KPXB-TV

KPXB-TV
Conroe/Houston, Texas
Branding ION Television
Channels Digital: 32 (UHF)
Virtual: 49 (PSIP)
Affiliations Ion Television
qubo (KPXB-DT2)
ION Life (KPXB-DT3)
Owner Ion Media Networks, Inc.
(Ion Media Houston License, Inc.)
First air date June 16, 1989
Call letters' meaning PaXson Broadcasting
Former callsigns KTFH (1989–1998)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
49 (UHF, 1989-2009)
Digital:
5 (VHF, 1998-2009)
Former affiliations independent (1989)
Galavisión (1989-1995)
inTV (1995-1998)
Pax Tv (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 579 m
Facility ID 58835
Website www.ionline.tv

KPXB-TV is an affiliate of the Ion Television network (formerly PAX and i), serving the Houston, Texas television market. It is owned by ION Media Networks, the former Paxson Communications. It broadcasts on one of two channels assigned to Conroe, the other being KTBU.

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History

The station went on the air as KTFH in 1989 mainly airing home shopping programming, and switched to airing programming from Galavisión in November of that same year.[1]

KTFH was sold to Paxson Communications in 1995. Paxson switched the station from Galavisión to Infomall Shopping Network on April 3, 1995,[2] and changed the station's call sign to KPXB at the start of 1998.

KPXB, along with other Paxson-owned stations, started airing the PAX network on August 31, 1998.

After the digital transition, KPXB moved its transmitter from east of Splendora to the Houston-area antenna farm southwest of Houston in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Missouri City.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital
Channel		 Virtual
Channel		 Programming
32.1 49.1 Main KPXB programming
32.2 49.2 qubo
32.3 49.3 ION Life

Former translator

KPXB formerly broadcast on a low-powered translator, KBPX-LP channel 33 in Houston, in order to improve its analog coverage in southern Houston since the full-power analog transmitter site was located in the far northern suburbs of Houston. This translator was shut down on June 30, 2009, two weeks after the digital transition, due to loss of access to the tower site.[3] KBPX-LP resumed operations November 22, 2010 on digital channel 46,[4] carrying The Country Network.[5]

External links

References

  1. ^ Hodges, Ann (November 17, 1989). "Station to air Mexican newscasts". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1989_664540/station-to-air-mexican-newscasts.html. Retrieved September 14, 2011. 
  2. ^ McDaniel, Mike (March 21, 1995). "Spanish-language TV station gets new owners, new format". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1995_1263473. Retrieved September 14, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1321638&Service=TX&Form_id=910&Facility_id=17746. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Resumption of Operations". Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1408799&Form_id=910&Facility_id=17746. Retrieved November 23, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Houston, It's Your Country!". PR Newswire. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/houston-its-your-country-110156874.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010. 
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KPRC (2.1 NBC, 2.2 This TV)  • KUHT (8.1 PBS, 8.2 Create, 8.4 TFTB)  • KUVM-LD (10.1 Color bars, 10.2 Sonlife, 10.3 Infomercials, 10.4 silent)  • KHOU (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Bounce)  • KTRK (13.1 ABC, 13.2 LW, 13.3 LW in SD)  • KTXH (20.1 MNTV)  • KVQT-LD (21.6 UHN)  • KRIV (26.1 Fox)  • KUVM-CD (34.1 silent, 34.2 RTV, 34.3 Infomercials, 34.4 AMGTV)  • KIAH (39.1 CW, 39.2 Antenna TV, 39.3 silent)  • KHLM-LD (43.2 MBC, 43.8 UTN)  • KBPX-LP (46.1 TCN)  • KPXB (49.1 Ion, 49.2 Qubo, 49.3 ION Life)  • KTBU (55.6 WCETV (CCTV News)) KUBE (57.1 Ind, 57.4 Me)
Ethnic
Spanish

KPRC (2.3 LATV)  • KUHT (8.3 V-me)  • KVQT-LD (21.4 2Vsion, 21.5 Infomercials)  • KUGB-CA (28.1 Mi Música TV)  • KHLM-LD (43.1 Multi, 43.3 TDH, 43.4-7 Infomercials)  • KXLN (45.1 UNI, 45.2 TFU in SD)  • KTMD (47.1 TMD, 47.2 Exitos TV, 47.3 Canal SOI)  • KYAZ (51.1 AZA)  • KTBU (55.1 Mega, 55.3 Nacion TV, 55.4 Mi Casa TV)  • KUBE (57.2 La Mera)  • KZJL (61.1 Estrella, 61.2 Inmi)  • KFTH (67.1 TFU, 67.2 UNI in SD)
Asian

KYAZ (51.2 VietFace TV (Vietnamese), 51.3 Saigon Network Television (Vietnamese), 51.4 NTD (Chinese), 51.5 Global TV (Vietnamese))  • KTBU (55.2 VAN-TV (Vietnamese), 55.5 ITV (Chinese))  • KUBE (57.3 BYN (Vietnamese))
Religious
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KETH (14.1 TBN, 14.2 Church, 14.3 JCTV, 14.5 Smile)  • KVQT-LD (21.1 A.M.E.N., 21.3 Rejoice TV)  • KLTJ/KDHU (22.1/50.1 Daystar)  • KUGB-CA (28.3 KEYS TV)
Spanish

KETH (14.4 Enlace)  • KVQT-LD (21.2 Familia)  • KCVH-LD (30.1 Aleluya TV)  • KZHO-LD (38.1 Visión Celestial, 38.2 Vida Vision, 38.3 silent, 38.4 NJC TV, 38.5 Ebemision)
Silent stations

KVVV-LD (15)  • KVDO-LP (25)  • KJIB-LP (31)  • KEHO-LD (49)  • KQHO-LP (56)
Outlying areas

Bryan/College Station: KBTX (3.1 CBS, 3.2 The CW)
Local cable channels
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
are italicized

KPRC 2.1 (NBC)1 · KTXH 20.1 (MNTV)1 · KTMD 47.1 (TMD)1
1Coming in 2011
Defunct

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Annual Revenue: US$276.6 million (2004) · Employees: 433 (2005) · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: ionmedia.tv
Other English-language television stations in Texas

Shopping affiliates: KBOP-LD 20 (Infomercials, Dallas) - K25FW 25 (HSN, Corsicana / DFW) - KXLK 40 (HSN, Austin) - KTAQ 47 (Infomercials, Greenville / DFW) - K64GK 64 (HSN, Amarillo)

Independent stations: KXIT-LP 6 (Amarillo) - KTXA 21 (Fort Worth) - K29HW-D 29 (Austin) - KGBS 32 (Austin) - KZBZ 46 (Canyon / Amarillo) -
K47DF 47 (Corpus Christi) - K48HU 48 (Wichita Falls) - KFWD 52 (Fort Worth) - KNEX 55 (Laredo) - KUBE 57 (Baytown / Houston)

Ion Television affiliates: KPXL 26 (Uvalde / San Antonio) - KPXB 49 / KBPX 33 (Conroe / Houston) - KPXD 68 (Arlington / DFW)

Other network affiliates: KODF-LP 26 (HOT TV, Britton / DFW)
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