WTPX-TV
WTPX-TV, virtual channel 46 (UHF digital channel 19), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Antigo, Wisconsin, United States and serving north-central Wisconsin, including Wausau and Rhinelander. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WTPX-TV's transmitter is located near Glandon, Wisconsin.
| Antigo/Wausau/Rhinelander, Wisconsin United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Antigo, Wisconsin |
| Channels | Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 46 |
| Branding | Ion |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ion Media (E. W. Scripps Company) (Ion Television License, LLC) |
| WPXE-TV (network sister) WTMJ-TV WGBA-TV WACY-TV (adjacent market corporate sisters) | |
| History | |
| Founded | May 15, 1998 |
First air date | November 23, 2001 |
Former call signs | WAZW (1998–1999) WTPX (1999–2009) |
Former channel number(s) | Digital: 46 (UHF, 2002–2018) |
Call sign meaning | Wausau & AnTigo's PaX |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 86496 |
| ERP | 24.5 kW |
| HAAT | 279 m (915 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°3′33″N 89°26′10″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | iontelevision |
Until 2021, the station's public file was maintained at studios on North Flint Road in Glendale, where WPXE-TV, the Ion station in the Milwaukee market, was based. In October of that year with the 2019 repeal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Main Studio Rule, Ion Media officially registered its studio facility (along with most Ion-owned stations) as the Scripps Center in Cincinnati. The same month, Green Bay sister station WGBA-TV launched Ion as its fifth subchannel, with the affiliation moving from WBAY-TV.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed; PSIP is subject to verification:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion |
| 46.2 | 480i | Grit | Grit | |
| 46.3 | Mystery | Ion Mystery | ||
| 46.4 | Laff | Laff | ||
| 46.5 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 46.6 | HSN | Defy TV | ||
| 46.7 | Newsy | Newsy |
Paxson Communications/Ion Media chose to run WTPX-TV as a digital-only station upon signing on in 2001, and held no analog license for the station. Thus, WTPX-TV never had any digital transition channel, flash-cut or analog transition period. It moved from its original physical channel 46 to channel 19 during the FCC's spectrum repack in June 2018, but continues to use channel 46 as its virtual channel position.