KPXL-TV
KPXL-TV is a television station licensed to Uvalde, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the San Antonio area. Owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, KPXL-TV maintains transmitter facilities off Texas [State Highway 173|Highway 173]/RM Road 689 on the Medina–Bandera county line.
History
The station began broadcasting on February 19, 1999; it was built and signed on by Paxson Communications as an owned-and-operated station of the family-oriented Pax TV network, with religious programming from The Worship Network airing during the overnight hours.On September 24, 2020, the Cincinnati-based E. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase KPXL-TV's owner, Ion Media, for $2.65 billion, with financing from Berkshire Hathaway. Part of the deal included divesting 23 stations nationally to Inyo Broadcast Holdings that would maintain Ion affiliations.
Newscasts
From 2000 to 2004, KPXL aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KMOL-TV 's newscasts at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m.. KPXL was also an affiliate of The News of Texas from 1999 to 2000.Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
| 26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 26.2 | 480i | 16:9 | CourtTV | Court TV |
| 26.3 | 480i | 16:9 | Laff | Laff |
| 26.4 | 480i | 16:9 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
| 26.5 | 480i | 16:9 | IONPlus | Ion Plus |
| 26.6 | 480i | 16:9 | BUSTED | Busted |
| 26.7 | 480i | 16:9 | GameSho | Game Show Central |
| 26.8 | 480i | 16:9 | HSN | HSN |
| 26.9 | 480i | 16:9 | HSN2 | HSN2 |