KKPX
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KKPX-TV, San Jose, California
broadcasts on digital channel 41, serving the San Francisco Bay
Area. It is an owned and operated affiliate of the Ion Television network.
. In August 1997, the station's call letters were changed to KKPX after Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks
) bought the station.
and aired a re-broadcast of KNTV
's newscasts at 7 PM and 11:30 PM. The newscasts were originally titled "NewsChannel 11 on Pax" when KNTV was affiliated with The WB
; when KNTV joined NBC in January 2002, the newscasts changed first to "NBC 3 News on Pax", then to "NBC 11 News on Pax" several months later. Like most other such arrangements, the simulcasts were dropped on June 30, 2005.
and ION Life
.
KKPX-TV also has plans for a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 65.1.
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
broadcasts on digital channel 41, serving the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
Area. It is an owned and operated affiliate of the Ion Television network.
History
KKPX signed on in 1986 as KLXV-TV (Roman numeral for 65) and was the local affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting NetworkTrinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
. In August 1997, the station's call letters were changed to KKPX after Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks
ION Media Networks
ION Media Networks is an American television broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television stations in most major American markets. It is now a privately owned company.-History:...
) bought the station.
Newscasts
From 2000 until 2005, KKPX, along with many Pax stations (as the network was known at the time), signed an agreement with NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and aired a re-broadcast of KNTV
KNTV
KNTV, channel 11, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the Bay Area market. It is licensed to San Jose, with its transmitter located on San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco. It shares facilities in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS and CNBC's Silicon...
's newscasts at 7 PM and 11:30 PM. The newscasts were originally titled "NewsChannel 11 on Pax" when KNTV was affiliated with The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
; when KNTV joined NBC in January 2002, the newscasts changed first to "NBC 3 News on Pax", then to "NBC 11 News on Pax" several months later. Like most other such arrangements, the simulcasts were dropped on June 30, 2005.
Digital television
On June 12, 2009 KKPX ceased transmitting on channel 65 and is a digital only TV station on channel 41. The station's digital channel is multiplexed, carrying Ion TV, quboQubo
Qubo is a multi-platform children's television specialty channel endeavor operated as a joint venture between ION Media Networks, NBCUniversal, Nelvana, Scholastic Corporation, and Classic Media...
and ION Life
ION Life
ION Life is a digital television network carried by ION Television affiliates, airing lifestyle programming during the day, and movies in the evening. It was launched February 19, 2007...
.
KKPX-TV also has plans for a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 65.1.