KWPX-TV

KWPX-TV
Seattle, Washington United States
City	Bellevue, Washington
Branding	Ion Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP)
Subchannels	(see article)
Affiliations	Ion Television
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media License Company, LLC)
First air date	May 17, 1989 (1989-05-17)
Call letters' meaning	Washington's PaX TV
Former callsigns	KBGE (1989–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 32 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	ValueVision (until 1998)
Transmitter power	400 kW
Height	716 m
Facility ID	56852
Transmitter coordinates	47°30′17″N 121°58′6″W / 47.50472°N 121.96833°W / 47.50472; -121.96833
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.iontelevision.com

KWPX-TV is an Ion (formerly PAX and i) television station serving the Seattle, Washington DMA, owned by Ion Media Networks, formerly Paxson Communications.

History

KWPX signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. KWPX's local administrative office is located in Preston, Washington.

The station's current programming consists of the Ion Pacific Coast feed including entertainment, children's, and paid programming on channel 33-1. Qubo has children's programming on 33-2, and Ion Life is on 33-3.

When the station first signed on the air, its transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower. The transmitter site was later moved to West Tiger Mountain—which is also known as West Tiger #3.

On most Western Washington cable TV systems, KWPX is typically located as channel 15 or channel 3.

KWPX's city of license is Bellevue, Washington.

As of April 23, 2010, KWPX is transmitting ION programming in HD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
33.1	720p	16:9	KWPX-DT	Main KWPX-TV programming / Ion Television
33.2	480i	4:3	KWPX-SD	Qubo
33.3				Ion Life
33.4				ShopTV
33.5				QVC
33.7				Telemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

KWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, on February 17, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12).^[2] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 32 to frequency, channel 33.^[3]

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Broadcast television in Seattle

Major network affiliates	KOMO (4.1 ABC, 4.2 Comet, 4.3 Grit) KING (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Justice) KIRO (7.1 CBS, 7.2 GetTV, 7.3 Laff) KCTS (9.1 PBS, 9.2 V-me, 9.3 Create) KSTW (11.1 CW, 11.2 Decades) KCPQ (13.1 Fox, 13.2 This TV, 13.3 Escape) KZJO (22.1 MNTV, 22.2 KCPQ SD, 22.3 Antenna TV) KBTC/KCKA (28.1/15.1 PBS, 28.2/15.2 Worldview, 28.3/15.3 TVW)

Other stations	K08OU-D (8.1 3ABN, 8.3 Dare To Dream, 8.4 3ABN Latino, 8.5 3ABN Radio, 8.7 Radio74) KONG (16.1 Ind, 16.2 SD) KTBW (20.1 TBN, 20.2 Church, 20.3 JUCE TV/Smile, 20.4 Enlace, 20.5 Salsa) KRUM-LD (24.3 Ind, 24.4 Ind) KWPX-TV (33.1 Ion, 33.2 qubo, 33.3 Ion Life, 33.4 Ion Shop, 33.5 QVC, 33.7 Telemundo) KWDK (42.1 DS) KFFV (44.1 Infomercials, 44.2 AZA, 44.3 AAT TV, 44.4 KBS World, 44.5 Cozi, 44.6 KVOS) KUSE-LD (46.1 color bars, 46.2 Peace TV, 46.3 SonLife, 46.4 color bars, 46.5 Hot TV, 46.6 infomercials) KUNS (51.1 Uni, 51.2 MundoMax)

Cable-only	Northwest Cable News Root Sports Northwest SCAN Seattle Channel TVW (Olympia) UWTV

ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV stations encrypted channels italicized	KWPX-TV (33.82 Gran Cine, 33.85 NFL Net, 33.87 GOL TV, 33.88 NFL RedZone, 33.90 Starz, 33.96 AirBox, 33.98 MTV Classic)

Defunct stations	KPEC 56 (NET) Research Channel

See also List of television stations in Washington state, plus British Columbia, Bellingham, Spokane, Portland, and Yakima/Tri-Cities TV

Other television stations in the state of Washington

Seattle area	KVOS 12 (Me-TV / Movies! , Bellingham) KONG 16 (Independent, Everett) KTBW 20 (TBN, Seattle) KBCB 24 (ShopHQ / Estrella TV, Bellingham) KWPX-TV 33 (Ion, Bellevue) KWDK 42 (Daystar, Tacoma) KFFV 45 (AMGTV / Azteca / AAT / MBC-D, Seattle) KUNS 51 (Univision, Bellevue) KUSE-LD 46 (Hot TV, Seattle)

Spokane area	KQUP 24 (Daystar, Pullman) KDYS-LD 32 (Daystar, Spokane) KGPX-TV 34 (Ion, Spokane) KHBA-LD 39 (Hope/3ABN/Open Book TV/LLBN/Esperanza TV, Spokane) KQUP-LD 47 (Daystar, Spokane)

Yakima/Tri-Cities area	KUNW-CD 2 / KVVK-CA 15 / KORK-CA 16 (Univision, Yakima/Kennewick/Walla Walla) K21JQ-D 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (Hope Channel / Worship, Walla Walla) K33EJ-D (3ABN, Walla Walla)

Portland/Vancouver area	KOXI-CD 20 (America One, Camas) KEVE-LD 36 (3ABN, Vancouver)

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

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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