KPXD-TV

KPXD-TV
Arlington/Fort Worth, Texas/Dallas, Texas
City of license Arlington, Texas
Branding ION Television
Channels Digital: 42 (UHF)
Virtual: 68 (PSIP)
Subchannels 68.1 Main KPXD Feed
68.2 qubo
68.3 ION Life
Affiliations Ion Television
Owner Ion Media Networks, Inc.
(Ion Media Dallas License, Inc.)
First air date December 21, 1996
Call letters' meaning PaX TV Dallas
Former callsigns KINZ (1996-1998)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
68 (UHF, 1996-2009)
Former affiliations DT1:
inTV (1996-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Worship (1996-2005)
DT4:
Worship (2005-2010)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 368 m
Facility ID 68834
Website www.ionline.tv

KPXD-TV, virtual channel 68 (digital channel 42), is the Ion Television owned-and-operated station for Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. The station is licensed to Arlington and is owned and operated by ION Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications).

History

Channel 68 began its broadcast as KAQV in 1996 but quickly changed the call letters to KINZ-TV (meaning In TV), showing Infomercials during the Day and Worship Videos during the night. In early 1998, Paxson communications (now ion Media Networks) bought the station, and renamed the call letters to KPXD-TV as part of its new Pax network.

As part of a wide-ranging deal that gave NBC partial ownership of Pax, NBC owned-and-operated stations provided sales and marketing assistance for Pax stations in several markets. Repeats of KXAS's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts were broadcast on KPXD at 6:30 and 10:30 for several years. The news repeats stopped in 2003 when Pax TV was scaling back its programming due to financial losses, therefore much of the afternoon timeslots had to be filled with infomercials. After Pax was rebranded "i", The Worship Network was moved to one of three KPXD's digital subchannels. The network was renamed once again to Ion Television on January 29, 2007.

References

External links

English

KDFW (4.1 Fox) · KXAS (5.1 NBC, 5.2 DFW Nonstop) · WFAA(8.1 ABC, 8.2 AccuWX, 8.3 Live Well) · KTVT (11.1 CBS) · KERA (13.1 PBS, 13.2 World) · KTXA (21.1 Ind) · KODF (26.1 HOT TV) · KDFI (27.1 MNTV) · K31GL-D (31.3 HOT TV, 31.4 RTV) · KDAF (33.1 CW, 33.2 Antenna TV, 33.3 This TV) · KATA(50.3 AMG-TV, 50.4 HOT TV) · KFWD (52.1 Ind, 52.2 Ind) · KAZD (55.3 BizTV) · KQFW-LD(56.1 Construction Permit) · KPXD (68.1 ION, 68.2 Qubo, 68.3 ION Life)
Spanish

KBFW-LP (6 Ind) · KUVN (23.1 UNI) · KMPX (29.1 Estrella, 29.2 Inmi) · KXTX (39.1 TMD, 39.2 Inmi, 39.3 Soi) · KLEG (44.1 Vmas, 44.4 test card) · KTAQ (47.3 Mexicanal) · KSTR (49.1 TFT, 49.2 Silent) · KATA (50.1 Tr3́s, 50.2 Reino) · KAZD(55.1 AZA, 55.4 LATV, 55.5 Infomercials)
Asian

KLEG (44.2 SAB_TV, 44.3 Desi Radio) · KAZD (55.2 VietFace TV)
Religious
English

KDTN (2.1 DayStar) · KBOP (20.4 Ind. religious) · KHPK (28.1 Sonlife religious, 28.2 Test Card, 28.3 Test Card, 28.4 Test Card) · K31GL-D (31.1 Sonlife religious) · KTAQ (47.1 Ind. religious, 47.2 UAN) · KHFD-LD (51.1 Ind. religious, 51.2 Ind. religious, 51.3 The Bible 24/7, 51.4 Ind. religious) · KDTX (58.1 TBN, 58.2 Church, 58.3 JCTV, 58.4 Enlace, 58.5 Smile)
Spanish

KZFW-LP (6 Ind/Religious) · KBOP (20.3 Ind. religious) · KJJM (34.1 UAN, 34.2 Almavision, 34.3 Access Broadcast Network, 34.4 Infomercials) · KVFW (38.1 Spanish Religious, 38.2 Test Card, 38.3 Test Card, 38.4 Test Card) · KPFW(18.1 Ind/Religious, 18.2 Ind, 18.3 Test Card, 18.4 Silent)
Shopping and
infomercials

KBOP (20.1 Infomercials, 20.2 Infomercials) · KNAV (22.1 Infomercials) · K25FW (25.1 HSN) · KHPK (28.1 Dark) · K31GL-D (31.5 Infomercials)
Cable
Defunct

KFWT (21 Ind) · KRET (23 Educ Ind) · KMEC (33 Ind)
Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
are italicized

KXAS (5.1 NBC) · WFAA (8.1 ABC) · KDFI (27.1 MNTV) · 1 KXTX (39.1 TMD)1 · KPXD (68.1 ION Television)1
1Coming in 2011

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Other assets
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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)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas
Also see: Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Azteca América, religious and other Spanish language stations in Texas