WNPX-TV

WNPX-TV
Cookeville/Nashville, Tennessee United States
Branding	ION Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 28 (PSIP)
Subchannels	28.1 Ion Television 28.2 Qubo 28.3 ION Life 28.4 Ion Shop 28.5 QVC 28.6 HSN
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; since 2007)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media License Company, LLC)
First air date	January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23)
Call letters' meaning	Nashville PaX
Former callsigns	WMTT (1989-1993) WKZX (1993-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 28 (UHF, 1989-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1989-1995) The WB (1995-1998) Pax TV (1998-2005) i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power	733 kW
Height	428.7 m
Facility ID	28468
Transmitter coordinates	36°16′4″N 86°47′44″W / 36.26778°N 86.79556°W / 36.26778; -86.79556
Website	www.iontelevision.com/

WNPX-TV is a U.S. television station licensed to Cookeville, Tennessee, which broadcasts on channel 28 (digital 36). It is owned and operated by ION Media Networks. WNPX's transmitter is located at Whites Creek, Tennessee, 7 miles (11 km) north of Nashville. WNPX is affiliated with the Ion Television network. The callsign is derived from "Nashville PaX," in reference to a former name for Ion Television. Because the Bowling Green, Kentucky market does not have an ION Television affiliate of its own, WNPX also serves the Bowling Green area by default.

History

The station was signed on by Dove Broadcasting on January 23, 1989 as WMTT, an independent station serving Cookeville. A few months later, Dove sold the station to Steven J. Sweeney.^[1] InaVision Broadcasting bought WMTT in 1993,^[2] changed its call sign to WKZX in 1994, and affiliated the station with the WB Television Network in 1995. Also in 1995, WKZX launched a nightly 6:30 p.m. newscast (which was repeated at 10 p.m.) branded as News 28.^[3] In 1997, InaVision Broadcasting sold the station to St. Louis, Missouri-based Roberts Broadcasting.^[4]^[5] A year later, Roberts Broadcasting sold the station to Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks),^[6] who closed WKZX's news operation, moved and upgraded its transmitter to begin focusing on the Nashville market, and changed the callsign to WNPX; on August 31, 1998, the station began broadcasting programming from Pax, the forerunner of Ion Television.

Until 2015, the station also utilized a translator on WNPX-LP channel 20, also located at Whites Creek. The translator was sold to Daystar on March 26, 2015.^[7]

Digital television^[8]

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
28.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
28.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
28.3			IONLife	Ion Life
28.4			Shop	Ion Shop
28.5			QVC	QVC
28.6			HSN	HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

WNPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations 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 36.^[9] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 28.

References

↑ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
↑ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
↑ Other News Opens, Closes, and Themes - NashvilleTV.org
↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. October 14, 1996. p. 43. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
↑ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
↑ "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
↑
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WNPX
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Broadcast television in Middle Tennessee, including Nashville and Clarksville

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Stations

WKRN (2.1 ABC, 2.2 Me-TV, 2.3 Justice Network)
WSMV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Heartland, 4.3 Cozi TV)
WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 Laff)
WNPT (8.1 PBS, 8.2 NPT2)
WZTV (17.1 FOX, 17.2 WxN, 17.3 Antenna TV)
WNPX-TV (28.1 Ion, 28.2 Qubo, 28.3 Ion Life, 28.4 Ion Shop, 28.5 QVC Over Air, 28.6 HSN)
WUXP (30.1 MNTV, 30.2 GetTV, 30.3 Comet)
WHTN (39.1 CTN, 39.2 CTNi)
WJFB (44.1 TCT Family, 44.2 TCT Kids)
WPGD (50.1 TBN, 50.2 Church, 50.3 JUCE TV/Smile, 50.4 Enlace, 50.5 Salsa)
WNAB (58.1 CW, 58.2 ASN Channel, 58.3 Grit)

Low-power stations

WRTN-LD (6.1 Daystar, 6.2 Rev'n, 6.3 This TV, 6.4 Classic Shows, 6.5 Retro TV, 6.6 Tuff TV, 6.7 Infomercials)
WETV-LP (11.1 Ind)
WIIW-LP (14.1 silent → Ind)
W11BD-D (18.1 silent → TCT Family, 18.2 silent → TCT Kids)
WNPX-LP (20.1 silent → Daystar)
WNTU-LD (26.1 Daystar)
WJDE-LD (31.1 H&I, 31.2 SSN, 31.3 Decades, 31.4 HSN, 31.5 Sonlife, 31.6 Movies!)
WJNK-LD (34.1 3ABN, 34.2 3ABN Proclaim, 34.3 Dare to Dream, 34.4 3ABN Latino, 34.5 3ABN Radio, 34.6 3ABN Radio Latino, 34.7 Radio 74)
WKUW-LD (40.1 Buzzr, 40.2 Liquidation Channel, 40.3 Escape)
WLLC-LP (42.1 Univision, 42.2 UniMás, 42.3 Bounce TV)

Outlying areas

Clarksville	WCKV-LD (21.1 The Walk TV, 21.2 Doctor TV, 21.3 Ind, 21.4 NRB Network – Clarksville)

Cookeville	WCTE (22.1 PBS, 22.2 World, 22.3 Create – Cookeville)

Other areas	W29DM-D (29.1 Ind/GBN – Lewisburg) WPBM-CD (31.1 Religious Ind./WalkTV/GEB – Scottsville KY)

ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV

WSMV (4.10 NBC)
Nash TV

Cable television stations

Nashville	CMT FamilyNet Fox Sports Tennessee Metro 3 Nash TV NECAT Network NRB Network VTV Worship

Clarksville	APSU-TV Clarksville TV-3 Community Channel 10

Murfreesboro	City TV MT10 RCTV-19

Other areas	DTC-3 (Smithville/Woodbury/Carthage) WBHS-9 (Brentwood) WBBM-9 (Mt. Juliet) NCTV-15/NCTV-6 (Lafayette, TN/Scottsville, KY) SCTV-6 (Tompkinsville (KY)) WC-TV (Franklin (TN))

Adjacent locals

Bowling Green. Kentucky	WBKO (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Fox, 13.3 The CW/CW+) WKGB-TV (53.1 PBS/KET, 53.2 PBS Encore/KET2, 53.3 KY Channel)

Madisonville. Kentucky	WKMA-TV (35.1 PBS/KET, 35.2 PBS Encore/KET2, 35.3 KY Channel)

Defunct stations

Nashville area	WRMX-LP 12 (HSN) W36AK 36 (TBN, via WPGD-TV) W48BK 48 (TBN) W52CT 52/W59AW 59 (America One, via WLLC-LP) The Nashville Network (National, Cable-only)

Cookeville	W46AJ 46 (TBN)

Hopkinsville. Kentucky	W22CH 22 (TBN) WKAG-CA 43 (Ind./A1) W62BH 62 (TBN) W64BR 64 (PBS/KET via WKMA-TV)

Other areas	WLLP-CA (Ind./AMGTV/TLN, Lawrenceburg, TN) W55AL 55 (PBS/KET via WKSO-TV, Tompkinsville. KY)

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Paducah, KY; Tri-Cities

See also: Huntsville TV, Bowling Green TV

Television stations in South Central Kentucky, including Bowling Green and Glasgow

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WBKO (13.1 ABC, 13.2 FOX, 13.3 The CW)

W14DG-D (14.1/14.2 Silent, 14.3 Laff)

WKYU (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 NWS Weather radar with KIH45 audio)

WCZU-LD (39.1 Ant.TV/MNTV, 39.2 Buzzr, 39.3 Bounce TV, 39.4 Grit, 39.5 Escape)

WNKY (40.1 NBC, 40.2 CBS)

WKGB (53.1 PBS/KET, 53.2 KET2, 53.3 KY Channel)

Outlying areas

WPBM-CD (31.1 Religious Ind./Walk TV/GEB America – Scottsville KY)

Cable television stations

Bowling Green	BGTV4 cn\|5 WKU Cable 12

Glasgow	EPB 24/7 EPB6 SCTV-6

Other areas	MC22 (Morgantown/Brownsville)

Adjacent locals

Nashville	WSMV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Heartland) WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 Laff) WZTV (17.1 Fox, 17.2 WXNation, 17.3 Antenna TV) WNPX-TV (28.1 ION, 28.2 Qubo, 28.3 ION Life, 28.4 Ion Shop, 28.5 QVC Over Air, 28.6 HSN) WUXP-TV (30.1 MNTV, 30.2 GetTV, 30.3 Comet)

Elizabethtown (KY)	WKZT-TV (23.1 PBS/KET, 23.2 KET2, 23.3 KY Channel)

Louisville	WLKY (32.1 CBS, 32.2 Me-TV WBKI-TV (34.1 The CW, 34.2 Movies!, Campbellsville) WDRB (41.1 Fox, 41.2 Antenna TV) WMYO (58.1 MNT, 58.2 Cozi TV)

Defunct stations

"WBWG" (The WB/WB 100+, cable only)

W60DC / WKUW-LP 60 (TBN)

WKUG-LD 62 (TBN, Glasgow)

WKUT-LP/LD 64/25.1 (TBN)

W55AL 55 (PBS/KET via WKSO-TV, Tompkinsville)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

See also: Nashville TV

ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee

WNPX-TV 28 (Cookeville) WPXX 50 (Memphis) WPXK-TV 54 (Jellico)

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

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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