WRPX-TV
WRPX-TV (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Archer Lodge–licensed Bounce TV outlet WFPX-TV (channel 62). WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV share a sales office on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WRPX-TV's spectrum from a tower northeast of Middlesex, North Carolina.
| Rocky Mount/Raleigh/ Durham, North Carolina United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
| Channels | Digital: 32 (UHF) (shared with WFPX-TV[1]) Virtual: 47 |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 47.1: Ion Television 47.2: Court TV 47.3: Ion Mystery 47.4: TrueReal 47.5: Newsy 47.6: Defy TV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ion Media (E. W. Scripps Company) (Ion Television License, LLC) |
| WFPX-TV | |
| History | |
| Founded | March 26, 1991 |
First air date | July 8, 1992 |
Former call signs | WFXB (3/26/1991–8/9/1991) WRMY (8/9/1991–1998) WRPX (1998–2009) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 47 (UHF, 1992–2009) Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2019) |
| Analog/DT1: Independent (1992–1998) DT2: Qubo (until 2021) DT3: Ion Shop (until 2021) DT4: Grit (March–July 2021) DT5: Laff (until February 2022) DT6: HSN (until 2021) | |
Call sign meaning | Raleigh's Pax TV |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 20590 |
| Class | DT |
| ERP | 170 kW[2] |
| HAAT | 563.8 m (1,849.7 ft)[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°49′52.8″N 78°8′42.8″W[2] |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | iontelevision |
WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the southern part, including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 47.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 47.3 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
| 47.4 | TruReal | TrueReal | ||
| 47.5 | Newsy | Newsy | ||
| 47.6 | Defy TV | Defy TV | ||
Analog-to-digital conversion
WRPX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 47.
Spectrum repack
WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.
Out-of-market coverage
In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.[5]
References
- Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
- "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- RabbitEars TV Query for WRPX
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- "TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes - Zap2it.com". Zap2It. 2017-09-01.