WSPX-TV
{{Short description|Television station in Syracuse, New York}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WSPX-TV
| city =
| logo =
| branding =
| digital = 36 (UHF)
| virtual = 56
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|56.1: Ion Television|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| network =
| country = United States
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1998|11|24|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| location = Syracuse, New York
| callsign_meaning = Syracuse's Pax
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 56 (UHF, 1998–2009)|Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2019)}}
| owner = Ion Media
| licensee = Ion Television License, LLC
| sister_stations =
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 82 kW
| haat = {{convert|452.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| facility_id = 64352
| coordinates = {{coord|42|56|42|N|76|1|27|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
}}
WSPX-TV (channel 56) is a television station in Syracuse, New York, United States, airing programming from the Ion Television network. Owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios on Basile Rowe in East Syracuse and a transmitter on Sevier Road in Pompey, New York.
History
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WSPX-TV has been operating since November 24, 1998.{{cite web | last = Fybush | first = Scott | date = November 26, 1998 | url = http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-981126.html | title = WQEW Getting Mouse Ears? | work = North East RadioWatch | publisher = The Archives at BostonRadio.org | access-date = April 30, 2006}} From 2001 to 2005, WSPX re-aired newscasts from NBC affiliate WSTM-TV (channel 3).
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WSPX-TV{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WSPX#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WSPX|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=May 6, 2025}} ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Res. ! scope="col" | Aspect ! scope="col" | Short name ! scope="col" | Programming |
| scope="row" | 56.1
| 720p || rowspan=9| 16:9 || ION || Ion Television |
|---|
| scope="row" | 56.2 |
| scope="row" | 56.3
| Grit || Grit |
| scope="row" | 56.4
| Mystery || Ion Mystery |
| scope="row" | 56.5
| IONPlus || Ion Plus |
| scope="row" | 56.6
| BUSTED || Busted |
| scope="row" | 56.7
| GameSho || Game Show Central |
| scope="row" | 56.8
| HSN || HSN |
| scope="row" | 56.9
| QVC || QVC |
WSPX-TV started broadcasting in high definition in May 2009.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
The channel 15 frequency was short-spaced to Belleville, Ontario's CBLFT-13 and was approved on the condition that the effective radiated power of the U.S. station not exceed 100 kilowatts.[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1241694.pdf FCC construction permit for DTV beginning Feb 2009]
According to WSPX-TV, an early reduction in analog power and start of digital operation needed to take place months in advance of the February 17, 2009, FCC digital transition deadline to ensure that channel 15's antenna could be installed on the top of the tower in place of the existing channel 56 antenna before the onset of winter.[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=651851 FCC application to reduce power on analog UHF 56] UHF 56 was then left operational from a secondary, side-mounted antenna at a 25% reduction in coverage area until analog shut-off.
=Analog-to-digital conversion=
WSPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 56, 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 remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using virtual channel 56.{{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 }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://iontelevision.com/}}
{{Syracuse TV}}
{{Binghamton TV}}
{{Rochester TV}}
{{Utica TV}}
{{ION New York}}
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Category:1998 establishments in New York (state)
Category:E. W. Scripps Company television stations
Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates
Category:Ion Mystery affiliates
Category:Ion Television affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1998
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