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| City | Newport, Rhode Island[a] |
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| History | |
First air date | April 2, 1992; 33 years ago (1992-04-02) |
Former call signs | WOST-TV (1992–1998) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 69 (UHF, 1992–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | "Pax" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50063 |
| ERP | 1,000kW |
| HAAT | 228 m (748 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°29′41.7″N71°47′4.7″W / 41.494917°N 71.784639°W /41.494917; -71.784639 |
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Public license information | |
| Website | iontelevision |
WPXQ-TV (channel 69) is atelevision station licensed toNewport, Rhode Island, United States, broadcasting theIon Television network to theProvidence area.Owned and operated by theIon Media subsidiary of theE. W. Scripps Company, it shares transmitter facilities with formersister stationWLWC (channel 28) on Champlin Hill nearAshaway.
Despite originally being licensed toBlock Island, Rhode Island, WPXQ was never carried by formercable operator Block Island Cable TV.[b]
The FCC was persuaded to allocate channel 69 (WPXQ's originalanalog frequency) to Block Island by Ted Robinson, an island resident, who claimed during the allocation filing process in 1984–85 that anindependent TV station providing niche programming from there would serve the public interest better. Robinson subsequently ran into local opposition to tower siting, and sold out his interest to Ray Yorke, who obtained the initial construction permit. The station began broadcasting a few hours of old movies daily in 1992 using thecall sign WOST-TV (meaning Ocean State Television, the original owners). By 1996, the station was owned by Paxson Communications, which had implemented theirinfomercials (via their inTV network) andreligious programming. The station became WPXQ in 1998, and in August of that year began to run programming from the Pax TV network (later i: Independent Television; now Ion Television).
| License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| WPXQ-TV | 69.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 69.2 | 480i | Laff | Laff | ||
| 69.3 | BUSTED | Busted | |||
| 69.4 | Bounce | Bounce TV | |||
| 69.5 | GameSho | Game Show Central | |||
| 69.6 | HSN | HSN | |||
| 69.8 | QVC | QVC | |||
| WLWC | 28.1 | CourtTV | Court TV |
WPXQ-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, overUHF channel 69, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17, usingvirtual channel 69.[5]
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