KPXL-TV
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| HAAT | 521 m (1,709 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°37′12″N 99°2′57.1″W / 29.62000°N 99.049194°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | iontelevision |
KPXL-TV (channel 26) is a
History
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The station began broadcasting on February 19, 1999; it was built and signed on by Paxson Communications as an owned-and-operated station of the family-oriented Pax TV network (later reformatted into a general entertainment service as i: Independent Television, now Ion Television), with
On September 24, 2020, the Cincinnati-based E. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase KPXL-TV's owner, Ion Media, for $2.65 billion, with financing from Berkshire Hathaway.[2] Part of the deal included divesting 23 stations nationally to Inyo Broadcast Holdings (then-undisclosed at the time of the announcement) that would maintain Ion affiliations.[3]
Newscasts
From 2000 to 2004, KPXL aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KMOL-TV (channel 4)'s newscasts at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. (KMOL-TV became WOAI-TV in 2002). KPXL was also an affiliate of The News of Texas from 1999 to 2000.[4]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 720p | 16:9
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ION | Ion Television |
| 26.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 26.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 26.4 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
| 26.5 | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||
| 26.6 | SCRIPPS | Scripps News | ||
| 26.7 | Jewelry | Jewelry TV
| ||
| 26.8 | HSN | HSN | ||
| 26.9 | HSN2 | HSN2 |
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPXL-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Cimilluca, Dana (September 24, 2020). "E.W. Scripps nears $2.65B takeover of ION Media in Berkshire-backed deal". Fox Business. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ "Scripps creates national television networks business with acquisition of ION Media" (Press release).
- ^ "Texas Network - The Week at a Glance". San Antonio Business Journal. August 1, 1999. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KPXL". Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
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