WPXS

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WPXS

Mount Vernon, Illinois
Channels	13 (VHF) analog, 21 (UHF) digital
Translators	KUMO-LP: 51 (UHF)
Affiliations	Retro Television Network
Owner	Daystar Television Network Word of God Fellowship
Founded	June 12, 1982
Call letters meaning	W Pax Southern Illinois
Former callsigns	WCEE (1982-1998)
Former affiliations	PAX (1998-2004) Independent (1983-1998)
Transmitter Power	302 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)

WPXS and KUMO-LP are the two Retro Television Network affiliates serving Southern Illinois and the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. WPXS serves two DMA areas, St. Louis and Paducah, Kentucky. The stations are owned by the Word Of God Fellowship, and managed by Equity Broadcasting, programmed via satellite from Equity's Little Rock, Arkansas headquarters.

WPXS is based out of Mount Vernon, Illinois and broadcasts to Southern Illinois on channel 13. Their transmitter is located north of Kell, Illinois. The call letters of WPXS stand for Pax Southern Illinois, reflecting the former Pax affiliation. WPXS aired Pax network programming from August, 1998 until late 2004. Pax itself changed its name to i in September of the following year.

KUMO-LP is the satellite station of WPXS. It serves the St. Louis metropolitan area on channel 51.

[edit] History

The precursor to WPXS started operating in 1983.

Before becoming WPXS in 1998, this station operated as WCEE "C-13." WCEE was an independent television station which showed a mix of syndicated programs, movies, and reruns, as well as some Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball games during the winter months and some MLB Baseball games of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox during the summer months. WCEE was also unusual for a small-market television station because it produced a 30-minute newscast on weekdays.

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Earlier possible non-broadcast logo.

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Broadcast television in the Paducah (KY) / Cape Girardeau (MO) / Harrisburg (IL) market (Nielsen DMA #80)

WSIL 3 / KPOB 15 (ABC) - WPSD 6 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - KFVS 12 (CBS) (The CW via WQTV-LP on DT2) (The Tube on DT3) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - W15BU 15 (3ABN) - WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (PBS/KET) - KBSI 23 (Fox) - WQTV-LP 24 (The CW) - WUWT-CA 26 (A1) - WTCT 27 (TCT/TBN) - WDKA 49 (MNTV)

Broadcast television in the St. Louis market (Nielsen DMA #21)
KTVI 2 (Fox) - KMOV 4 (CBS) - KSDK 5 (NBC) (NBC WX+ on DT2) - KPTN-LP 7 (HSN) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - KETC 9 (PBS) - KPLR 11 (The CW) (The Tube on DT2) - K22HG 22 (TBN) - KNLC 24 (FamilyNet) - KEFN 28 (EWTN) - W29CI 29 (3ABN) - KDNL 30 (ABC) - WRBU 46 (MNTV) - W50CH 50 (REL) - KUMO 51 (RTN) - KDTL 64 (DS)
Local/regional cable television stations
FSN Midwest

Broadcast television in the Terre Haute market (Nielsen DMA #151)
WTWO 2 (NBC) - WTHI 10 (CBS) - WUSI 16 (PBS) - WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (A1) - WVUT 22 (PBS) - WFXW 38 (Fox) - W43BV 43 (TBN)
Cable-only station
"WBI 3" (CW)
Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations
WTTV 4 (CW) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WTHR 13 (NBC) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - WEIU 51 (PBS)

Other Television Stations in the state of Illinois

Chicago market Spanish stations: WSNS 44 (Telemundo) - WXFT 60 (TeleFutura) - WGBO 66 (Univision)

Independent stations: WWME-CA 23 (Chicago) - WCIU 26 / WCWW-LP 33 (Chicago / Rockford) - WOCH-CA 41 (Chicago)

WWTO-TV (La Salle) and its repeaters (TBN):
Chicago market: W24AJ 24 (Aurora) - W40BY 40 (Palatine) - W57DN 57 (Elgin) - W64CQ 64 (Arlington Heights)
Champaign/Decatur/Springfield market: W29BG 29 (Decatur) - W34DL 34 (Champaign)
Peoria/Bloomington market: W50DD 50 (Peoria) - W51CT 51 (Bloomington)
Quad Cities market: W50BY 50 (Galesburg) - W52BI 52 (Sterling)
Rockford market: W25CL 25 (Rockford)