WEPX-TV

WEPX-TV and WPXU-TV
Channels for WEPX-TV
Channels for WPXU-TV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded
  • WPXU-TV: September 20, 1994
First air date
  • WEPX-TV: December 1998 (1998-12)
  • WPXU-TV: July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)
Former call signs
  • WPXU-TV: WFXZ-TV (July–December 1999)
Former channel numbers
  • WEPX-TV:
    • Analog: 38 (UHF, 1998–2009)
    • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012), 26 (UHF, 2012–2019)
  • WPXU-TV:
    • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1999–2009)
    • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2003–2020)
MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning
  • WEPX-TV: "Eastern Carolina's Pax"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • WEPX-TV: 81508
  • WPXU-TV: 37971
ERP
  • WEPX-TV: 850 kW
  • WPXU-TV: 425 kW
HAAT
  • WEPX-TV: 275 m (902 ft)
  • WPXU-TV: 218.4 m (717 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

WEPX-TV (channel 38) are WPXU-TV (channel 35) are television stations licensed respectively to Greenville and Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to Eastern North Carolina. The stations are owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WEPX-TV's transmitter is located northwest of New Bern, while WPXU's tower is near Holly Ridge.

WPXU operates as a full-time satellite of WEPX-TV; its existence is only acknowledged in station identifications. Aside from the transmitter, WPXU does not maintain any physical presence locally in Jacksonville.

WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of MyNetworkTV from September 5, 2006, until September 27, 2009, when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to WITN-TV; prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i: Independent Television and originally known as Pax TV).