KPXD-TV
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HAAT | 371.2 m (1,218 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°35′25″N 96°58′24″W / 32.59028°N 96.97333°W |
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Website | iontelevision |
KPXD-TV (channel 68) is a
History
The station first signed on the air on December 21, 1996, as KINZ-TV (in reference to its original affiliation with the Infomall TV Network (InTV), the predecessor-of-sorts of Ion Television), carrying
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As part of a wide-ranging deal that gave
In 2003, Pax TV decided to scale back its programming due to financial losses, resulting in much of the afternoon time slots on its stations' schedules being filled with infomercials. After Pax was rebranded as i: Independent Television on June 30, 2005, Worship Network programming moved to one of KPXD's digital subchannels (originally its third subchannel, then to its fourth subchannel after Ion Life (later Ion Plus) and Qubo launched, before Worship was dropped on January 31, 2010).
In September 2020, Ion Media was sold to the E. W. Scripps Company, marking the latter company's first entry into the Dallas–Fort Worth market. On February 27, 2021, shortly after the sale closed, Ion Plus and Qubo ceased broadcasting, and KPXD-DT2 and DT3 switched to
Newscasts
In September 2001, as part of the JSA with that station, KPXD began airing
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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68.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
ION | Ion Television |
68.2 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
68.3 | 480i | Laff | Laff | |
68.4 | IONPlus | Ion Plus[3] | ||
68.5 | SCRIPPS | Scripps News | ||
68.6 | Jewelry | Jewelry TV
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68.7 | HSN2 | HSN2 | ||
68.8 | HSN | HSN |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KPXD-TV shut down its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPXD-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KPXD". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ Keys, Matthew (June 28, 2024). "Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV". TheDesk.net. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- www.iontelevision.com - Ion official website