WPXA (TV)
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| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| City of license | Rome, Georgia |
| Branding | i |
| Channels | 14 (VHF) analog, 51 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | i |
| Owner | ion Media Networks (Paxson Atlanta License, Inc.) |
| Founded | February 13, 1984 |
| Call letters meaning | W Paxson Atlanta |
| Former callsigns | WZGA (1984-1987) WAWA-TV (1987-1990) WTLK-TV (1990-1998) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1988-1998) PAX (1998-2005) |
| Transmitter Power | 3890 kW/616 m(analog) 1000 kW/622 m (digital) |
| Website | www.ionline.tv/ |
WPXA is a television station on channel 14 in the greater Atlanta area. It carries i network programming. The station's transmitter and antenna are located north-northwest of Atlanta in Cherokee County, near the county line with Bartow County, near Waleska. The studio is located in Marietta, next to Six Flags White Water along U.S. 41. Rome is the city of license and is owned by ion Media Networks.
[edit] History
The station began operating in 1988 as WZGA. It had a general entertainment format of low budget shows, public domain movies and preempted network programs. In 1991, the station became WTLK and picked up CBS News This Morning and CBS late-night shows preempted by WAGA as well as NBC shows prempted by WXIA-TV. WTLK also picked up a lot of unwanted talk shows.
The station was owned by American Communications before being sold to Paxson in 1996. The station's format consisted of infomercials by day and Worship TV at night. Since 1998, it also ran Pax television programming.
The station's broadcast range extends into parts of Alabama and Tennessee and even the southwest corner of North Carolina. However, terrain blocking not accounted for prevents this from regularly occurring.
- Former callsigns
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| Broadcast television in the Atlanta market (Nielsen DMA #9) | ||
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WSB 2 (ABC) - WUVM-LP 4 (Azteca América) - WAGA 5 (Fox) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WXIA 11 (NBC) - WPXA 14 (i) - WTBS 17 (TBS) - WCLP 18 (PBS/GPB) - W24AL 24 (HSN) - WANX-LP 26 (Jewelry TV) - WPBA 30 (PBS) - WANN-LP 32 (Ind) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WUVG 34 (UNI) - WATL 36 (MNTV) - W38CU 38 (TEL) - WIRE-CA 40 (MTV2) - WGCL 46 (CBS) - WDTA-LP 53 (DS) - WYGA 55 (Ind) - W55BM 55 (JCTV) - WATC 57 / WSKC-CA 22 (FN) - WHSG 63 (TBN) - WUPA 69 (The CW) |
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Atlanta market stations: Other markets: WBEK 16 (A1, Augusta) - WPXC 21 (i, Brunswick) - WELF 23 (TBN, Dalton) - W25CP 25 (TBN, Valdosta) - WDMA-CA 31 (Daystar, Macon) - W38CM 38 (TBN, Thomasville) - WXSX 46 (MTV2, Savannah) - WDNN 49 (Independent, Dalton) - WSST 55 (Independent, Cordele) - WGNM 64 (CTN, Macon) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Georgia | |
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Corporate Leadership: R. Brandon Burgess | Dean M. Goodman | Richard Garcia | Adam K. Weinstein | Tammy G. Hedge | Steven J. Friedman | Stephen P. Appel | Douglas C. Barker | David A. Glenn |
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Broadcast Television Networks: i |
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1These stations are operated by ION under a time brokerage agreement. |
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Annual Revenue: $276.6 million USD (2004) | Employees: 433 (2005) | Stock Symbol: AMEX: ION | Website: www.ionmedia.tv |
