WSPX-TV

WSPX-TV
Syracuse, New York United States
Branding	ION Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 56 (PSIP)
Subchannels	56.1 Ion TV 56.2 qubo 56.3 Ion Life 56.4 Shop TV 56.5 QVC 56.6 HSN
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; 2007–present)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Syracuse License, Inc.)
First air date	November 24, 1998 (1998-11-24)
Call letters' meaning	Syracuse's PaX
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 56 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	Pax TV (1998–2005) i (2005–2007)
Transmitter power	49 kW
Height	379 m
Facility ID	64352
Transmitter coordinates	43°18′18″N 76°3′0″W / 43.30500°N 76.05000°W / 43.30500; -76.05000
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.iontelevision.com/

WSPX-TV, Ion Television in Syracuse, New York, is owned by ION Media Networks.

WSPX-TV broadcasts on digital channel 15. The channel 15 frequency is short-spaced to Belleville, Ontario's CBLFT and was approved on the condition that effective radiated power of the US station not exceed 100kW.^[1]

According to WSPX-TV, an early reduction in analogue 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.^[2] UHF 56 was then left operational from a secondary, side-mounted antenna at a 25% reduction in coverage area until analogue shut-off.

As of November 2013, WSPX-TV features ION, Qubo, ION Life, ION Shop (Informercials, QVC, and HSN programming.

WSPX-TV has been operating since November 24, 1998.^[3]

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
56.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
56.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
56.3			IONLife	Ion Life
56.4			Shop	Ion Shop
56.5			QVC	QVC
56.6			HSN	HSN

^[4]

WSPX-TV started broadcasting high definition in mid May 2010.

Analog-to-digital conversion

WSPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 56, 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 15.^[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 56, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

Time Warner Cable (Syracuse)

Channel	Name	Video	Aspect	Programming
3 (Syracuse City)/4 (Syracuse Suburbs)	WSPX	480i	4:3	SDTV
1218	WSPX-HD	1080i	16:9	HDTV

References

↑ FCC construction permit for DTV beginning Feb 2009
↑ FCC application to reduce power on analogue UHF 56
↑ Fybush, Scott (November 26, 1998). "WQEW Getting Mouse Ears?". North East RadioWatch. The Archives at BostonRadio.org. Retrieved 2006-04-30.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WSPX
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Television stations viewable in Central New York, including Syracuse

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

Local stations

WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Comet)
WTVH (5.1 CBS, 5.2 Grit)
WVOA-LP 6 (Religious radio from SRN)
WSYR-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV, 9.3 Bounce TV, 9.4 Laff)
WONO-CA 11 / WTVU-CD 22 (COR)
WNNY-LP 13 (NASA TV)
WSTQ-LP 14 (The CW)
WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 World, 24.4 PBS Plus)
WWLF-LP 35 (AMGTV)
WDSS-LD 38 (Daystar)
W42EB-D (Ind)
WNYS-TV (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 GetTV)
WBLZ-LP 49 (Ind)
WHSU-CD (51.1 HSN, 51.2 NASA HD)
WNYI (52.1 Daystar)
WSPX-TV (56.1 ION, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 Life, 56.4 Ion Shop, 56.5 QVC, 56.6 HSN)
WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 ZUUS Country)

Cable-only stations

Adjacent locals

Binghamton	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)

Rochester	WROC-TV (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV, 8.3 Laff, 8.4 Escape) WHEC-TV (10.1 NBC, 10.2 MeTV, 10.3 Wx) WHAM-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 The CW, 13.3 Grit) WXXI-TV (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV, 31.3 Comet)

Watertown	WWNY-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox) WPBS-DT (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Create, 16.3 World) WNYF-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 MeTV) WWTI (50.1 ABC, 50.2 The CW, 50.3 Laff, 50.4 Escape)

New York State television: Albany/Schenectady; Binghamton; Buffalo; Burlington/Plattsburgh; Elmira; New York City; Rochester; Syracuse; Utica; Watertown

Ion Television network affiliates in the state of New York

WPXN 31 (New York) WYPX 50 (Amsterdam) WPXJ 51 (Batavia) WSPX 56 (Syracuse)

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

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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