WCPX

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WCPX
ION/WCPX
Chicago, Illinois
Branding ION Television
Channels 38 (UHF) analog,
43 (UHF) digital
Affiliations ION Television
Owner ION Media Networks
Founded 1976
Call letters meaning Chicago's PAX (previous name of ION)
Former callsigns WCFC-TV (1976-98)
Former affiliations Religious independent (1976-98)
Website www.ionline.tv

WCPX is the ION Television owned and operated station in Chicago. It transmits its analog signal on UHF channel 38, and its digital signal on UHF channel 43.

The WCPX callsign was previously used on WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida; the two stations are not related. The present-day WCPX in Chicago should also not be confused with WCPX-LP 48 in Columbus, Ohio.

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[edit] History

Chicago's channel 38 was originally a construction permit for the Chicago Federation of Labor's WCFL-TV. That station was never built, and the construction permit was purchased by Christian Communications of Chicagoland in 1976. The station went on air under the WCFC call letters, and became the first station in Chicago with an all-religious programming lineup.

The station was sold to Paxson Communications in 1998. Its call letters were changed to WCPX, and it became an affiliate of the Pax TV network, which became i in 2005 and ION Television in 2007.

[edit] Digital Broadcasting

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels
Channel Programming
43.1 / 38.1 Main WCPX programming
43.2 / 38.2 qubo
43.3 / 38.3 ION West
43.4 / 38.4 Worship TV Channel
43.5 / 38.5 Total Living Network (founded by Jerry Rose, former owner of WCFC)

[edit] Logos

Pax 38 logo, 1998-2005.

i logo, 2005-07.

[edit] Reference

[edit] External link


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Broadcast television in the Chicago market (Nielsen DMA #3)

WBBM 2 (CBS) - W04CQ 4 (Silent) - WMAQ 5 (NBC) - WLS 7 (ABC) - WGN 9 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - WTTW 11 (PBS, Create on DT3) - WOCK-CA 13 (Azteca América) - W13BQ 13 (DW) - W18AT 18 / W54BK 54 (LeSEA) - WYCC 20 (PBS) - W64CQ 22 (TBN) - WWME-CA 23 (Ind) - WHVI-LP 24 (LeSEA) - WCIU 26 (Ind) - WSPY-LP 30 (A1) - WFLD 32 (Fox) - WEDE-CA 34 (Ind) - WWTO 35 (TBN) - WCPX 38 (ION) - WOCH-CA 41 (Ind) - WSNS 44 (TEL) - WFBT-CA 48 (Ind) - WPWR 50 (MNTV) - W54BE 54 (Edu. Ind) - WLFM-LP 55 (Ind) - WYIN 56 (PBS) - WXFT 60 (TFT) - WCHU-LP 61 (MTV3) - WJYS 62 (Ind) - WGBO 66 (UNI)
Local cable television channels

CLTV - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
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) - WFBT-CA 48 (Blue Island)

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)

Other stations: WQFL-CA 8 (Religious, Rockford) - WOCK-CA 13 (MTV2, Chicago) - WPXS 13 (RTN, Mt. Vernon) - W15BU 15 (3ABN, Johnston City) - WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy) - WTCT 27 (TCT/TBN, Marion) - W29CI 29 (3ABN, Salem) - WSPY-LP 30 (A1, Plano) - WEDE-CA 34 (Ind., Arlington Hts. / Chicago) - WCPX 38 (ION, Chicago) - WBXC 46 (MTV2, Champaign) - W50CH 50 (Religious Ind., Alton) - WCFC 51 (TLN, Rockford) - W54BE 54 (Edu. Ind., Sugar Grove / Aurora) - WJYS 62 (Religious Ind., Tinley Park / Chicago)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and PBS stations in Illinois
ION Media Networks
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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

Broadcast Television Networks: ION Television
ION Television Owned & Operated Television Stations: KFPX | KGPX | KKPX | KOPX | KPPX | KPXB | KPXC | KPXD | KPXE | KPXG | KPXL | KPXM | KPXN | KPXO / KLEI | KPXR | KSPX | KTPX | KUPX | KWPX | WBPX / WDPX / WPXG | WCPX | WEPX | WFPX | WGPX | WHPX | WIPX | WLPX | WNPX | WOPX | WPPX | WPXA | WPXC | WPXD | WPXE | WPXH | WPXJ | WPXK | WPXL1 | WPXM | WPXN | WPXP | WPXQ | WPXR | WPXU | WPXV | WPXW | WPXX1 | WQPX | WRPX | WSPX | WTPX | WUPX | WVPX | WWPX | WXPX | WYPX | WZPX
MyNetworkTV Affiliates: WEPX | WPXU | WPXX1
Other Assets: qubo (51%)2

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
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