WEPX-TV
WEPX-TV (channel 38) is a television station licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to Eastern North Carolina. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains a transmitter northwest of New Bern, North Carolina.
| Greenville, North Carolina United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 38 |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 38.1: Ion Television 38.2: Court TV 38.3: Grit 38.4: Laff 38.5: Defy TV 38.6: TrueReal 38.7: Newsy |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ion Media (E. W. Scripps Company) (Ion Television License, LLC) |
| WPXU-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | December 1998 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 38 (UHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012) 26 (UHF, 2012–2019) |
| Secondary: MyNetworkTV (2006–2009) | |
Call sign meaning | "Eastern Carolina's Pax" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 81508 |
| ERP | 850 kW |
| HAAT | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′2.6″N 77°11′12.8″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | iontelevision |
WPXU-TV (channel 35) in Jacksonville, North Carolina operates as a full-time satellite of WEPX-TV.
WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of MyNetworkTV from September 5, 2006 until September 27, 2009 when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i: Independent Television and originally known as Pax TV).
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 38.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 38.3 | Grit | Grit | ||
| 38.4 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 38.5 | Defy | Defy TV | ||
| 38.6 | TrueReal | TrueReal | ||
| 38.7 | Newsy | Newsy | ||
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 , the station did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital television station. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008. WEPX has filed a letter with the FCC requesting to move from channel 51 to channel 26. This is part of a larger move for the FCC to get TV stations off of channel 51 to prevent interference with cell phone devices.