WRPX-TV

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WRPX-TV
Rocky Mount/Raleigh, North Carolina
Branding	ION Television
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 47 (PSIP)
Affiliations	47.1 Ion Television 47.2 qubo 47.3 ION Life
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Raleigh License, Inc.)
First air date	1992
Call letters' meaning	Raleigh's PaX TV
Former callsigns	WRMY (1992-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 47 (1992-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1992-1998) Pax TV (1998-2005) i (2005-2007)
Transmitter power	180 kW (digital)
Height	354 m
Facility ID	20590
Transmitter coordinates	36°6′11″N 78°11′29″W / 36.10306°N 78.19139°W / 36.10306; -78.19139
Website	www.ionline.tv

WRPX-TV is one of two Ion Television affiliates for the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina television market, licensed to nearby Rocky Mount. The station is owned by ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications), and is a sister station to WFPX. WRPX operates on UHF digital channel 15. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WRPX's virtual channel as 47.1.

History [edit]

As part of the analog television and digital conversion, WRPX-TV shut down its analog transmitter on channel 47, on June 12, 2009 at Noon. In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in Oak City, which is within the Greenville media market.^[1]

v t e Television stations in the Research Triangle region, including Raleigh, Durham, and Fayetteville, North Carolina

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

Digital television	WUNC 4/WUNP 36 (4.1/36.2 PBS, 4.2/36.3 Kids) WRAL-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 This) WTVD (11.1 ABC, 11.2 LWN) WNCN (17.1 NBC, 17.2 Antenna) WLFL (22.1 CW, 22.2 Country) WRDC (28.1 MNTV) WRAY-TV (30.1 TCT) WUVC-DT (40.1 Uni., 40.2 UniMás) WRPX-TV 47/WFPX-TV 62 (xx.1 Ion, xx.2 Qubo, xx.3 Life) WRAZ (50.1 Fox, 50.2 Me-TV)

Low-power digital	WTNC-LD (26.1 Uni., 26.2 UniMás) WHIG-LD (31.1 ind.) WARZ-LD (34.1 rel., 34.2 WHT) WNCR-LD (41.1 A1) WHFL-CD (43.1 rel.) W46EU-D (46.1 HSN) WWIW-LD (66.1 Daystar)

Analog television	WBXU-CA 13 / WUBX-CA 13 (MTV2) W24CP 24 (3ABN) WACN-LP 34 (Daystar) WZGS-CA 44 (silent) W45CN 45 / W63CW 63 (silent) W67CD 67 (A1) WAUG-LP 68 (edu.)

Cable television	News 14 Carolina STV (UNC)

North Carolina broadcast television areas by city Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Greenville, NC Myrtle Beach, SC Norfolk, VA Raleigh Wilmington See also Richmond TV Roanoke TV

v t e ION Television Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina

WGPX 16 (Burlington) WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (Jacksonville / Greenville) WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (Rocky Mount / Fayetteville)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in North Carolina

v t e Ion Media Networks and Ion Television

O&O Television stations (carry Ion Television unless otherwise noted)	KBPX¹ KFPX KGPX KKPX KOPX KPPX KPXB KPXC KPXD KPXE KPXG KPXL KPXM KPXN KPXO KPXR KSPX KTPX KUPX KWPX 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 WRPX WSPX WTPX WUPX WVPX WWPX WXPX WYPX WZPX

Other ION Affiliates (owned by other broadcasters)	KCLG KCVB KDMD KDMD-LP KPVM / K46KA-D KQEG / WIBU-LP KTSS WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-LD WKFK-LD WNMN

Other assets	Qubo (51%)² Ion Life

1: Affiliated with The Country Network. 2: Co-owned with DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment, and Scholastic Books.^[1]

Annual revenue USD 276.6 million (2004) Employees 433 (2005) Website ionmedia.tv

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