manassas virginia washington dc martinsburg west virginia hagerstown maryland united states branding ion television slogan positively entertaining channels digital 12 vhf virtual 60 psip subchannels 60.1 ion television 60.2 qubo 60.3 ion life 60.4 ion shop affiliations ion television o & o ; 2007 present owner ion media networks inc. ion media martinsburg license inc. first air date october 1 1991 1991 10 01 call letters meaning west virginia s pax ; satellite of wpxw tv former callsigns wyvn 1991 1996 wshe tv 1996 1998 former channel number s analog 60 1991 2009 former affiliations fox 1991 1993 independent 1993 1994 silent 1994 1996 intv 1996 1998 pax tv 1998 2005 i 2005 2007 transmitter power 23 kw height 314 m facility id 23264 transmitter coordinates 39 27 27 n 78 3 52 w 39.45750 n 78.06444 w 39.45750 ; 78.06444 licensing authority fcc public license information satellite of wpxw tv manassas virginia washington dc profile satellite of wpxw tv manassas virginia washington dc cdbs website www.iontelevision.com wwpx tv is the ion television formerly pax and i affiliate licensed to martinsburg west virginia and serving the northwestern portion of the washington dc television market . 1 the station is owned by ion media networks and broadcasts its digital signal on vhf channel 12 displayed as virtual channel 60 . it is currently a relay of the main ion affiliate for the washington area wpxw tv . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit channel 60 signed on in 1991 as wyvn a fox affiliate . a news department was quickly set up and offered more news than other stations in the area . however flying a communications the owner found itself in financial trouble due to this local news commitment and relatively poor ratings partially caused by its location on cable which was higher than other stations leading to the station shutting down two years later in 1993 after a sale to benchmark communications who would have converted the station to a cbs affiliate for winchester virginia and hagerstown maryland under the wusq tv callsign fell through . a few months later wyvn returned as an independent station owned by green river . the station tried to restore some local programming including the newscast and a new talk show hosted by gay dawson but further financial trouble caused this era to also end up being short lived abruptly ending in 1994 . the station returned again in 1996 as wshe tv a paxson communications station that aired the company s standard infomercial format with religious programming in some dayparts . the station changed its call letters to wwpx in 1998 and soon after became a charter member of pax tv along with most of paxson s other stations . it has remained with the network later known as i and now known as ion television ever since . throughout that time it has been a full time satellite of wpxw . digital television 2 edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name network 60.1 720p 16 9 ion ion television 60.2 480i 4 3 qubo qubo 60.3 ionlife ion life 60.4 shop ion shop analog to digital conversion edit wwpx tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 60 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition vhf channel 12 . 3 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 60 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . references edit hughes dave . washington dc baltimore area tv stations . dcrtv.com . archived from the original on may 19 2006 . retrieved may 21 2006 . rabbitears tv query for wwpx dtv tentative channel designation for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit ion television website query the fcc s tv station database for wwpx biafn s media web database information on wwpx tv v t e broadcast television in the greater washington d.c. area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wrc tv 4.1 nbc 4.2 cozi tv wttg 5.1 fox 5.2 buzzr wjla tv 7.1 abc 7.2 metv 7.3 comet wusa 9.1 cbs 9.2 bounce 9.3 justice wfdc dt 14.2 gettv 14.3 grit 14.4 escape wdca 20.1 mntv 20.2 movies 20.3 h & i wddn ld wdwa ld 23.1 daystar wwtd ld 49.1 ssn 49.2 ntdtv 49.3 qvc over air 49.4 retro tv 49.5 rev n 49.6 jtv wdcw 50.1 cw 50.2 antenna 50.3 this wiav cd 58.1 religious ind. wpxw tv 66.1 ion 66.2 qubo 66.3 ion life 66.4 ion shop 66.5 qvc 66.6 hsn public television wmpt wfpt 22.1 62.1 pbs mpt 22.2 62.2 mpt2 22.3 62.3 v me weta tv 26.1 pbs hd 26.2 weta uk 26.3 kids 26.4 sd wnvc 30.1 mhzdc 30.2 nhk 30.3 cctv news 30.4 rt english 30.5 blue ocean network 30.6 cctv 9 wnvt 30.7 f24 30.9 arirang 30.10 etv 30.11 vtv4 30.12 mhzwv whut tv 32.1 pbs hd 32.2 sd spanish language wdcn lp 6 audio only wfdc dt 14.1 uni wzdc cd 25.1 tmd wnvt 30.8 rt en espa ol wmdo cd 47.1 unim s 47.2 latv cable channels tcn comcast sportsnet mid atlantic newschannel 8 fpa aim masn udc tv adjacent locals baltimore md see baltimore tv hagerstown md whag tv 25.1 ind h & i wwpb 31.1 pbs mpt 31.2 mpt2 31.3 v me wjal 68.1 ind winchester va whsv tv 3.1 abc 3.2 fox 3.4 mntv wazt cd wazc lp wazh cd wazf cd wazw cd 10.1 16 24.1 28.1 48.1 religious ind. wvpy 42.1 pbs 42.2 create 42.3 v me martinsburg wv w07dn d w08ee d w09ct d w23dr d w41dk d 24.1 pbs wvpb 24.2 create wwpx tv 60.1 ion 60.2 qubo 60.3 ion life defunct whfv 69 nbc fredericksburg virginia broadcast television areas by city bristol bluefield charlottesville harrisonburg norfolk richmond roanoke washington dc west virginia broadcast television bluefield clarksburg weston huntington charleston parkersburg washington dc wheeling maryland broadcast television baltimore pittsburgh pa salisbury washington d.c. pennsylvania broadcast television binghamton new york buffalo new york elmira new york erie johnstown altoona state college new york city philadelphia pittsburgh scranton wilkes barre susquehanna valley harrisburg washington dc youngstown ohio v t e broadcast television in the greater baltimore area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wmar 2.1 abc 2.2 laff 2.3 bounce wbal 11.1 nbc 11.2 metv wjz 13.1 cbs 13.2 decades wmjf cd ind classic arts showcase wutb 24.1 mntv 24.2 grit 24.3 asn 24 7 24.4 get wbff 45.1 fox 45.2 wxnation 45.3 this tv wnuv 54.1 cw 54.2 antenna 54.3 comet wmpb wmpt wfpt 67.1 22.1 62.1 pbs mpt 67.2 22.2 62.2 mpt2 67.3 22.3 62.3 v me wqaw lp 69.1 aza cable channels the comcast network comcast sportsnet mid atlantic masn outlying areas wwdd ld 40.1 daystar havre de grace adjacent locals washington d.c. wrc 4.1 nbc 4.2 cozi tv wttg 5.1 fox wjla 7.1 abc 7.2 metv 7.3 comet wusa 9.1 cbs 9.2 bounce tv 9.3 justice wfdc 14.1 uni 14.2 gettv wdca 20.1 mntv 20.2 movies 20.3 mundomax weta 26.1 pbs hd 26.2 weta uk 26.3 kids 26.4 pbs whut 32.1 32.2 pbs wdcw 50.1 cw 50.2 antenna tv 50.3 this tv hagerstown martinsburg whag tv 25.1 ind h & i wwpb 31.1 pbs mpt 31.2 mpt2 31.3 v me wwpx 60.1 ion 60.2 qubo 60.3 ion life 60.4 ion shop wjal 68.1 ind susquehanna valley wgal 8.1 nbc 8.2 metv wpmt 43.1 fox 43.2 antenna tv 43.3 this tv maryland broadcast television baltimore pittsburgh pa salisbury washington d.c. see also philadelphia tv v t e ion media networks networks ion television ion life qubo o & o television stations owned & operated through ion media television ; carries ion television ion life & qubo unless otherwise noted kbpx1 kfpx kgpx kkpx kopx kppx kpxb kpxc kpxd kpxe kpxg kpxl kpxm kpxn kpxo kpxr kspx ktpx kupx kwpx waze2 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 wrbu3 wrpx wspx wtpx wupx wvpx wwpx wxpx wypx wzrb3 wzpx other ion affiliates owned by other broadcasters k39hf kclg kcvb kdmd kdmd lp kpvm k46ka d kqeg wibu lp kasa dt3 ktss kxan dt3 wbgr wbna whcq ld webu lp wprq ld wkfk ld kwqc dt2 wkrg dt2 ksnw dt3 wane dt3 wjbf dt3 kxrm dt3 wlfi dt3 wbay dt3 khrr dt3 ktrv knso dt3 kblr dt3 1affiliated with the country network . 2 repeater of waze tv . currently silent . 3sale to cedar creek broadcasting pending ; to remain operated by ion thereafter . v t e ion network affiliates in the state of west virginia wlpx 29 charleston wwpx tv 60 martinsburg see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in west virginia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wwpx tv & oldid 699085335 categories ion television affiliatesmartinsburg west virginiamedia in hagerstown metropolitan areatelevision channels and 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