WLPX-TV


WLPX-TV is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Charleston–Huntington market. The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, and has offices on Prestige Park Drive in Hurricane; its transmitter is located near Milton, West Virginia.

History

After originating as a construction permit in 1987 and receiving several extensions, WLPX-TV applied for its license on September 11, 1998. In the construction phase and for its first month on air, the station's calls were WKRP ; it adopted its current call sign on October 5 of the same year. It has been a member of Ion since its inception.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
29.1720p16:9IONIon Television
29.2480i16:9CourtTVCourt TV
29.3480i16:9BounceBounce TV
29.4480i16:9LaffLaff
29.5480i16:9IONPlusIon Plus
29.6480i16:9BustedBusted
29.7480i16:9GameShoGame Show Central
29.8480i16:9HSNHSN
29.9480i16:9QVCQVC

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States Digital television transition 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 39, using virtual channel 29.