KPXL-TV
| Uvalde/San Antonio, Texas United States | |
|---|---|
| City of license | Uvalde, Texas |
| Branding | Ion Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 26 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
26.1 Ion Television 26.2 qubo 26.3 Ion Life 26.4 Ion Shop 26.5 QVC 26.6 HSN |
| Affiliations | Ion Television |
| Owner |
Ion Media Networks (Ion Media San Antonio License, Inc.) |
| First air date | February 19, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning |
PaX TV L = meaning unknown (maybe UvaLde?) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 26 (UHF, 1999–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Pax TV (1999–2005) i (2005–2007) |
| Transmitter power | 228 kW |
| Height | 521 m |
| Facility ID | 61173 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°37′11″N 99°2′55.0″W / 29.61972°N 99.048611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.iontelevision.com |
KPXL-TV, virtual and UHF channel 26, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station serving San Antonio, Texas, United States that is licensed to Uvalde. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks. KPXL-TV maintains offices located on Bandera Road (between Loop 410 and Highway 16) in northwest San Antonio, and its transmitter is located off of Highway 173/RM Road 689 on the Medina-Bandera County line (west-northwest of Lakehills).
The station first signed on the air on February 19, 1999; KPXL was built and signed on by Paxson Communications (the forerunner to Ion Media Networks) as an owned-and-operated station of Ion Television predecessor Pax TV.
Digital television[1]
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 26.2 | 480i | 4:3 | qubo | Qubo |
| 26.3 | IONLife | Ion Life | ||
| 26.4 | Shop | Ion Shop | ||
| 26.5 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 26.6 | HSN | HSN |
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. Instead, on June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital television conversion period for full-service stations, KPXL turned off its analog signal and turned on its digital signal. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on its former analog-era UHF channel 26.
References
External links
- Ion Television official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KPXL
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPXL-TV
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