WPXL-TV

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WPXL-TV
New Orleans, Louisiana
Branding	Ion Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 49 (PSIP)
Subchannels	49.1 WPXL / ion HD 49.2 qubo 49.3 ion life
Affiliations	ion qubo (DT2) ion life (DT3)
Owner	ION Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media New Orleans License, Inc.)
First air date	March 19, 1989
Call letters' meaning	PaX Louisiana
Former callsigns	WCCL (1989-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 49 (UHF, 1989-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1989-1990) silent (1990-1994) HSN (1994-1998) Pax TV (1998-2005) i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	272 m
Facility ID	21729
Transmitter coordinates	29°55′13.1″N 90°1′28.6″W / 29.920306°N 90.024611°W / 29.920306; -90.024611
Website	www.ionline.tv

WPXL-TV is the local Ion Television (formerly Pax TV and i) affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Ion Media Networks. It broadcasts on virtual channel 49.

Digital television

The station's digital signal on UHF 50, is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Name	Programming
49.1	720p	16:9	ION	Main WPXL programming / ion
49.2	480i	4:3	qubo	qubo
49.3			IONLife	ion life
49.4			ShopTV	Shop TV
49.5			QVC	QVC

On June 12, 2009, WPXL ceased analog broadcasting on channel 49 and continued broadcasting its digital signal on channel 50, completing its analog to digital transition. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WPXL-TV's virtual channel as "49".

History

The station was formerly WCCL, an independent station. The station went silent from the spring of 1990 until May 25, 1994, where it was returned to the air by Flinn Broadcasting Corporation. Before Pax TV was born, the station carried Home Shopping Network programming.

Hurricane Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina until the end of 2005, WPXL simulcasted NBC affiliate WDSU (channel 6), whose transmitter building in Chalmette, Louisiana was flooded out during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The station also added the signals for The Worship Network, also local Tribune stations WGNO (Channel 26, ABC) and WNOL (Channel 38, CW) to their digital multicasting channels for those in the New Orleans area that could receive digital television signals. On March 29, 2008, WPXL was finally able to launch qubo programming on channel 49-2 and Ion Life programming on 49-3, which each launched a year and a half after Katrina, as WGNO and WNOL had moved their digital transmissions to WNOL's UHF channel 15.

Sale

In mid-August 2007, Ion announced that it would be purchasing WPXL and WPXX in Memphis outright from Flinn Broadcasting for $18 million.^[1] The sale was completed on January 2, 2008.^[2]

Worship Network

The Worship Network, which had been broadcasting on digital subchannel 49-4, was removed from all Ion-owned stations including WPXL, on February 1, 2010.

References

External links

v t e Broadcast television in the New Orleans region

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power	WWL (4.1 CBS, 4.2 Live Well) WDSU (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Me-TV) WVUE (8.1 Fox, 8.2 Bounce TV) WYES (12.1 PBS, 12.2 World, 12.3 Create) WHNO (20.1 LeSEA, 20.2 WeatherNation TV, 20.3 WHT) WGNO (26.1 ABC, 26.2 Antenna TV) WLAE (32.1 Public Ind. LPB, 32.2 MHz Worldview, 32.3 CatholicTV, 32.4 V-me (Spanish)) WNOL (38.1 CW, 38.2 This TV) KGLA-DT (42.1 TMD (Spanish)) WPXL (49.1 ION, 49.2 qubo, 49.3 ION Life, 49.4 Shop TV, 49.5 QVC, 49.6 HSN) WUPL (54.1 MNT, 54.2 MundoFOX)

Low power	WTNO-LP 22 (AZA (Spanish)) KWBJ-CD (22.1 A1 (Morgan City)) KNLD-LD (28.1 Daystar) KFOL-CD (30.1 Ind) KNOV-CD (41.1 Tourist Info) K47JO-D (47.1 HSN)

Local cable channels	NewsWatch 15 Catholic Life

Defunct Television stations	KHMA 11 (independent, Houma)

See also Baton Rouge TV Biloxi TV Jackson TV

v t e Other Television Stations in the state of Louisiana

Alexandria market	KCDH-LP 4 (FamilyNet, Winnfield) KNTS-LP 17 (Ind., Natchitoches) KWCE-LP 27 (RTV, Alexandria)

Baton Rouge market	KPBN-LP 11 (A1) KZUP-CD 20 (RTV, Baton Rouge) KWBJ-CD 22 (A1, Morgan City) WLFT-CD 30 (Religious/Me-TV, Baton Rouge) KBTR-CA 41 (Ind., Baton Rouge)

Lafayette market	KXKW-LP 6 (Ind./Radio, Lafayette) KDCG-CD 22 (RTV, Opelousas) KLWB 50 (This, New Iberia)

Monroe market	KWMS 17 (RTV & FamilyNet, West Monroe) KMCT 39 (Worship, West Monroe)

New Orleans market	WHNO 20 (LeSEA, New Orleans) WTNO 22 (AZA, New Orleans) KFOL-CD 30 / KJUN-CA 7 (Ind, Houma / Morgan City) WLAE 32 (Public Ind., New Orleans) KGLA 42 (Telemundo, Hammond) WPXL-TV 49 (Ion, New Orleans) KNOV-CD 57 (Ind., New Orleans)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Louisiana

v t e Ion Media Networks

O&O 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 ION Affiliates (owned by other broadcasters)	KCLG KCVB KDMD KDMD-LP KPVM / K46KA-D KQEG / WIBU-LP KTSS WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-LD WKFK-LD WNMN

Other assets	Qubo Ion Life

1: Affiliated with ZUUS Country.

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