WPXO-LD

WPXO-LD is an affiliate of CV Network, a network launched in 2007 that provides a variety of Spanish programming with English subtitles.

History

WPXO originally began as an independent station on channel 23 had the call letters W23BA. In 1996, the station was sold to Paxson Communications^[1]. It became a translator for the then WHAI out of Stamford, CT, which was also owned Paxson, who was planning to launch a new network with WHAI as the flagship of the network. In 1998, after Paxson's plans to use the station, now known called WIPX, as the flagship for Pax TV fell through, WPXO became a translator for their new flagship station, WPXN-TV. The following year, due to potential future interference from the then WHSI, who was assigned channel 23 for its digital signal, it moved to channel 34.

On September 11, 2001, the transmitter facilities of WPXN, as well as six other New York City television stations and several radio stations, were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center towers. The next day, the FCC authorized WPXO to temporarily move its signal to channel 31, boost its power to 240 kW, and change its call letters to W31CK to replace WPXN's signal^[2]. When WPXN-TV returned to the air with a new transmitter on the Empire State Building in 2002, WPXO's signal moved back to channel 34 and was assigned W34CP as its new call letters. A year later, it was granted WPXO-LP as its call letters^[3].

In August 2007, WPXO was sold to Caribevision Station Group, LLC^[4]. It re-launched on September 11, 2007 as an affiliate of new network CaribeVision.^[5].

Currently, the station's programming consists mainly of Argentinian and Brazilian telenovelas (Yago, pasión morena, Mi primer amor -originally known in Argentina as Romeo y Julieta-, etc.), talk shows (Margarita, te voy a contar), sitcoms (Here's Lucy, Poné a Francella), infomercials during the mornings and public domain cartoons on weekends.

During the week of May 4, 2009, WPXO-LP turned off its analog signal on channel 34 and began test broadcasts on digital channel 34, and as of late May, WPXO has been transmitting its programming full-time on digital channel 34.

References

1. ^ Asset Purchase Agreement. SEC Info - Paxson Communications Corp (June 6, 1996), accessed on August 11, 2007, [1]
2. ^ Fybush, Scott (September 10, 2002). 9/11 Plus One. NorthEast Radio Watch, accessed on August 11, 2007, [2]
3. ^ Fybush, Scott (March 10, 2003). March 10, 2003. NorthEast Radio Watch, accessed on August 11, 2007, [3]
4. ^ Turner, Cynthia (August 9, 2007). Cynopsis 8/9/07. Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis, accessed on August 11, 2007, [4]
5. ^ Turner, Cynthia (September 11, 2007). Cynopsis 9/11/07. Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis - Multi-Cultural and International Edition, accessed on September 11, 2007, [5]

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPXO
• Cable and broadcast coverage area