WPXU-TV

For information on the previous holder of the WPXU call sign, see WBUI.

WPXU-TV
(satellite of WEPX-TV
Greenville, North Carolina)
Jacksonville, North Carolina United States
Branding	ION Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF)
Subchannels	35.1 Ion TV 35.2 qubo 35.3 Life 35.4 ION Shop 35.5 QVC Over Air
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Jacksonville License, Inc.)
First air date	July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)
Call letters' meaning	PaX TV U = meaning unknown
Sister station(s)	WEPX-TV
Former callsigns	WFXZ-TV (1999)
Former channel number(s)	35 (UHF analog, 1999-2009)
Former affiliations	Pax TV (1999-2005) i (2005-2007) MyNetworkTV (2006-2009)
Transmitter power	600 kW (digital)
Height	199 m (digital)
Facility ID	37971
Transmitter coordinates	34°31′10″N 77°26′52″W / 34.51944°N 77.44778°W / 34.51944; -77.44778

WPXU-TV is one of two Ion Television affiliates for the Greenville/Jacksonville/New Bern/Washington, North Carolina television market. It is licensed to Jacksonville. The station is owned by ION Media Networks, and is a satellite station to Greenville's WEPX-TV to serve the southern part of the market.

WPXU-TV operates in digital on UHF channel 34, and has operated since sometime in the 1990s.

WPXU-TV and WEPX-TV were affiliates of MyNetworkTV from September 5, 2006 until September 27, 2009 when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i and originally known as PAX TV).

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
35.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
35.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
35.3			IONLife	Ion Life
35.4			Shop	Ion Shop
35.5			QVC	QVC
35.6			HSN	HSN

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WPXU has been carried on cable in Carolina Beach, which is within the Wilmington media market.

External links

Television stations in Eastern North Carolina, including Greenville, New Bern, Washington, Jacksonville and Morehead City

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

Digital television	WITN (7.1 NBC, 7.2 MNTV, 7.3 Me-TV) WFXI / WYDO (8.1/14.1 Fox, 8.2/14.2 Bounce) WNCT (9.1 CBS, 9.2 The CW) WCTI (12.1 ABC, 12.2 LWN, 12.3 Movies!) WUNM/WUNK (19.2/25.1 PBS, 19.3/25.2 Kids, 19.1/25.3 UNC-EX, 19.4/25.4 UNC-NC) WTMH-LD (21.1 Heartland, 21.2 Antenna TV, 21.3 Tuff TV) WEPX 38/WPXU 35 (xx.1 Ion, xx.2 Qubo, xx.3 Life, xx.4 Ion Shop, xx.5 QVC)

Cable television	Time Warner Cable News

Defunct	WGWB (The WB, cable-only)

North Carolina broadcast television areas by city Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Greenville, NC Myrtle Beach, SC Norfolk, VA Raleigh Wilmington See also Richmond TV Hampton Roads TV

ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina

WGPX 16 (Burlington) WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (Jacksonville / Greenville) WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (Rocky Mount / Fayetteville)

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

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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