KPXO-TV

Not to be confused with KOPX-TV.

KPXO-TV
CityKaneohe, Hawaii
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
August 31, 1998 (26 years ago) (1998-08-31)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 66 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV Oahu
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID77483
ERP
HAAT
  • DTS1: 80.9 m (265 ft)
  • DTS2: 713 m (2,339 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
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. It broadcasts from a two-site distributed transmission system, with transmitters at Kailua and Akupu, Hawaii.[2]

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

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KPXO-TV[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
66.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
66.2 CourtTV Court TV
66.3 480i Grit Grit
66.4 Defy TV Ion Plus
66.5 SCRIPPS Blank
66.6 Get TV Get
66.7 HSN HSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

In 2009, KPXO left analog channel 66, continuing on digital channel 41 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.[4]

On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KPXO-TV would relocate to RF channel 32[5] by April 12, 2019[6] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPXO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars Contour Map for KPXO". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KPXO". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Repack Plan". RabbitEars.info. RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Transition Schedule". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  7. ^ Meisch, Charlie. "FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 16, 2017.


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