WPXC-TV

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WPXC-TV

Brunswick, Georgia / Jacksonville, Florida
Branding	ION Television
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 24 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ION Television
Owner	ION Media Networks
Founded	August 13, 1988
Call letters meaning	"PaXson Communications" (original name of current owner)
Former callsigns	WBSG-TV (1988-2001)
Former affiliations	Independent (1988-95) The WB (1995-96) ABC (1996-2001)
Website	www.ionline.tv/

WPXC-TV is the ION Television (formerly Pax and i) television station in the Jacksonville, Florida market, but licenced to serve Brunswick, Georgia. Owned by ION Media Networks (formerly Paxson Communications), the station broadcasts on channel 21. In addition, the station has a low power repeater in Jacksonville, WPXJ-LP, on channel 54.

[edit] History

The station began on August 13, 1988 as independent WBSG-TV. By 1995, the station had become a charter WB affiliate. However, the station was later purchased by Allbritton Communications and so in 1996 the station took over the ABC affiliation, along with WJXX, in order for Allbritton to retain the network on its other stations. Unfortunately, this unique arrangement couldn't succeed because of WBSG's Georgia broadcast location and WJXX's signal troubles and so channel 25 was spun to Gannett, while channel 21 would be sold to Paxson Communications. As a result in 2001, WBSG dropped ABC in favor of Pax (now i in 2005) under the WPXC-TV callsign.

[edit] Previous Logos

Pax 21 logo, 1998-2005.

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Broadcast television in the Jacksonville market (Nielsen DMA #50)

WJXT 4 (Ind.) - WJCT 7 (PBS) - WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) - WTLV 12 (NBC) - WJXE 15 (Ind.) - WCWJ 17 (The CW) - WPXC 21 (ION) - WQXT 22 (A1) - WUBF 23 (Rel.) - WJXX 25 (ABC) - WWRJ 27 (Rel.) - WAWS 30 (Fox) (MNTV on DT2) - W54CS 36 (AS) - WBXJ 43 (MTV2) - WTEV 47 (CBS) - WJEB 59 (TBN)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2)
Orlando / Ocala: WESH 2 (NBC) - WVEN 26 (UNI) - WOGX 51 (Fox)
Savannah: WSAV 3 (NBC) - WTOC 11 (CBS) - WJCL 22 (ABC)

Other Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPXM 35 (ION, Miami) - WHDT-LP 44 (Ind., Miami) - WPPB 63 (Educational, Fort Lauderdale)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WPDS-LP 14 (Educational, Largo) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2, Tampa) - WMOR-TV 32 (Ind. / 4Kids TV, Lakeland) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Petersburg City Access, St. Petersburg) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic / America One / NTV / CTV Canada, Oldsmar) - WXPX 66 (ION, Bradenton)
Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2, Jacksonville) - WPXJ-LP 54 (ION, Jacksonville)
Tallahassee - Thomasville: WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2, Tallahassee)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WRDQ 27 (Ind., Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (MTV2, Orlando) - WOPX 56 (ION, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WHDT-DT 59 (DW/Ind., Stuart) - WPPB 63 (Educational, Boca Raton) - WPXP 67 (ION, Lake Worth)
Panama City: WPCT 46 (Tourist, Panama City Beach) - WBIF 51 (RTN, Marianna)
Pensacola / Mobile: WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2, Pensacola) - WJTC 44 (Ind., Pensacola) - WPAN 53 (S@H/JTV, Fort Walton Beach) - WAWD 58 (Tourist, Fort Walton Beach) -
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Spanish stations in Florida

Other Television Stations in the state of Georgia

Atlanta market stations:
Religious stations: WDTA-LP 53 (Daystar) - W55BM 55 (JCTV) - WATC 57 / WSKC-CA 22 (FamilyNet) - WHSG 63 (TBN)

Spanish Language stations: WUVM-LP 4 (Azteca América) - WUVG 34 (Univision) - W38CU 38 (Telemundo)

Other stations: WPXA 14 (ION) - WTBS 17 (TBS) - W24AL 24 (HSN) - WANX-LP 26 (Jewelry TV) - WANN-LP 32 (S@H / Jewelry TV) - WYGA 55 (Independent) -- WIRE-CA 40 (MTV2) - WTHC-LP 42 (TIS)

Other markets: WBEK 16 (A1, Augusta) - WPXC 21 (ION, Brunswick) - WELF 23 (TBN, Dalton) - W25CP 25 (TBN, Valdosta) - WDMA-CA 31 (Daystar, Macon) - W38CM 38 (TBN, Thomasville) - WDGA-CA 43 (Azteca America, Dalton) - WXSX 46 (MTV2, Savannah) - WDNN 49 (Independent, Dalton) - WSST 55 (Independent, Cordele) - WGNM 64 (CTN, Macon)

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

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