WQPX-TV

WQPX-TV
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania United States
Branding	ION Television
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 64 (PSIP)
Subchannels	64.1 Ion Television 64.2 Qubo 64.3 ION Life 64.4 Ion Shop 64.5 QVC 64.6 HSN
Translators	49 (UHF) Waymart
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; 2007–present)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Scranton License, Inc.)
First air date	May 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)^[1]
Call letters' meaning	SusQuehanna Valley PaX
Former channel number(s)	64 (UHF analog, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	inTV (1998) Pax TV (1998–2005) i (2005–2007)
Transmitter power	528 kW
Height	354 m
Facility ID	64690
Transmitter coordinates	41°26′6″N 75°43′35″W / 41.43500°N 75.72639°W / 41.43500; -75.72639
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website

WQPX-TV is the Ion Television affiliate for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications).

Before WQPX signed on, the station's call sign was WSWB, first used on channel 38 in the early 1980s (before its own sign on) and currently used on that same station today.

WQPX operates its digital fill-in translator on UHF channel 49. That translator is run by NextEra Energy Resources in Waymart, PA. Windmills run by NextEra Energy Resources in the area surrounding Waymart interfere with full power television signals from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market.

WQPX started broadcasting Ion TV in HD on April 27, 2010.

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
64.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
64.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
64.3			IONLife	Ion Life
64.4			Shop	Ion Shop
64.5			QVC	QVC
64.6			HSN	HSN

^[2]

Analog-to-digital conversion

WQPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, 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 32.^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 64, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References

↑ "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". KidVid Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 30, 1999. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WQPX
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Broadcast television in Northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre

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

Stations

W08EM-D (8.1 EWTN)

WNEP-TV (16.1 ABC, 16.2 ATV, 16.3 Justice)

WYOU (22.1 CBS, 22.2 Escape, 22.3 Bounce TV)

WBRE-TV (28.1 NBC, 28.2 Laff, 28.3 Grit)

WYLN-LP 35 (Youtoo America)

W16CO-D (35.1 COR)

WSWB (38.1 The CW, 38.2 MeTV, 38.3 Comet, 38.4 ASN)

W43CO-D (43.1 Daystar, 43.2 COR, 43.3 CTN)

WVIA-TV (44.1 PBS, 44.2 via 2, 44.3 Create)

WQMY (53.1 MNTV, 53.2 Fox, 53.3 The CW)

WOLF-TV (56.1 Fox, 56.2 The CW, 56.3 MNTV)

WQPX-TV (64.1 Ion, 64.2 qubo, 64.3 Life, 64.4 Ion Shop, 64.5 QVC Over Air, 64.6 HSN)

Adjacent locals

Binghamton, NY	WBNG-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW) WBGH-CD (20.1 NBC, 20.3 ABC) WIVT (34.1 ABC, 34.2 NBC, 34.3 Laff, 34.4 Escape) WICZ-TV (40.1 Fox, 40.2 MNTV) WSKG-TV (46.1 PBS, 46.2 World, 46.3 Create)

Johnstown	WJAC-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MeTV, 6.3 Comet, 6.4 Grit) WTAJ-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Escape, 10.3 Laff)

Philadelphia	KYW-TV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 Decades) WPVI-TV (6.1 ABC, 6.2 Live Well Network, 6.3 Laff) WCAU (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Cozi TV) WFMZ-TV (69.1 Ind, 69.2 AccuWX, 69.3 Heroes & Icons, 69.4 Retro TV)

Defunct stations

W26CD (TBN)

W39BT 39 (TBN)

Pennsylvania broadcast television: Binghamton, New York; Buffalo, New York; Elmira, New York; Erie; Johnstown/Altoona/State College; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg); Washington, DC; Youngstown, Ohio

ION Network Affiliates in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

WINP-TV 16 (Pittsburgh) WHTM-TV 27.2 (Harrisburg) WPPX-TV 61 (Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia) WQPX-TV 64 (Scranton)

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

Ion Media Networks

Networks	Ion Television Ion Life Qubo

O&O Television stations (owned & operated through Ion Media Television; carries Ion Television, Ion Life, & Qubo 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 KASA-DT3 KTSS KXAN-DT3 WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-LD KWQC-DT2 WKRG-DT2 KSNW-DT3 WANE-DT3 WJBF-DT3 KXRM-DT3 WLFI-DT3 WBAY-DT3 KHRR-DT3 KTRV KNSO-DT3 KBLR-DT3

¹Affiliated with The Country Network. ² Repeater of WAZE-TV. Currently silent. ³Sale to Cedar Creek Broadcasting pending; to remain operated by Ion thereafter.

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