WPXC-TV
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HAAT | 417 m (1,368 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°49′39″N 81°44′27″W / 30.82750°N 81.74083°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | iontelevision |
WPXC-TV (channel 21) is a
History
The station was granted a
Allbritton heavily invested in the two stations,[7] including building studio facilities on A. C. Skinner Parkway in Jacksonville.[8] However, WBSG and WJXX failed to gain significant ratings traction in the market. In addition to the early sign-on, the two stations' combined signal footprint was not nearly as large as those of CBS affiliate WJXT (channel 4, now an independent station) and NBC affiliate WTLV (channel 12).[7]
After the FCC legalized television station
Former translator (WPXJ-LP)
Until September 6, 2013,[12] WPXC-TV was relayed on a low power fill-in analog translator station, WPXJ-LP (channel 41) in Jacksonville. This station was granted a construction permit to operate on UHF channel 59 on November 12, 1986,[13] under the callsign W59BC.[14] A license to cover was issued on July 29, 1988.[15] The station applied to move to UHF channel 41 and became W41BM in 1992.[14][16] Although the FCC regarded the station as having immediately changed callsigns,[14] the move was not licensed until 1996;[17] a few months later, the station was renamed WDVL-LP.[14]
WDVL was
Programming
Newscasts
During its years as an independent station and later as a WB affiliate, WBSG-TV operated a news department; its local newscasts, branded as NewsCenter 21 with half-hour evening newscasts at 6, 10 and 11 p.m., were targeted at Brunswick and southeast Georgia. After it switched to ABC in December 1996, the station canceled its 10 p.m. newscast as the network began running regular prime time programming during that hour. The news department was shut down in December 1997, when WJXX launched its own news operation[7] and Allbritton transferred most of WBSG's news staff to WJXX[9] (during the stations' first months as an ABC affiliate, the two stations split their simulcast at 6 and 11 p.m., with WBSG continuing its local newscasts while WJXX aired M*A*S*H reruns[8]).
Notable former on-air staff
- Jacque Reid – reporter (later with CNN and BET)
Sports programming
During the
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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21.1 | 720p | 16:9
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ION | Ion Television |
21.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
21.3 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
21.4 | Grit | Grit | ||
21.5 | Defy | Defy TV | ||
21.6 | Laff | Laff | ||
21.7 | Scripps | Scripps News | ||
21.8 | QVC | QVC |
Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009, WPXC-TV terminated its analog signal, on
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPXC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "TV Guide South Georgia Edition channel lists". mcsittel.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Response to Public Notice" (PDF). Electronic Comment Filing System. Federal Communications Commission. June 27, 1997. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. February 26, 1996. p. 34. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ Patton, Charlie (August 21, 1997). "Jags fans in lather over TV". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Patton, Charlie (December 13, 1999). "Changing the channel". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Patton, Charlie (May 3, 1997). "Allbritton gives strong signal that ABC's here to stay". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Dickson, Terry (March 22, 2000). "Not easy as ABC for Georgia TV viewers". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Paxon to buy WBSG". Jacksonville Business Journal. American City Business Journals. September 25, 2000. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Call Sign History (WPXC-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ a b "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 9, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ^ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Call Sign History (WPXJ-LP)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Application Search Details (5)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Basch, Mark (December 4, 1997). "Network expects Jacksonville outlet". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Basch, Mark (May 23, 1998). "Paxson's TV-41 hits the airwaves". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ "Application View ... Redirecting".
- ^ "Station Search Details (WPXJ-LP)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ^ "Magic stretch broadcast reach". Tampa Bay Business Journal. American City Business Journals. November 22, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- RabbitEars.info. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations