WPXM-TV

WPXM-TV
South Florida metropolitan area
City of license Miami, Florida
Branding ION Television
Channels Digital: 35 (UHF)
Subchannels 35.1 - ion HD (720p)
35.2 - qubo (480i)
35.3 - ion Life (480i)
Owner Ion Media Networks, Inc.
(Ion Media License Company, LLC)
First air date October 1992[1]
Former callsigns WMLB-TV (1992)
WDLP-TV (1993)
WCTD (1993-1998)
Former channel number(s) Analog: 35 (1992-2009)
Digital: 26 (2004-2009)
Former affiliations independent (1992-1998)
inTV (1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power 200 kW
Height 282 m
Facility ID 48608
Website www.ionline.tv

WPXM-TV 35, is the local affiliate for the Ion Television network in the South Florida area (Miami and Fort Lauderdale). Formerly known as Pax TV and i, Ion is the smallest of the seven national commercial TV networks in the United States.

From 2002 through the 2005 season, WPXM was the flagship TV station of the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins), the baseball team that won the World Series in 1997 and 2003. It also aired on sister station WPXP TV in West Palm Beach.

WPXM began its operations in October 1992 as independent station WMLB-TV. The station transmits along with many other local broadcast stations from the very tall radio tower along U.S. 441 in Miami Gardens, near the Miami-Dade/Broward county line.

Digital television

In 2009, WPXM moved its digital transmission from 26 back to RF TV channel 35 on February 18, after it ended analog on 35 the day before.[2] This requires viewers to manually add or re-scan ATSC tuners to find the station again. (Selecting a channel 35.5 to 35.99 may also force the tuner to find the station.) It is the only Miami-licensed station which has applied to end analog on the original date, even though the DTV Delay Act extends the deadline to June 12.

Channel 35 was the station's choice in the first round of the digital channel election, and it was able to keep it despite a conflict with another station.

External links

References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 15, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 25.
  2. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
Television in South Florida and the Keys
English stations
WPBT (2.1 PBS, 2.2 Create) • WFOR (4.1 CBS) • WTVJ (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Weather, 6.3 Universal Sports) • WSVN (7.1 Fox) • WHDT (9.1 WeatherNation) • WPLG (10.1 ABC) • WLRN (17.1 PBS, 17.2 Learn/MHz) • WBFS (33.1 MNTV) • WPXM (35.1 ion, 35.2 qubo, 35.3 ion Life) • WSFL (39.1 The CW, 39.3 Ant., 39.4 this) • WHFT (45.1 TBN, 45.2 Church, 45.3 JCTV, 45.5 Smile) • WBEC (63.1 ind./educ.)
Spanish stations
WPBT (2.3 V-me) • WEYS-LP 6 (Alma.) • WSVN (7.2 Estrella TV) • WGEN-LD (8.1 GenTV) • WPLG (10.2 LATV) • WSBS-CD (22.1 Mega) • WLTV (23.1 Uni.) • WIMP-CD (25.1 Elementos, 25.2~.4 unknown) • WVFW-LD (34.1~.4 unknown) • WPMF-LP 38 (Azteca) • WSFL (39.2 Azteca) • WJAN-CA 41 (ind.) • W43CB-D (43.1 relg.) • WHFT (45.4 Enlace) • WFUN-LD (48.1 CV) • WSCV (51.1 Telemundo) • WGEN-LP 55 (Mega TV) • WAMI (69.1 TeleFutura)
Ethnic stations
Key West stations
WGEN (8.1 ind.) • WEYW-LP 19 (RTV) • WSBS (22.1 Mega) • WCAY-CA (36.1 tourist) • W39AC 39 (Mega) • WMDF-LP 41 (silent) • WKWT-LP 42 (silent)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

West Palm Beach: WPTV (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Weather) • WPEC (12.1 CBS, 12.2 Mi Pueblo) • WFLX (29.1 Fox) • WXEL (42.1 PBS, 42.2 Create, 42.3 V-me, 42.4 FL Channel)
Local cable channels
See also: Fort Myers TV, Bahamas TV, Television in Cuba
ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of Florida

WPXM 35 (Miami) - WPXJ-LP 41 (Jacksonville) - WOPX 56 (Melbourne/Orlando) - WXPX 66 (Bradenton/Tampa Bay) - WPXP 67 (Lake Worth/WPB)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Florida
Television stations
(carry Ion Television
unless otherwise noted)
KBPX1 · KFPX · KGPX · KKPX · KOPX · KPPX · KPXB · KPXC · KPXD · KPXE · KPXG · KPXL · KPXM · KPXN · KPXO · KPXR · KSPX · KTPX · KUPX · KWPX · WBPX / WDPX / WPXG · WCPX · WEPX · WFPX · WGPX · WHPX · WINP · WIPX · WLPX · WNPX · WOPX · WPPX · WPXA · WPXC · WPXD · WPXE · WPXH · WPXJ · WPXK · WPXL · WPXM · WPXN · WPXP · WPXQ · WPXR · WPXU · WPXV · WPXW · WPXX · WQPX · WRPX · WSPX · WTPX · WUPX · WVPX · WWPX · WXPX · WYPX · WZPX
Other assets
qubo (51%)2 · ION Life
Annual Revenue: US$276.6 million (2004) · Employees: 433 (2005) · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: ionmedia.tv