KPXJ
Encyclopedia
KPXJ is the CW
-affiliated television station
for Shreveport, Louisiana
. Licensed to Minden
, the station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 21. KPXJ's transmitter is located in Mooringsport
. The station is owned by The Wray Family as part of a duopoly with the area's ABC
affiliate KTBS-TV
. The two stations share studios located on East Kings Highway in Shreveport.
Although KPXJ only broadcasts over-the-air via a digital signal, it is offered on Comcast
cable in Shreveport, Suddenlink Cable in Bossier City, Cableone in Texarkana, AR/TX, and various other cable systems in the region as well as DirecTV
and Dish Network
.
In 2003, KPXJ was sold by Paxson Communications to The Wray family who also owns the area's ABC
affiliate KTBS. That station's 5 and 10 PM newscasts were already being rebroadcast on KPXJ in addition to KTBS handling KPXJ's sales and advertisements.
In September of the same year, KPXJ became the area's UPN affiliate after being on KSHV for many years, and even earlier but briefly in 1995 on CBS
affiliate KSLA
. KPXJ continued to broadcast PAX programming on a secondary basis until April 2004, and continued to air the Worship Network late at night until early 2010. In the 2006 United States broadcast TV realignment
, KPXJ became the CW affiliate, and WB affiliate KSHV took the MyNetworkTV
affiliation. That summer, KPXJ removed its UPN branding, unlike most UPN and WB stations converting to The CW, replacing it with the CW branding.
After MyNetworkTV launched September 5, 2006, KPXJ began broadcasting the final two weeks of WB programming late at night. KPXJ began broadcasting The CW on September 18, 2006.
Digital channels>
Virtual
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
21.1
720p
16:9
Main KPXJ programming / CW HD
21.2
480i
4:3
Me-TV
In September 2005, the station launched its digital signal on UHF channel 21. Because KPXJ never got a companion digital channel, it had to turn its analog NTSC
signal off (a move called a "flash-cut"). This move caused an uproar with viewers of the station who did not have the equipment to receive over-the-air digital broadcasts or cable. Three months later, DirecTV
put the station on their signal. Dish Network
added the station in April 2007.
programming when KTBS is not able to do so due to a special event or an emergency. An example is that when KTBS aired the Louisiana
Governor Election, KPXJ aired an ESPN on ABC
football
game between Michigan
and Illinois.
KPXJ is part of the Southland Conference
Television Network, which includes a football game of the week on Saturdays. KPXJ also carries games from the ACC
.
In 2003, after KPXJ was sold to become a duopoly with KTBS, that station began producing a daily 9 PM newscast. It was the first, and to this day, only locally produced 9PM newscast in the market (KMSS
airs a 9PM newscast, but it's produced by sister station KFXK
in Longview). Additionally, KTBS produces a weekday morning newscast for KPXJ entitled KPXJ 21 News at 7.
On August 3, 2009, KPXJ expanded its 9PM newscast to an hour, making it the first hour-long newscast in the market, in the process, it was renamed The KTBS 3 9:00 News Hour.
On Friday nights during high school
football
season, KPXJ airs an hour-long highlights show called Friday Football Fever. The show is hosted by KTBS Sports Director Tim Fletcher.
KTBS 3 News at 7
Weekday Mornings (7 to 8 A.M.)
KTBS 3 9:00 News Hour (9 to 10 P.M.)
Weeknights
Weekends
KPXJ used additional news personnel from KTBS, see the KTBS article for a complete listing
Internet Team
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
. Licensed to Minden
Minden, Louisiana
Minden is a city in the American state of Louisiana. It serves as the parish seat of Webster Parish and is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The population, which has been stable since 1960, was 13,027 at the 2000 census...
, the station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 21. KPXJ's transmitter is located in Mooringsport
Mooringsport, Louisiana
Mooringsport is a village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography: Mooringsport is located at ....
. The station is owned by The Wray Family as part of a duopoly with the area's ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate KTBS-TV
KTBS-TV
KTBS-TV, virtual channel 3, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Shreveport, Louisiana. Its transmitter is located near Mooringsport. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 28 and is owned locally by the Wray family as part of a duopoly with the CW affiliate KPXJ...
. The two stations share studios located on East Kings Highway in Shreveport.
Although KPXJ only broadcasts over-the-air via a digital signal, it is offered on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
cable in Shreveport, Suddenlink Cable in Bossier City, Cableone in Texarkana, AR/TX, and various other cable systems in the region as well as DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
.
History
KPXJ launched on August 31, 1998. The station's calls were originally WPXO and it served as the area's PAX (now ION Television) affiliate which launched the same day. On January 8, 1999, WPXO's calls changed to the current KPXJ.In 2003, KPXJ was sold by Paxson Communications to The Wray family who also owns the area's ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate KTBS. That station's 5 and 10 PM newscasts were already being rebroadcast on KPXJ in addition to KTBS handling KPXJ's sales and advertisements.
In September of the same year, KPXJ became the area's UPN affiliate after being on KSHV for many years, and even earlier but briefly in 1995 on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KSLA
KSLA-TV
KSLA, virtual channel 12, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Shreveport, Louisiana and the Ark-La-Tex region. Owned by Raycom Media, it broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 17. The sole transmitter is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana...
. KPXJ continued to broadcast PAX programming on a secondary basis until April 2004, and continued to air the Worship Network late at night until early 2010. In the 2006 United States broadcast TV realignment
2006 United States broadcast TV realignment
Between winter-fall 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. In September 2006, the country's two "second-tier" television networks, UPN and The WB Television Network, both shut down on September 15 and 17 respectively, and their operations were transferred to a new...
, KPXJ became the CW affiliate, and WB affiliate KSHV took the MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliation. That summer, KPXJ removed its UPN branding, unlike most UPN and WB stations converting to The CW, replacing it with the CW branding.
After MyNetworkTV launched September 5, 2006, KPXJ began broadcasting the final two weeks of WB programming late at night. KPXJ began broadcasting The CW on September 18, 2006.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is UHF 21, multiplexed:Channel
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
In September 2005, the station launched its digital signal on UHF channel 21. Because KPXJ never got a companion digital channel, it had to turn its analog NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
signal off (a move called a "flash-cut"). This move caused an uproar with viewers of the station who did not have the equipment to receive over-the-air digital broadcasts or cable. Three months later, DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
put the station on their signal. Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
added the station in April 2007.
Programming
Due to its relations with KTBS, KPXJ can take on the responsibility of airing ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
programming when KTBS is not able to do so due to a special event or an emergency. An example is that when KTBS aired the Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
Governor Election, KPXJ aired an ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC is the brand used for sports programming on the ABC television network. Officially the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, for all practical purposes, ABC's sports division has been merged with ESPN, a sports cable network majority-owned by ABC's parent, The...
football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
game between Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and Illinois.
KPXJ is part of the Southland Conference
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
Television Network, which includes a football game of the week on Saturdays. KPXJ also carries games from the ACC
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
.
Newscasts
KPXJ began rebroadcasts of news from KTBS in 2001 when it and numerous other PAX affiliates began airing rebroadcasts of news from a "Big Three" station.In 2003, after KPXJ was sold to become a duopoly with KTBS, that station began producing a daily 9 PM newscast. It was the first, and to this day, only locally produced 9PM newscast in the market (KMSS
KMSS-TV
KMSS-TV is the Fox affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is seen via satellite through Dish Network and DirecTV...
airs a 9PM newscast, but it's produced by sister station KFXK
KFXK
KFXK-TV is the Fox affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America. Its transmitter is located near New London, Texas...
in Longview). Additionally, KTBS produces a weekday morning newscast for KPXJ entitled KPXJ 21 News at 7.
On August 3, 2009, KPXJ expanded its 9PM newscast to an hour, making it the first hour-long newscast in the market, in the process, it was renamed The KTBS 3 9:00 News Hour.
On Friday nights during high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
season, KPXJ airs an hour-long highlights show called Friday Football Fever. The show is hosted by KTBS Sports Director Tim Fletcher.
Weekday Mornings (7 to 8 A.M.)
- Anchors:
- Ed Walsh
- Sonja Bailes
- Weather:
- Jennifer Gray
KTBS 3 9:00 News Hour (9 to 10 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchor:
- Chrissi Cole
- Gerry May or Sherri Talley (fill-in)
- Weather:
- Joe Haynes
- Sports:
- Tim Fletcher
Weekends
- Anchor:
- TBD
- Weather:
- TBD
- Sports:
- Leslie Spoon
KPXJ used additional news personnel from KTBS, see the KTBS article for a complete listing
Administration
- Lauren Ostendorff - Station Manager / Owner
- Jan Elkins - Community Affairs
- Cheryl May - Station Promotions
- Randy Bain - News Director
- Jill Davies - Assignment Desk Editor
- Ron Thoma - Production Manager
- David Rowe - Local Sales Manager
- Valerie Cosby - Regional Sales Manager
- Steve Masters - Life Wise Cable Media Sales Manager
- Bernadette Collier - Life Wise Cable Media Operations Manager
Internet Team
- Linda Howard
- Cathy Basham
- Alicia Todd
- Jan Elkins
- Steve Anderson
- Brad Pollitt
- Randy Bain
- Carline Procell
Newscast Titles
- UPN 21 News (2003-2006)
- KPXJ 21 News (2006-2009)
- KTBS 3 News at 7 (morning newscast; 2009-present)
- KTBS 3 9:00 News Hour (9PM newscast; 2009-present)