WPXK-TV

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WPXK-TV
Ion Television logo.svg
Jellico/Knoxville, Tennessee
Branding ION Television
Channels Digital: 23 (UHF)
Subchannels 54.1 ION
54.2 qubo
54.3 ION Life
Affiliations Ion Television
Owner Ion Media Networks, Inc.
(Ion Media Knoxville License, Inc.)
First air date January 1993
Call letters' meaning PaX TV Knoxville
Former callsigns WPMC (1993-1998)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
54 (UHF, 1993-2009)
Former affiliations HSN (1993-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power 18 kW
Height 608 m
Facility ID 52628
Transmitter coordinates 36°11′53.4″N 84°13′50″W / 36.198167°N 84.23056°W / 36.198167; -84.23056
Website www.ionline.tv

WPXK-TV is an Ion Television network affiliate serving the Knoxville, Tennessee market, licensed in the town of Jellico near the Kentucky state line. WPXK's transmitter is located atop Windrock Mountain in Anderson County. It is currently the only owned-and-operated commercial television station in the Knoxville market.

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Digital television

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Network
54.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
54.2 480i 4:3 qubo qubo
54.3 IONLife ION Life

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on June 12, 2009, WPXK-TV continued to broadcast on channel 23.1 Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WKXP-TV's virtual channel as 54, its former analog channel.

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