WRPX-TV
{{Short description|Television station in Rocky Mount, North Carolina}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WRPX-TV
| city = Rocky Mount, North Carolina
| branding = Ion
| digital = 32 (UHF), shared with WFPX-TV[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f915eaa0135015ec48d12b43250&id=25076f915eaa0135015ec48d12b43250&goBack=N Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application]
| virtual = 47
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|47.1: Ion Television|for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}}}
| country = United States
| founded = {{start date|1991|3|26}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|7|8|p=y|br=yes}}
| location = {{ubl|Rocky Mount–Raleigh–|Durham, North Carolina}}
| callsign_meaning = Raleigh's Pax TV
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WFXB (1991)|WRMY (1991–1998)|WRPX (1998–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 47 (UHF, 1992–2009)|Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2019)}}
| owner = Ion Media
| licensee = Ion Television License, LLC
| sister_stations = WFPX-TV
| former_affiliations = Independent (1992–1998)
| erp = 170 kW{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9168cf94c40168e31f4ff50fb3&id=25076f9168cf94c40168e31f4ff50fb3&goBack=N|title=Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
| haat = {{convert|563.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| facility_id = 20590
| coordinates = {{coord|35|49|52.8|N|78|8|42.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
}}
WRPX-TV (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Archer Lodge–licensed Bounce TV outlet WFPX-TV (channel 62). WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV share a sales office on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WRPX-TV's spectrum from a tower northeast of Middlesex, North Carolina.
WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the southern part, including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.
Technical information
=Subchannels=
class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WRPX#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WRPX|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=June 30, 2024}} ! scope = "col" | License ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
rowspan = "7" scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #60B0FF;" | WRPX-TV
! scope = "row" | 47.1 | 720p || rowspan=8| 16:9 || ION || Ion Television |
---|
scope = "row" | 47.2 |
scope = "row" | 47.3
| IONPlus || Ion Plus |
scope = "row" | 47.4
| GameSho|| Game Show Central |
scope = "row" | 47.5
| CRIME || True Crime Network |
scope = "row" | 47.6
| BUSTED || Busted |
scope = "row" | 47.8
| QVC || QVC |
scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #0057AF;" | WFPX-TV
! scope = "row" | 62.1 |
=Analog-to-digital conversion=
WRPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using virtual channel 47.{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}
=Spectrum repack=
WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.
Out-of-market coverage
In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.{{Cite web|date=September 1, 2017|title=TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes - Zap2it.com|url=https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010917015101/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2001|website=Zap2It}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://iontelevision.com/}}
{{Raleigh-Durham TV}}
{{ION North Carolina}}
{{ION Virginia}}
{{EWS CORP}}
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Category:1992 establishments in North Carolina
Category:E. W. Scripps Company television stations
Category:Ion Television affiliates
Category:True Crime Network affiliates
Category:Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992
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