List of Ion Mystery affiliates explained

This is a list of current Ion Mystery affiliates (formerly known as Escape until September 30, 2019, and Court TV Mystery until February 24, 2022), arranged by U.S. state. There are links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their local programming, hosts and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies. In most markets, Ion Mystery operates on a digital subchannel of the main station listed. In some markets, it operates on an LPTV or Class A station.

Current affiliates

City of license/marketStation[1] Virtual
channel
Primary
affiliation
OwnerNotes †

Alabama

42.2 Launched November 1, 2017
18.2 Launched September 1, 2015
54.4 Launched August 23, 2016
10.4 Gray TelevisionLaunched September 25, 2017
17.3 Woods Communications Company Launched August 11, 2015

Alaska

AnchorageKAUU5.6CBSGray Television
FairbanksKATN2.5ABCVision Alaska LLC

Arizona

13.4 Launched August 18, 2014
Green Valley (Tucson) 46.4 Univision
KASW 61.4 E. W. Scripps Company Launched August 2016
35.4 UniMás TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
4.3

Arkansas

24.3 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 19, 2016
16.2 Mission Broadcasting
Launched August 23, 2016

California

31.3 UniMás TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
47.2 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched September 18, 2016
21.3 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
KHIZ-LD 39.1 1 DTV America Corporation Launched November 1, 2016
Modesto (Sacramento) 19.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
39.4 Laff Caballero Television Launched January 22, 2018
Ontario (Los Angeles) 46.3 UniMás TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
KGTV 10.4 ABC E. W. Scripps Company
14.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014

Colorado

Boulder (Denver) 14.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision
Launched August 18, 2014
21.4 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched November 1, 2017
4.3 Mission Broadcasting
Launched September 13, 2016

Connecticut

3.2 CBS Gray Television Launched April 15, 2015

Delaware

Wilmington (Philadelphia, PA) 2.2 Maranatha Broadcasting Company Launched August 18, 2014

District of Columbia

WPXW-TV 66.5 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched 2021

Florida

25.4 ABC Tegna Launched March 1, 2020
Lake Worth (West Palm Beach)67.3 Ion Television Inyo Broadcast Holdings Launched March 1, 2021
Melbourne (Orlando) WOPX-TV56.3 Ion Media Networks
43.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision
Launched August 18, 2014
23.3 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
29.1 1 TelevisaUnivision
9.3 ABC Launched August 1, 2016
13.3 Nexstar Media Group Launched September 15, 2016
8.3 NBC Nexstar Media Group
50.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision
Launched August 18, 2014
33.3 DTV America Corporation Launched January, 2016
WPTV-TV 5.6 NBC E. W. Scripps Company

Georgia

34.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched September 25, 2017
6.4 ABC Launched November 2017
Brunswick (Jacksonville, FL)WPXC-TV 21.3 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
54.3 Fox American Spirit Media
Launched August 18, 2014
41.4 NBC Launched March 18, 2016
Rome (TN) 21.2 Altennga Broadcasting Launched January 8, 2018
Rome (Atlanta)WPXA-TV 14.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
34.5 Winemiller Television

Hawaii

5.3 CBS Gray Television Launched August 18, 2014

Idaho

31.6 Ventura TV Video Appliance Center Launched November 13, 2017
Nampa (Boise) KIVI-TV 6.3 ABC E. W. Scripps Company Launched July 1, 2015
KSAW-LD 6.3 ABC E.W. Scripps Company Launched July 1, 2015
Operates as a semi-satellite station of KIVI-TV

Illinois

Aurora (Chicago) 60.2 UniMás TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
31.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched September 15, 2016
Rock Island (IA) 4.4 Launched August 30, 2016
39.3 Fox Launched September 1, 2016
Springfield (Champaign) 49.3 Launched August 23, 2016

Indiana

Bloomington (Indianapolis)63.4 Ion Television Inyo Broadcast Holdings Launched March 1, 2021
Elkhart (South Bend) 28.3 Heroes & Icons Gray Television Launched May 1, 2019
7.3 The CW Mission Broadcasting (operated by Nexstar Media Group) Launched August 23, 2016
15.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched November 13, 2017
2.3 NBC Nexstar Media Group Launched August 23, 2016

Iowa

20.2 Tri-State Christian Television Launched August 2, 2021
Newton (Des Moines) KFPX-TV39.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
9.2 ABC Nexstar Media GroupLaunched September 7, 2015

Kansas

Derby (Wichita) 31.3 Univision Entravision Communications Launched July 2, 2018
Lawrence (Kansas City, Missouri) KMCI-TV 38.3 Independent E. W. Scripps Company Launched April 15, 2015
43.2 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched November 1, 2017

Kentucky

39.6 Court TV DTV America Corporation Launched September 23, 2016
36.5 ABC Morris Multimedia Launched June 2016
24.3 Laff New Albany Broadcasting Company Launched November 5, 2015

Louisiana

48.3 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 2, 2016
39.4 MyNetworkTV Gray Television Launched August 30, 2015 on 39.3, moved to 39.4 on June 28, 2021
7.6 NBC Gray Television October 2022
8.4 FOXGray Television Launched February 1, 2019
45.2 MyNetworkTV White Knight Broadcasting
Launched September 2016
10.4 NBC Mission Broadcasting
Launched September 12, 2016

Maine

51.3 The CW Launched November 7, 2016

Maryland

WMAR-TV 2.4 ABC E. W. Scripps Company
25.2 Independent Nexstar Media Group Launched August 27, 2016
32.5 Launched October 1, 2016

Massachusetts

WBPX-TV 68.2 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
25.2 Fox Cox Media Group Launched May 2016
New Bedford (Providence, RI) 6.3 ABC Launched August 18, 2014
22.4 NBC Nexstar Media Group

Michigan

Battle Creek (Grand Rapids) WZPX-TV43.5 Ion Television Inyo Broadcast Holdings Launched March 1, 2021
WMYD 20.3 Independent E. W. Scripps Company Launched July 1, 2015
Escanaba (Marquette) 3.2 MyNetworkTV Nexstar Media Group Launched September 13, 2016
15.3
Lake City (Traverse City) 26.4 Independent Freelancer Television Broadcasting
49.5 TCT Launched March 1, 2021

Minnesota

3.5 Gray Television Launched May 2019
33.2 HC2 Holdings Launched April 2, 2016
St. Cloud (MinneapolisSt. Paul) KPXM-TV41.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
47.4 Gray Television Launched May 2019

Mississippi

22.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group
3.5 NBC Gray Television Launched January 2, 2015

Missouri

22.4 Fox Launched April 6, 2018
16.3 NBC Nexstar Media Group Launched August 25, 2016
26.4 Fox News-Press & Gazette Company Launched April 6, 2018
27.2 MyNetworkTV Nexstar Media Group Launched August 20, 2016

Montana

6.3 ABC Nexstar Media Group Previously on DT2 from September 2016 to September 2, 2023; replaced Bounce TV

Nebraska

8.3 ABC Standard Media Launched August 18, 2014
KMTV-TV 3.4 CBS E. W. Scripps Company Launched January 18, 2016

Nevada

5.3 Fox Gray Television Launched April 23, 2015
KMCC 34.7 Independent E.W. Scripps Company Launched May 1, 2024
46.3 UniMás Entravision Communications Launched June 25, 2018

New Hampshire

Concord (Manchester) WPXG-TV 21.2 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
Operates as a satellite station of WBPX-TV

New Jersey

33.4 MeTV Launched March 21, 2016

New Mexico

50.2 MyNetworkTV Mission Broadcasting Launched January 11, 2016

New York

10.4 ABC Nexstar Media Group
34.4 Launched September 19, 2016
WKBW-TV 7.3 E. W. Scripps Company Launched April 28, 2015
18.4 NBC Nexstar Media Group Launched September 1, 2016
8.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched August 2016
Smithtown (New York City) 67.5 Justice Network TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
WSPX-TV 56.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
33.2 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 3, 2016
50.4 ABC Launched August 27, 2016

North Carolina

9.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group
2.3 Tegna Launched March 2020
Kannapolis (Charlotte) 64.3 Independent Cox Media Group Launched August 18, 2014
Manteo (Norfolk, Virginia) 4.2 Launched March 2015
RaleighWRAL-TV5.4 NBC Launched October 1, 2022
Rocky Mount (Triangle Region)WRPX-TV47.3 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
6.5 NBC Gray Television Launched August 18, 2014

North Dakota

12.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched September 13, 2016
2.4 (19) The CW
4.7 (24) Cozi TV Launched April 1, 2015
13.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched September 13, 2016
11.4 (14)

Ohio

Akron (Cleveland)WVPX-TV23.4 Ion Television Inyo Broadcast Holdings Launched March 1, 2021
WCPO-TV 9.4 ABC E. W. Scripps Company Launched April 15, 2015
61.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
22.3 Cozi TV Positive News Network
2.2 NBC Nexstar Media Group Launched December 31, 2015
36.3 Fox American Spirit Media
Launched November 18, 2014

Oklahoma

43.3 Independent Nexstar Media Group Launched January 2016
Okmulgee (Tulsa) KTPX-TV 44.5 Ion Television Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021

Oregon

39.4 Fox News-Press & Gazette Company Launched April 30, 2018
49.2 MyNetworkTV Gray Television[2] Launched October 8, 2015

Pennsylvania

Altoona (Johnstown) 10.2 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched August 26, 2016
24.2 ABC
WINP-TV 16.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
61.5 Independent The Videohouse, Inc. Launched November 17, 2018
22.2 CBS Mission Broadcasting

Puerto Rico

W05DK-D 29.10 Sovryn Holdings

South Carolina

63.5 The CW/MyNetworkTV WBHQ Columbia, LLC Launched October 2, 2017
WZRB 47.3 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
21.3 Fox Gray Television Launched April 15, 2015
13.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group

South Dakota

15.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched in 2017
11.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched in 2017

Tennessee

12.3 CBS Morris Multimedia
Jellico (Knoxville)WPXK-TV54.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
16.2 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 8, 2016
Kingsport (Johnson City) 19.4 Cozi TV Glenwood Communications Corporation
13.2 Fox Imagicomm Communications Launched June 1, 2016
2.2 ABC Nexstar Media Group Replaced SportsGrid in October 2022
NBC Gray Television Replaced Heartland in November 2016

Texas

32.3 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched August 25, 2016
14.3 Fox
54.4 The CW Launched October 13, 2017
Blanco (San Antonio) 17.2 UniMás TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
Brownsville (Harlingen) 4.5 Nexstar Media Group Launched January 28, 2020
9.3 NBC Launched September 13, 2016
Garland (Dallas–Fort Worth) 23.3 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
32.2 DTV America Corporation Launched October 26, 2016
Killeen (Austin/Waco) 62.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
Longview (Tyler) 51.3 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 15, 2016
28.2 ABC Mission Broadcasting
Launched August 20, 2016
2.3 Nexstar Media Group Launched September 2016
Rosenberg (Houston) 45.3 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
8.3 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched August 25, 2016
21.1 1 DTV America Corporation Launch date TBD
Uvalde (San Antonio)KPXL-TV26.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
18.4 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched September 1, 2016

Utah

Provo (Salt Lake City) 32.4 Univision TelevisaUnivision Launched August 18, 2014
KSTU 13.4 Fox E. W. Scripps Company Launched February 1, 2021. Replaced Charge!.

Vermont

Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched August 23, 2016

Virginia

Manassas (Washington, D.C.)WPXW-TV66.5 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
NorfolkWPXV-TV49.3 Inyo Broadcast Holdings
12.3 NBC Gray Television Launched August 18, 2014
27.4 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched August 30, 2016
WPXR-TV38.4 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021

Washington

Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma) 13.3 Fox Launched January 28, 2016
Spokane34.4 Ion Television Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1, 2021

West Virginia

40.4 Independent Living Faith Ministries, Inc. Launched April 30, 2018
12.3 NBC Nexstar Media Group Launched September 15, 2016
13.2 CBS Launched September 1, 2016
MartinsburgWWPX-TV60.5 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
Operates as satellite of WPXW-TV, Manassas, VA
7.4 CBS Nexstar Media Group Launched September 2016

Wisconsin

Antigo (Wausau) WTPX-TV 46.3 Ion Television Ion Media Networks Launched March 1, 2021
Appleton (Green Bay) WACY-TV 32.3 MyNetworkTV E. W. Scripps Company Launched August 11, 2015
Chippewa Falls (Eau Claire-La Crosse) 48.3 Fox Nexstar Media Group Launched August 30, 2016
Janesville (Madison) 57.6 Ion Television Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC Launched April 30, 2018
Channel moved from 57.7 on March 1, 2021
WTMJ-TV 4.5 NBC E. W. Scripps Company Launched January 1, 2017

List of former affiliates

City of license/marketStationVirtual
channel
OwnerDates of affiliationNotes †

Alabama

Hoover (Birmingham)44.2 Inyo Broadcast Holdings
(Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Court TV

Arkansas

20.3 September 19 - October 26, 2016 Now airing Decades
Paragould (Jonesboro) 26.1 DTV America Corporation
June 23 - October 26, 2016 Replaced by MyNetworkTV

California

San Bernardino (Los Angeles)KPXN-TV 30.4 Ion Media Networks
(Subsidiary of E.W. Scripps Company)
March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by TrueReal

Delaware

Wilmington (Philadelphia, PA) WPPX-TV 61.4 Ion Media Networks March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by TrueReal

District of Columbia

14.4 TelevisaUnivision
August 18, 2014 - September 30, 2017 Replaced by Bounce TV
WRZB-LD 31.2 Ion Media Networks 2017-2021 Replaced by This TV

Florida

WFTX-TV 36.3 September 1, 2015 - October 29, 2021 Replaced by Bounce TV
Live Oak (Jacksonville) 20.2 DTV America Corporation
February 17 - November 13, 2016 Replaced by Infomercials and the Escape affiliation moved to WRCZ-LD's sixth digital subchannel after almost a year of absence, now airing Movies!
WPXM-TV35.2 Ion Media Networks March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Bounce TV
WHDT 9.1 E. W. Scripps Company April 4, 2019 - July 5, 2021 Replaced by Independent/News
WPTV-TV 5.4 E. W. Scripps Company January 8, 2018 - July 30, 2020 Replaced by Start TV

Georgia

2.2 Cox Media Group March 27 - September 24, 2017 Replaced by Bounce TV, and the Escape affiliation moved to WUVG-DT's fourth digital subchannel.

Hawaii

Kaneohe (Honolulu)66.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Defy TV

Idaho

Nampa (Boise) 12.4 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1 - September 30, 2021 Replaced by Newsy

Illinois

ChicagoWCPX-TV38.2 Ion Media Networks March 1 - May 14, 2021 Replaced by Bounce TV

Indiana

WRTV 6.4 E. W. Scripps Company June 16, 2015 - June 21, 2021 Replaced by QVC

Iowa

15.4 American Spirit Media
January 2015-January 24, 2018
(Previously aired on DT3; moved to DT4 January 24, 2018)
Replaced by The CW+
Ames (Des Moines) 23.2 August 24, 2016-July 2022 Replaced by HSN

Kentucky

21.7 Evangel World Prayer Center October 12, 2017-June 25, 2024 Replaced by MeTV Toons

Louisiana

WPXL-TV49.4 Ion Media Networks March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Defy TV

Michigan

WFKB-LD 38.2 HC2 Holdings(operated by DTV America) 2019-2020 Off the air

Montana

6.2 Nexstar Media Group September 2016-September 2, 2023

Nevada

KMCC 34.4 March 1 - June 30, 2021

New York

WPXN-TV 31.3 Ion Media Networks March 1, 2021 - April 1, 2023 Replaced by Court TV
68.4 TelevisaUnivisionNovember 18, 2014 - January 7, 2018 Entered into a post-auction channel sharing agreement with WXTV-DT, resulting in the station dropping the network.

North Carolina

Fayetteville (Raleigh–Durham) 27.3 DTV America Corporation
January 4 - December 13, 2016 Replaced by Liquidation Channel and the Escape affiliation moved to WNCN's newly launched fourth digital subchannel after nearly a year of absence.
Goldsboro (Raleigh) 17.4 November 1, 2017 - August 31, 2021 Replaced by Rewind TV
Lexington (Greensboro) 20.2 Lockwood Broadcast Group
June 1, 2015 - July 30, 2017 WCWG sold its spectrum for $105,731,122 and indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement, resulting in the station dropping the network.

Oklahoma

52.5 October 1, 2018[3] [4] - December 2023 Replaced by Defy TV
23.3 August 18, 2014 - July 4, 2021

Oregon

16.2 December 1, 2016 - February 12, 2017 Replaced by TBD

South Carolina

20.2 Regal Media
January 4 - September 3, 2016

Tennessee

Crossville (Knoxville) 20.2 The CW Replaced by Story Television
WPXX-TV50.2 Inyo Broadcast Holdings March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Court TV

Texas

23.3 Nexstar Media Group September 2016 - January 28, 2020
College Station (Waco) 34.4 DTV America Corporation
September 12 - December 13, 2016 Replaced by QVC
Conroe (Houston)KPXB-TV49.4 Ion Media Networks March 1 - June 30, 2021 Replaced by Defy TV

Utah

Ogden (Salt Lake City) 30.4 Nexstar Media Group September 2, 2016 - May 8, 2019 Replaced by Court TV

Wisconsin

WTSJ-LP38.3 DTV America Corporation
May 5 - October 26, 2016 Affiliation moved to WTMJ-DT3 after a two and a half-month absence, swapping Cozi TV to WTSJ-LP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stations for Network - Ion Mystery . August 18, 2024 . RabbitEars.info.
  2. News: Lafayette. Jon. Meredith To Carry Grit, Escape, LAFF Networks. March 24, 2015. Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media, LLC. March 20, 2015.
  3. News: Over-The-Air Viewers Get 4 New Channels Starting Monday. KWTV-DT. Griffin Communications. October 1, 2018.
  4. News: New over-the-air TV channels coming to Oklahoma. Guthrie News-Leader. Ramsey Publishing Co.. September 25, 2018. October 1, 2018. November 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191121095610/http://www.guthrienewsleader.net/lifestyle/new-over-the-air-tv-channels-coming-to-oklahoma/article_bf7f39ec-c0d6-11e8-b8fd-73753f3accac.html. dead.