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 MedinaBandera 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:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
26.1720p16:9IONIon Television
26.2480i16:9CourtTVCourt TV
26.3480i16:9LaffLaff
26.4480i16:9MysteryIon Mystery
26.5480i16:9IONPlusIon Plus
26.6480i16:9BUSTEDBusted
26.7480i16:9GameShoGame Show Central
26.8480i16:9HSNHSN
26.9480i16:9HSN2HSN2

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KPXL-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on June 12, 2009. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 26.