WPXU-TV
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Jacksonville, North Carolina United States |
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| Branding | ION Television |
| Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
| Channels | Digital: 34 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 35.1 Ion TV 35.2 qubo 35.3 Life 35.4 ION Shop 35.5 QVC Over Air |
| Owner |
Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media Jacksonville License, Inc.) |
| Founded | September 20, 1994 |
| First air date | July 26, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning |
PaX TV U = meaning unknown |
| Sister station(s) | WEPX-TV |
| Former callsigns | WFXZ-TV (July-December 1999) |
| Former channel number(s) | 35 (UHF analog, 1999-2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: MyNetworkTV (2006-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 600 kW (digital) |
| Height | 199 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 37971 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°31′10″N 77°26′52″W / 34.51944°N 77.44778°W |
WPXU-TV is one of two Ion Television affiliates for the Greenville/Jacksonville/New Bern/Washington, North Carolina television market. It is licensed to Jacksonville. The station is owned by ION Media Networks, and is a satellite station to Greenville's WEPX-TV to serve the southern part of the market.
WPXU-TV operates in digital on UHF channel 34, and has operated since sometime in the 1990s.
WPXU-TV and WEPX-TV 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 and originally known as PAX TV).
In recent years, WPXU has been carried on cable in Carolina Beach, which is within the Wilmington media market.
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