WPXD TV Channel 31 Ann Arbor

WPXD TV Channel 31 Ann Arbor

Translator station: W48AV Ch. 48 Detroit

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Programming: WPXD on TitanTV.com

Power/Height/Offset: 2,880,000 watts / 1079 feet / +
- Analog Service Area

Digital Channel: 33

Final Digital Channel: 31

Digital Power/Height: 48,000 watts / 1073 feet
- Digital Service Area

Digital Const. Permit: 105,600 watts / 1076 feet, directional
- CP Digital Service Area

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Call Sign History:

WPXD: 2/4/1998
WBSX: 7/14/1989
WIHT: 2/1/1981
WRHT: on air 1/13/1981

Call Sign Origin: Pax TV Detroit

Network Affiliation History:

7/1/2005: ION
8/31/1998: Pax
sign on: independent

Digital Networks:

31.1: ION
31.2: Qubo
31.3: ION Life
31.4: Worship Network

On Air Date: January 13, 1981

Owner: Ion Media Networks

Telephone: (734) 973-7900

Notes/History:

3/2008: Construction permit granted to change digital effective radiated power from 48,000 watts @ 1073 feet to 105,600 watts @ 1076 feet.

8/2007: The FCC's final digital channel assignment report shows that WPXD will be using Channel 31 once the conversion to all-digital broadcasts is completed on February 17, 2009.

1/29/2007: Network repositions from simply "i" to ION, most evening programming is sitcom reruns.

2006: Paxson Communications becomes Ion Media Networks

11/2005: License granted for digital facilities on Ch. 33

8/18/2005: Construction permit granted for digital facilities

7/1/2005: Pax Network rebrands itself as "i" - programming to shift to shows from independent producers

8/1999: Application filed for digital facilities on channel 33

10/13/1998: Granted a construction permit to increase its ERP to 2,090,000 watts from the current 1,230,000 watts.

9/16/1998: Station succeeds in its attempt to have the FCC modify its market area. This modification now allows WPXD to insist on cable coverage in Oakland, Wayne, Monroe, and Livingston counties. The FCC did not allow WPXD's market area to expand into Macomb or Genesee county.

8/31/1998: Launch of Pax Network which featured family friendly programming.

Mid 1998: Infomercials daytime, Worship Network at night.

1997: Purchased by Paxson Communications

1987-early 1998: Home Shopping Network

1991: Channel 48 in Detroit is owned by Glenn Plummer, who later sold the station to Blackstar for simulcasts of channel 31. Plummer moved on to own channel 26 in Detroit.

1989: Purchased by Blackstar

1982-Fall 1985: Scrambled signal (IT-TV) with the National Weather Service radio from Lansing as audio part time. Also during this period the station was free and unscrambed at times with programming that varied from syndicated reruns to simulcasts of the now defunct Financial News Network.

1/13/1981: Station signs on as an independent. First programming is a college basketball game between Texas Tech and Baylor.

Transmitter location:

Washtenaw County

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