KOPX-TV
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| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
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| Branding | Ion Television |
| Channels | Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 62 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Ion Television |
| Owner | Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Oklahoma City License, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 16, 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning | Oklahoma's PaX TV |
| Former callsigns | KMNZ (1996-1998) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 62 (UHF, 1996-2009) |
| Former affiliations | inTV (1996-1998) Pax TV (1998-2005) i (2005-2007) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW |
| Height | 483 m |
| Facility ID | 2566 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°35′52.1″N 97°29′23.2″W / 35.597806°N 97.489778°W |
| Website | www.iontelevision.com |
KOPX-TV, virtual channel 62 (digital channel 50), is the Ion Television affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is owned and operated by Ion Media Networks. The station's studios and transmitter are located at 13424 Railway Rd. in southern Oklahoma City.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 50, using its former analog assignment of UHF channel 62 as its virtual digital channel via PSIP. On cable television, KOPX is carried on Cox channel 17 in standard definition and channel 706 in high definition.
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[edit] History
It was launched on March 16, 1996 as KMNZ, an affiliate of InTV, a network airing paid programming. On August 31, 1998, KOPX became an affiliate of Pax (now Ion Television) and The Worship Network, a Christian television network.
From November 2002 to June 2005, NBC affiliate KFOR-TV (channel 4) rebroadcast its morning and 10 p.m. newscasts via tape delay on KOPX; the 6 a.m. hour of the morning newscast aired on a one-hour tape delay, while the 10 p.m. newscast aired on a half-hour delay, with the latter beginning shortly before the live 10 p.m. newscast on KFOR-TV ended.[1] This ended in 2005 due to two factors: the first being Pax's then-rebranding as i: Independent Television, and Pax's earlier decision to cut ties with its news share agreements with major network affiliates in the markets it had an affiliate, due to financial troubles.
[edit] Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Video | Aspect | Name | Programming |
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| 62.1 | 50.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KOPX-DT | Main Ion Television programming |
| 62.2 | 50.2 | 480i | 4:3 | qubo | Children's programming |
| 62.3 | 50.3 | 480i | 4:3 | ION Life | Lifestyle and entertainment programming |
On June 12, 2009, KOPX has abandoned its former analog channel assignment of 62, and moved its digital signal to UHF channel 50. However, digital television receivers will continue to display KOPX's virtual channel as 62 using PSIP.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- www.iontelevision.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOPX
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KOPX-TV
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