KPXO-TV

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KPXO-TV
CityKaneohe, Hawaii
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations66.1: Ion Television
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
August 31, 1998 (24 years ago) (1998-08-31)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
66 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Digital:
41 (UHF, until 2019)
DT2:
Qubo (until 2021)
DT3:
Ion Plus (until 2021)
DT4:
Ion Shop (until 2021)
Ion Mystery (2021)
DT5:
HSN (until 2021)
DT6:
QVC (2021)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV Oahu
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID77483
ERP0.68 kW (DTS1)
17 kW (DTS2)
HAAT80.9 m (265 ft) (DTS1)
713 m (2,339 ft) (DTS2)
Transmitter coordinates21°25′20.5″N 157°45′25.1″W / 21.422361°N 157.756972°W / 21.422361; -157.756972 (DTS1)
21°24′11.8″N 158°5′52.8″W / 21.403278°N 158.098000°W / 21.403278; -158.098000 (DTS2)
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

KPXO-TV (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, KPXO-TV maintains offices on Waimanu Street in Honolulu. Its primary transmitter is located north of Kailua, with a secondary transmitter in Akupu, Hawaii.

KPXO-TV was a charter affiliate of the network when it began as Pax TV in 1998. Even though it does not have any satellite stations, KPXO-TV is available on cable statewide.

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KPXO-TV[1]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
66.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
66.2 480i CourtTV Court TV
66.3 Grit Grit
66.4 Defy Defy TV
66.5 TrueReal TrueReal
66.6 Scripps Scripps News
66.7 HSN HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

In 2009, KPXO left analog channel 66, continuing on digital channel 41 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.[2]

On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KPXO-TV will relocate to RF channel 32[3] by April 12, 2019[4] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KPXO
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Repack Plan". RabbitEars.info. RabbitEars.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Transition Schedule". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ Meisch, Charlie. "FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

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