Television (Over The Air)

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

External links

* [http://www.ionline.tv/ ionline.tv]
*TVQ|WPXC
*TVQ|WPXJ-LP
*BIA|WPXC|TV|TV