KFPX-TV

KFPX-TV
Des Moines, Iowa United States
City	Newton, Iowa
Branding	Ion Television
Slogan	Positively Entertaining
Channels	Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 39 (PSIP)
Subchannels	39.1 Ion Television 39.2 Qubo 39.3 ION Life 39.4 Ion Shop 39.5 QVC 39.6 HSN
Affiliations	Ion Television (O&O; 2007–present)
Owner	Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Des Moines License, Inc.)
First air date	August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 39 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	Pax TV (1998–2005) i (2005–2007)
Transmitter power	1000 kW (digital)
Height	154 m (digital)
Facility ID	81509
Transmitter coordinates	41°49′5″N 93°12′35″W / 41.81806°N 93.20972°W / 41.81806; -93.20972
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.iontelevision.com/

KFPX-TV, channel 39, is a television station licensed to Newton, Iowa, and serving the Des Moines-Ames market. It is owned and operated by Ion Media Networks. It runs programming from the Ion Television network. The station operates with 4470 kW of power.

For a short time in 2001, KFPX ran a prime-time newscast produced by WHO-TV to compete with KDSM-TV's Fox News At Nine. After that newscast was cancelled, KFPX reran WHO-TV's 10:00 p.m. newscasts on a 30-minute delay until early 2005.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Network
39.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
39.2	480i	4:3	qubo	Qubo
39.3			IONLife	Ion Life
39.4			Shop	Ion Shop
39.5			QVC	QVC
39.6			HSN	HSN

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KFPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 39, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 39.^[2]

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KFPX
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Television in central Iowa (including Des Moines and Ames)

Local stations	WOI-DT (5.1 ABC, 5.2 Laff) KCCI (8.1 CBS, 8.2 MeTV, 8.3 MyNetworkTV/H&I) KDIN-TV/KTIN (11.1/21.1 PBS/IPTV, 11.2/21.2 Create/PBS Kids, 11.3/21.3 World) WHO-DT (13.1 NBC, 13.2 WX, 13.3 Antenna) KDSM-TV (17.1 Fox, 17.2 GetTV, 17.3 Grit) KDMI (19.1 TCT) KCWI-TV (23.1 CW, 23.2 Escape, 23.3 Bounce TV) KFPX-TV (39.1 Ion, 39.2 Qubo, 39.3 Ion Life, 39.4 Ion Shop, 39.5 QVC, 39.6 HSN) K41DD-D (41.1 HSN) KDAO-CD (45 Retro TV)

Defunct	WBXF-CA (4) KVFD-TV 21/50 (NBC) KGTV 17 KSO-TV 17 KEFB 34 KWIG 63

See also Cedar Rapids TV Rochester-Mason City TV Sioux City TV Ottumwa TV Omaha TV

Other Television Stations in the state of Iowa

KSXC-LP 5 (Vida, Sioux City) KWKB 20 (This TV, Iowa City) KEFB 34 (Religious, Ames) KFPX-TV 39 (ION, Newton) KFXB-TV 40 (CTN, Dubuque) KPTH 44.2 (This TV, Sioux City) KPXR-TV 48 (ION, Cedar Rapids) KDMI 56 (This TV, Des Moines)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Iowa

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 KASA-DT3 KTSS KXAN-DT3 WBGR WBNA WHCQ-LD / WEBU-LP / WPRQ-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.

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