KWPX-TV

KWPX-TV

Seattle, Washington
City of license	Bellevue, Washington
Branding	Ion Television
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF)
Subchannels	33.1 KWPX-DT 33.2 qubo 33.3 ION Life
Affiliations	Ion Television
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media License Company, LLC)
First air date	May 17, 1989
Call letters' meaning	Washington's PaX TV
Former callsigns	KBGE (1989-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989-2009) Digital: 32 (UHF)
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
Website	www.ionline.tv

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

PSIP Channel	Programming
33.1	KWPX-DT
33.2	qubo
33.3	ION Life

Analog-to-digital transition

KWPX shut off its analog signal and moved its digital broadcasts back to its former analog channel frequency, 33 on February 17, 2009.

External links

• Ion Television
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KWPX
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KWPX
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWPX-TV