WIPX
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| Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Branding | ION Television |
| Channels | 63 (UHF) analog, 27 (UHF) digital |
| Translators | WIPX-LP: 51 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ION Television |
| Owner | ION Media Networks |
| Founded | October 24, 1985 |
| Call letters meaning | W Indianapolis Pax |
| Former callsigns | WIIB (1985-1998) |
| Former affiliations | Pax (1998-2005) HSN (1985-1998 |
| Transmitter Power | 1820 kW (analog) 165 kW (digital) |
| Height | 328 m (analog) 310 m (digital) |
| Website | www.ionline.tv |
WIPX is a commercial television station in Bloomington, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis market on channel 63 as an i owned-and-operated station. Owned by ion Media Networks, the station runs informercials, religious programming, and family friendly shows and movies. Additionally, ION owns a repeater station in Indianapolis, WIPX-LP channel 51, to increase the reach of WIPX programming, though it has been recently listed as for sale in Broadcasting & Cable.
[edit] History
The station signed on in 1986 as WIIB. It was a Home Shopping Network station owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. There were plans to eventually switch WIIB to a general entertainment format. However, those plans never materialized, as Sinclair acquired WTTV in 1995 as a result of a merger. WIIB continued to air HSN programming until 1998, when it affiliated with Pax TV and changed its call sign to WIPX to reflect its new affiliation. The station was sold to Paxson Communications in 2000.
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| Broadcast television in the Indianapolis/Bloomington/Muncie/Marion market (Nielsen DMA #25) | |||
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WTTV 4 / WTTK 29 (CW) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WISH 8 (CBS) - WTHR 13 (NBC) - WREP-LP 15 (A1) - WIIH-CA 17 (UNI) - WFYI 20 (PBS) - WNDY 23 (MNTV) - WSOT-LP 25 (Rel) - WMUN-LP 26 (TBN) - WTIU 30 (PBS) - WKOG-LP 31 (Rel) - WHMB 40 (LeSEA) - WCLJ 42 (TBN) - WBXI-CA 47 (MTV Tr3́s) - WIPB 49 (PBS) - WALV-CA 50 (SkyTrak Weather Network) - WIWU 51 (Rel) - WXIN 59 (Fox) - WIPX 63 (ION) - WDNI-LP 65 (IMC) - WDTI 69 (DS) |
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America One affiliates: WVHF 9 (Jeffersonville) - WREP-LP 15 (Martinsville) - WHAN 17 (Jeffersonville) - WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (Sullivan) - WJTS-LP 27 (Jasper) Independent stations: WJPS-LP 4 (Evansville) - W06BD 6 (Princeton) - WAJN-LP 43 (Brookston) Other Chicago market stations: W04CQ 4 (Silent, Chesterton) - W13BQ 13 (DW, Portage) Other Indianapolis market stations: WIIH-CA 17 (UNI) - WBXI-CA 47 (MTV Tr3́s) - WALV-CA 50 (SkyTrak Weather Network) - WIPX 63 (ION) - WDNI-LP 65 (IMC) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Religious stations in Indiana | |
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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: ION Television |
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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 |
