Ion Television station in New London, Connecticut
WHPX-TV
(channel 26) is a
television station
licensed to
New London, Connecticut
, United States, serving as the
Ion Television
affiliate for the
Hartford
?
New Haven
market
. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, and maintains offices in New London and a transmitter on
Rattlesnake Mountain
in
Farmington, Connecticut
.
Prior to 2021, WHPX-TV's facilities served as the main studio for
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) purposes for
sister station
WLWC
and former sister station
WPXQ-TV
in
Providence, Rhode Island
.
History
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The station began operation on September 15, 1986, as
independent station
WTWS, with transmitter in the Oakdale neighborhood of
Montville
near
Lake Konomoc
. It was owned by C&S Broadcasting with majority owner Neil Denenberg and ran a low-budget general entertainment format. In 1988, the station took over some programming from WHCT-TV (channel 18, now
Univision
affiliate
WUVN
) as a result of that station's financial problems.
In 1990, the station also began to acquire programming that WTXX (channel 20, now
WCCT-TV
) chose not to renew. It also offered to pick up WTXX's programming inventory in 1992, but WTXX's owner (
Renaissance Broadcasting
) declined.
The station had added more
infomercials
to its lineup by 1993. Two years later, it was sold to Paxson Communications, and switched to Paxson's standard schedule of
religious programming
in the morning, infomercials in the afternoon and evenings, and worship programming overnight after affiliating with inTV. The rights to its programming were acquired by
LIN Television
, which placed those shows on WTVU (channel 59, now
WCTX
).
Paxson then began programming WHCT in 1997, and sold WTWS to
Roberts Broadcasting
. Roberts, in turn, sold the station to DP Media the following year. However, DP Media was owned by?and named for?Devon Paxson, son of Paxson Communications founder
Bud Paxson
. Paxson then cut its ties with WHCT and took control of WTWS. The station then affiliated with Pax TV (the predecessor to Ion Television) that year, and changed its call letters to WHPX-TV to reflect its affiliation. Paxson bought DP Media in 2000.
From 2001 until 2005, WHPX re-aired newscasts produced by
NBC
owned-and-operated station
WVIT
(channel 30).
Technical information
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Subchannels
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
Analog-to-digital conversion
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WHPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over
UHF
channel 26, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the
federally mandated transition from analog to digital television
.
[4]
The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to channel 26.
In conjunction with the
repack
of Connecticut television stations on August 2, 2019, WHPX now transmits on channel 28 from
Rattlesnake Mountain
in
Farmington
[2]
where many Connecticut television station transmitters are located.
References
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External links
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English (
Hartford
?
New Haven
)
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- WHNH-CD 2
(.1
This
, .2
Grio
, .3
NewsNet
, .4 Local)
- WFSB 3
(.1
CBS
, .2
Mystery
, .3
Laff
,
.4
Ind. simulcast of 27.1, .5 News, .6 WX)
- WTNH 8
(.1
ABC
, .2
REW
)
- WETN-LD 16 (.1
Retro
)
- WCCT-TV 20
(.1
CW
, .2
Grit
, .3
Comet
, .4
Quest
)
- WEDH 24 / WEDY 65
(24.1/65.3
PBS
, .2
Kids
, 24.3/65.1 CPTV Spirit)
- WHPX-TV 26
(.1
Ion
, .2
Bounce
, .3
Court
, .4
Scripps
, .5
Defy
, .6
JTV
, .7
QVC
, .8
HSN
)
- WWAX-LD 27
(.1
Ind.
, .2
Charge!
, .3 local news/WX, .4 Bark TV, .5
Corner Store
, .6
The365
, .7
Outlaw
)
- WVIT 30
(.1
NBC
, .2
Cozi
, .3
LX
, .4
Oxygen
)
- WRNT-LD 32
(.1
Ads
, .3 MtrSpt1, .4
Daystar
, .5
LC
, .6
Buzzr
, .7
HQ
)
- WTXX-LD 34
(.1/.5-.6
Ads
, .2
beIN Xtra
, .3
L&C
)
- WHCT-LD 35
(.1
MeTV
, .2
H&I
, .3
Start
, .4
Movies!
, .5
Catchy
, .6
MeTV+
, .7
Story
)
- WCTX 59
(.1
MNT
, .2
Comet
)
- WTIC-TV 61
(.1
Fox
, .2
ANT
, .3
Get
, .4
Crime
, .5
Nest
)
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Spanish (
Hartford
?
New Haven
)
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English (
Bridgeport
)
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ATSC 3.0 digital
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Cable
channels
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Streaming
channels
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Full-power
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- WLNE-TV
(6.1
ABC
, 6.2
Grit
, 6.3
Mystery
, 6.4
Defy
)
- WJAR
(10.1
NBC
, 10.2
Charge!
, 10.3
Comet
, 10.4
TBD
)
- WPRI-TV
(12.1
CBS
, 12.2
MNTV
, 12.3
Crime
, 12.4
Dabl
)
- WLWC
(28.1
Court
)
- WSBE-TV
(36.1
PBS
, 36.2 Learn)
- WNAC-TV
(64.1
Fox
, 64.2
CW
, 64.3
REW
, 64.4
ANT
)
- WPXQ-TV
(69.1
Ion
, 69.2
Laff
, 69.3
Scripps News
, 69.4
Bounce
, 69.5
JTV
, 69.6
HSN
, 69.8
QVC
)
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Low-power
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Cable
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Defunct
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Greater Boston
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Springfield, MA
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New Hampshire
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Rhode Island
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Connecticut
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English
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- WRNT-LD
(32.2
GetTV
, 32.3
Dabl
, 32.4
Cheddar
, 32.5
Shop LC
, 32.6
Buzzr
)
- WHCT-LD 35
(.1
MeTV
, 2.
H&I
, .3
Start
, .4
Movies!
, .5 Decades, .6 MeTV+,
Hartford?New Haven
)
- WZME 43
(
SBN
,
Bridgeport
)
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Vermont
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Maine
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Defunct
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- WLLB-LD 15 (
Daystar
,
Portland
)
- W16AL 16
(
TBN
,
Burlington
)
- WCKD-LP 30
(
JUCE
/
Positiv
,
Bangor/Dedham
)
- WMNE-LP 32
(
TBN
,
Portland
)
- WGMU-LP 39
(
Retro TV
,
Burlington, Vermont
)
- W14CK 47
(
Daystar
,
Newport, Vermont
)
- WVBQ-LP 47
(
Outside
,
Newport?Charlestown, NH
)
- WNHX-LP
51 (
Ind.
,
New Haven, CT
)
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