WRPX-TV explained

Callsign:WRPX-TV
City:Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Branding:Ion
Digital:32 (UHF), shared with WFPX-TV[1]
Virtual:47
Country:United States
Callsign Meaning:Raleigh's Pax TV
Owner:Ion Media
Licensee:Ion Television License, LLC
Sister Stations:WFPX-TV
Former Affiliations:Independent (1992–1998)
Erp:170 kW[2]
Haat:563.80NaN0
Facility Id:20590
Coordinates:35.8313°N -78.1452°W
Licensing Authority:FCC

WRPX-TV (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Archer Lodge–licensed Scripps News outlet WFPX-TV (channel 62). WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV share a sales office on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WRPX-TV's spectrum from a tower northeast of Middlesex, North Carolina.

WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the southern part, including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.

Technical information

Subchannels

License! scope = "col"
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
WRPX-TV 47.1 ION Ion Television
47.2 CourtTV Court TV
47.3 IONPlus Ion Plus[3]
47.4 SCRIPPS Bounce TV
47.5 CRIME True Crime Network
47.6 Jewelry Jewelry Television
47.8 QVC QVC
WFPX-TV62.1Bounce Scripps News

Analog-to-digital conversion

WRPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15,[4] using virtual channel 47.

Spectrum repack

WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.

Out-of-market coverage

In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f915eaa0135015ec48d12b43250&id=25076f915eaa0135015ec48d12b43250&goBack=N Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
  2. Web site: Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2019. March 4, 2019.
  3. Web site: Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV. Matthew. Keys. TheDesk.net. June 28, 2024. June 28, 2024.
  4. Web site: DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds . PDF . March 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf . August 29, 2013 .
  5. Web site: September 1, 2017. TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes - Zap2it.com. Zap2It.