WEPX
Encyclopedia
WEPX-TV is one of two Ion Television affiliates for the Greenville
/New Bern
/Washington, North Carolina
television market. The station is owned by ION Media Networks
, and is a sister station to WPXU-TV
. WEPX operates on UHF
digital channel 51, and has operated since December 1998.
WEPX and WPXU 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).
WEPX 38.1 is now broadcasting in High Definition.
This station is not available through DirecTV
or Dish Network
.
after the FCC
finalized the DTV
allotment plan on April 21, 1997 http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html, the station did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital television station
. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels>
Channel
Programming
38.1
Ion TV HD
38.2
qubo
38.3
ION Life
Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain and in 2008 was listed as the Tenth Largest City in North Carolina...
/New Bern
New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers...
/Washington, North Carolina
Washington, North Carolina
Washington is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,744 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beaufort County. The closest major city is Greenville, approximately 20 miles to the west....
television market. The station is owned by 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:...
, and is a sister station to WPXU-TV
WPXU-TV
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...
. WEPX operates on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
digital channel 51, and has operated since December 1998.
WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
from September 5, 2006 until September 27, 2009 when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV
WITN-TV
WITN-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks licensed to Washington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter in Grifton along NC 118. The station can also be seen on Charter and Time Warner Cable channel 7 as...
, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of ION (then known as i and originally known as PAX TV).
WEPX 38.1 is now broadcasting in High Definition.
This station is not available through 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. ...
or 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...
.
Digital television
Because it was granted an original construction permitConstruction permit
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after the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
finalized the DTV
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
allotment plan on April 21, 1997 http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html, the station did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital 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...
. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Qubo
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...
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...