KSPX-TV

KSPX-TV
Sacramento, California United States
Branding	Ion Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
Subchannels	29.1 Ion Television 29.2 qubo 29.3 Ion Life 29.4 Ion Shop 29.5 QVC 29.6 HSN 33.2 KCSO-LD / Telemundo
Affiliations	Ion Television
Owner	Ion Media Networks (Ion Media Sacramento License, Inc.)
First air date	August 27, 1990
Call letters' meaning	Sacramento's PaX TV
Former callsigns	KRBJ (2/1985–3/1985) KCMY (3/1985–1998) KSPX (1998–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1990–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1990–1998) Pax TV (1998–2005) i (2005–2007)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	1,604 ft (489 m)
Facility ID	52953
Transmitter coordinates	38°15′54″N 121°29′24″W / 38.26500°N 121.49000°W / 38.26500; -121.49000
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.iontelevision.com

KSPX, virtual channel 29 (UHF channel 48, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station located in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks. KSPX maintains offices located at 3252 Mather Field Road in Rancho Cordova, and its transmitter is located in Walnut Grove.

History

The station first signed on the air on August 27, 1990 as KCMY; it originally operated as an independent station with a general entertainment format. Paxson Communications (the forerunner to Ion Media Networks) purchased the station in 1998, changing its call sign to KSPX. The station became a charter owned-and-operated station of its new Pax TV network (later i: Independent Television and now Ion Television) on August 31, 1998.

In 2014, KSPX began simulcasting KCSO-LD on digital subchannel 33.2.

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
29.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
29.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
29.3			IONLife	Ion Life
29.4			Shop	Ion Shop
29.5			QVC	QVC
29.6			HSN	HSN

In addition, KSPX simulcasts KCSO-LD on one of its subchannels.

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
33.2	480i	16:9	TLMD	KCSO-LD / Telemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSPX shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.^[1] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48, using PSIP to display KSPX-TV's virtual channel as 29 on digital television receivers.

References

↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations

External links

ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of California

KSPX-TV 29 (Sacramento) KPXN-TV 30 (Los Angeles) KNSO 51.3 (Fresno) KKPX-TV 65 (San Francisco)

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

Broadcast television in Northern California, including Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto

English-language channels	KCRA-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 Me-TV) KVIE (6.1 PBS, 6.2 PBS Encore, 6.3 World) KBTV-CD (8.1 Ind, 8.2 Infomercials, 8.3 SBN, 8.5 Retro TV, 8.6 HOT TV, 8.7 Rev'n) KXTV (10.1 ABC, 10.2 Justice) KOVR (13.1 CBS, 13.2 Decades) KUVS-DT (19.3 Bounce, 19.4 Escape) K20JX-D (20.1 3ABN) KEZT-CD (23.3 Bounce, 23.4 Escape) KSPX (29.1 Ion, 29.2 Qubo, 29.3 Ion Life, 29.4 Infomercials, 29.5 QVC, 29.6 HSN) KMAX (31.1 CW) KFKK-LD (32.1 DrTV) KCSO-LD (33.3 ZUUS Country) K04QR-D (38.1 Infomercials) KTXL (40.1 Fox, 40.2 Antenna, 40.3 This TV) KTNC (42.2 The Works) KRJR-LP 44/KDTS-CA 52/KACA-LP 61 (DS) K02QP-D (Religious) KSAO-LD (49.2 TheCoolTV, 49.6 SBN, 49.7 ZUUS Country) KQCA (58.1 MNTV, 58.2 Movies!) KTFK-DT (64.3 GetTV, 64.4 Grit)

Spanish-language channels	KVIE (6.4 V-me) KBTV-CD (8.4 SBN en Español) KMUM-CD/KMMW-LD (15.1/28.1 TMD) KUVS-DT (19.1 UNI, 64.2 UniMás) KEZT-CD (23.1 UNI, 23.2 UniMás) KKPM-CD/K02QP-D (28.8/45.8 Spanish religious) KSTV-LP 32 (AZA) KCSO-LD (33.1 TMD) KSPX (33.2 KCSO-LD / Telemundo) KTNC (42.1 Estrella TV) KSAO-LD (49.1 MundoMax, 49.3 KSTV-LP / AZA) KQCA (58.3 Estrella TV) KTFK-DT (19.2 UNI, 64.1 UniMás)

Ethnic channels	KBTV-CD (8.1 Ind) KBSV (23.1 Ind)

ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV	KVIE (6.1 PBS)

Local cable channels	Comcast SportsNet California Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

Defunct channels	KAZV-LP 14 (A1) KCCC / KVUE 40 (Ind) KMMK-LP 47 (MTV Tr3́s)

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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.

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