WRPX-TV

WRPX-TV
Rocky Mount/Raleigh, North Carolina United States
Branding	ION Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 47 (PSIP)
Subchannels	47.1 Ion Television 47.2 Qubo 47.3 ION Life 47.4 Ion Shop 47.5 QVC 47.6 HSN
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; 2007-present) (to become a Fox affiliate effective Fall 2017)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Raleigh License, Inc.)
First air date	1992 (1992)
Call letters' meaning	Raleigh's PaX TV
Former callsigns	WRMY (1992-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 47 (UHF, 1992-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1992-1998) Pax TV (1998-2005) i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power	180 kW (digital)
Height	354 m
Facility ID	20590
Transmitter coordinates	36°6′11″N 78°11′29″W / 36.10306°N 78.19139°W / 36.10306; -78.19139
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	ION Television

WRPX-TV is one of two Ion Television affiliates for the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina television market, licensed to nearby Rocky Mount. The station is owned by ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications), and is a sister station to WFPX.

In Fall 2017, it will be announced that WRPX will become the new Fox affiliate for the Triangle, replacing WRAZ upon the acquisition of its owner Capitol Broadcasting Company to NBCUniversal. It is also announced that Hubbard will buy the station from ion.

Digital television^[1]

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
47.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
47.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
47.3			IONLife	Ion Life
47.4			Shop	Ion Shop
47.5			QVC	QVC
47.6			HSN	HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

WRPX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.^[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 47. In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in Oak City, which is within the Greenville media market.^[3]

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Television stations in the Research Triangle region, including Raleigh, Durham, and Fayetteville, North Carolina

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

Digital television	WUNC/WUNP 4/36 (.1/.2 PBS, .2/.3 Kids, .3/.1 Explorer, .4/.4 North Carolina) WRAL-TV 5 (.1 CBS → NBC starting 02/29/16, .2 Heroes & Icons) WTVD 11 (.1 ABC, .2 LWN, .3 Laff) WNCN 17 (.1 NBC → CBS starting 02/29/16, .2 Antenna, .3 Justice Network) WLFL 22 (.1 CW, .2 ASN) WRDC 28 (.1 MNTV, .2 Grit, .3 Comet) WRAY 30 (.1 TCT) WUVC 40 (.1 UV, .2 UniMás, .3 Bounce, .4 GetTV) WRPX/WFPX 47/62 (.1 Ion, .2 Qubo, .3 Life, .4 Ion Shop, .5 QVC) WRAZ 50 (.1 Fox, .2 Me-TV)

Low-power digital	WAUG-LD 8 (.1 Ind./AMGTV) WNCB 16 (.1 Estrella, .2 Dr.TV, .3 SBN) WTNC 26 (.1 UV, .2 UniMás) WHIG 31 (.1 ind.) WARZ-CD 34 (.1 rel., .2 LeSEA) WNCR 41 (.1 A1) WHFL 43 (.1 rel.) WZGS 44 (.1 ind.) W46EU 46 (.1 HSN) WWIW 66 (.1 Daystar)

Analog television	WBXU/WUBX-CD 13 (MTV2) W24CP 24 (3ABN) WACN 34 (Daystar) W45CN 45 (silent)

Cable television	Time Warner Cable News STV (UNC)

North Carolina broadcast television areas by city Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Greenville, NC Myrtle Beach, SC Norfolk, VA Raleigh Wilmington See also Richmond TV Roanoke TV

ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina

WGPX 16 (Burlington) WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (Jacksonville / Greenville) WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (Rocky Mount / Fayetteville)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in North Carolina

Ion Media Networks

Networks	Ion Television Ion Life Qubo

O&O Television stations (carry Ion networks unless otherwise noted)	KBPX¹ KFPX KGPX KKPX KOPX KPPX KPXB KPXC KPXD KPXE KPXG KPXL KPXM KPXN KPXO KPXR KSPX KTPX KUPX KWPX WAZE² 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 WRBU³ WRPX WSPX WTPX WUPX WVPX WWPX WXPX WYPX WZRB³ WZPX

Other ION Affiliates (owned by other broadcasters)	K39HF KCLG KCVB KDMD KDMD-LP KPVM / K46KA-D KQEG / WIBU-LP KRQE-DT2 KTSS KXAN-DT3 WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-LD WKFK-LD KWQC-DT2 WKRG-DT2 KSNW-DT3 WANE-DT3 WJBF-DT3 KXRM-DT3 WLFI-DT3 WBAY-DT3 KHRR-DT3 KNSO-DT3 KBLR-DT3

¹Affiliated with ZUUS Country. ² Repeater of WAZE-TV. Currently silent. ³Sale to Cedar Creek Broadcasting pending; to remain operated by Ion thereafter.

Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

Key people	Stanley S. Hubbard

Radio stations	KAZG KBHP KBLB KBUN KBUN-FM KDKB KDUS KIKV-FM KIXI KKNW KKWS KKZY KLCK-FM KLIZ KLIZ-FM KLLZ-FM KNSP KQMV KRWM KSLX-FM KSTP KSTP-FM KTMY KUAL-FM KULO KUPD KVBR KWAD WARH WBQH WDRV WFED WIL-FM WJJY-FM WKRQ WREW WSHE-FM WTMX WTOP-FM / WTLP / WWWT-FM WUBE-FM WWDV WWFD WXOS WYGY

ABC network affiliates	KAAL KSTP-TV / KSAX-TV / KRWF-TV WDIO-TV / WIRT

NBC network affiliates	KOB / KOBF-TV KOBR WHEC-TV WNYT

Other stations	K42DJ (Azteca)¹ KSTC-TV (Independent) WFPX-TV (Me-TV) WNYA (MyNetworkTV) WRPX-TV (Fox)

Cable television channels	Ovation Reelz

Acquisitions	Omni Broadcasting

¹Owned by Hubbard and operated by News-Press & Gazette Company in a LMA.

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