KWPX

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KWPX

Bellevue / Seattle / Tacoma, Washington
Branding	ion
Channels	33 (UHF) analog, 32 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ION
Owner	ION Media Networks
Founded	May 17, 1989
Call letters meaning	K Washington's PAX
Former callsigns	KBGE (1989-1998)
Former affiliations	HSN
Website	ionline.tv

KWPX is an ION (formerly PAX and i) television station serving Seattle, Washington and Bellevue, Washington, owned by ION Media Networks, formerly Paxson Communications. KWPX signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. KWPX's local administrative office is shared with Belo Corporation's KING-TV, just west of the Seattle Center, though since July 2005, KING no longer has any operating agreement with KWPX.

The station's current programming consists of the ION national feed including religious programs, plus paid infomercials and local advertising spots. The network programing on Friday includes. qubo in the afternoon and ION Life in the early evening. Both programing blocks are planed to be a full time digital sub channels in 2007.

When the station first signed on the air, its transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower. The transmitter site was later moved to West Tiger Mountain -- which is also known as West Tiger #3.

On most Western Washington cable TV systems, KWPX is typically located as channel 15 or channel 3.

KWPX's city of license is Bellevue, Washington.

[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
33.1 / 32.1	Main KWPX programming
33.2 / 32.2	qubo
33.3 / 32.3	ION Life
33.4 / 32.4	Worship

[edit] Previous Logos

Pax 33 Logo, 1998-2005.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Seattle / Tacoma market (Nielsen DMA #14)

Defunct Television Stations:
KOMO 4 (ABC) - KING 5 (NBC - NBC WX+ on DT2) - KIRO 7 (CBS) - KCTS 9 (PBS) - KSTW 11 (The CW) - KCPQ 13 (Fox) - KONG 16 (Ind) - KTBW 20 (TBN) - KMYQ 22 (MNTV - The Tube on DT2) - KBTC 28 (PBS) - KWPX 33 (ION) - KHCV 45 (JTV) - KUNS 51 (UNI) - KUSE 58 (ShopNBC) - K68DL 68 (3ABN)
Centralia-Lewis County: KCKA 15 (PBS) - K25CH 25 (MNTV) - K42CM 42 (Fox) - K53AZ 53 (CBS)
Wenatchee-Chelan County: KNEE-LP 10 (Ind) - K14BF 14 (Fox) - K18AD 18 (PBS) - K25FP 25 (3ABN) - K32FN 32 (ABC) - K34EM 34 (TBN) - K45AC 45 (CBS) - KWCC-LP 47 (FN) - KWWA-CA 49 (UNI) - K65AU 65 (NBC) - K67CD 67 (PBS) - K69BF 69 (Fox)
Local digital television channels
KWDK 42 (DS)
Local cable television channels FSN Northwest - NorthWest Cable News (cable 2) - TVW (Olympia)
Local Greater Vancouver stations available on cable television Vancouver: CBUT 2 (CBC) - Bellingham: KVOS 12 (Ind) - KBCB 24 (ShopNBC)
KCWT 27 (Ind / Fox / TBN, Wenatchee) - KPEC 56 (NET, Tacoma) See also: Broadcast television in the Greater Vancouver and Spokane markets

Other Television Stations in the state of Washington

Seattle Market Stations: KVOS 12 (Independent, Bellingham) - KONG 16 (Independent, Everett) - KTBW 20 (TBN, Seattle) - KBCB 24 (ShopNBC, Bellingham) - KWPX 33 (ION, Bellevue) - KWDK 42 (Daystar, Tacoma) - KHCV 45 (Jewelry TV, Seattle) - KUNS 51 (Univision, Bellevue) - KUSE-LP 58 (ShopNBC, Seattle)

Spokane Market Stations: KQUP 24 (RTN, Pullman) - KGPX 34 (ION, Spokane)

Yakima Market Stations: K22BI 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (Hope Channel / Worship, Walla Walla) - K33EJ 33 (3ABN, Walla Walla)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and PBS stations in Washington

ION Media Networks

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¹These stations are operated by ION under a time brokerage agreement.
² Co-owned with NBC Universal, Classic Media, Scholastic Books and Corus Entertainment^[1]

Annual Revenue: $276.6 million USD (2004) | Employees: 433 (2005) | Stock Symbol: AMEX: ION | Website: www.ionmedia.tv