Ion Television station in Oklahoma City
KOPX-TV
(channel 62) is a
television station
in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
, United States, affiliated with
Ion Television
. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, the station maintains offices on Railway Drive in north Oklahoma City, and its transmitter is located near 122nd Street on the city's northeast side.
History
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The station first signed on the air on March 16, 1996, as KMNZ; it was originally an affiliate of the Infomall TV Network (inTV), a service operated by
Paxson Communications
that specialized in
paid programming
. On August 31, 1998, KOPX became a charter station of the family-oriented Pax TV network (later reformatted into a general entertainment service as i: Independent Television, now Ion Television), with
religious programming
from
The Worship Network
airing during the overnight hours.
Newscasts
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In November 2002, in relation to agreements between Pax TV and several major network affiliates (most of which were affiliated with
NBC
, which held a minority interest in Pax), KOPX began airing
tape delayed
rebroadcasts of morning and late evening newscasts from NBC affiliate
KFOR-TV
(channel 4). The 6 a.m. hour of the morning newscast aired on a one-hour tape delay (at 7 a.m.), while the 10 p.m. newscast aired on a half-hour delay (at 10:30 p.m.), with the latter beginning shortly before the live 10 p.m. newscast on KFOR-TV ended.
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The news share agreement ended on June 30, 2005 (coinciding with Pax's rebranding as i: Independent Television), due to Paxson Communications' decision to discontinue carriage of network affiliate newscasts as a result of Pax's financial troubles.
Technical information
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Subchannels
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
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Analog-to-digital conversion
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KOPX-TV began transmitting a
digital television
signal on UHF channel 50 on November 1, 2002. The station discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
UHF
channel 62, on June 12, 2009, as part of the
federally mandated transition from analog to digital television
.
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The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 50, using
virtual channel
62.
As a part of the
repacking
process following the
2016?2017 FCC incentive auction
, KOPX-TV relocated to UHF channel 18 in 2019.
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References
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External links
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ABC
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CBS
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Fox
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NBC
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The CW
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MyNetworkTV
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Ion Television
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PBS
(
OETA
)
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)
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)
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Spanish-language
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(
TMD
, Lawton/Altus)
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(
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, Tulsa)
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(
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, Tulsa)
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(
TMD
, Tulsa)
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(
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, Shawnee)
- KEYU 31
(
TMD
, Amarillo, TX)
- KLHO-LD 31
(
ALMA
, Oklahoma City)
- KUOK 35 / KUOK-CD 36
(
UNI
, Woodward/Oklahoma City)
- KOHC-CD 45
(
Azteca
, Oklahoma City)
- KOCY-LD 48
(
Estrella
, Oklahoma City)
- KCEB 54
(
Azteca
, Longview, TX)
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Other
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Defunct
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