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WRPX-TV (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Archer Lodge–licensed Scripps News outlet WFPX-TV (channel 62). WRPX-TV and WFPX-TV share a sales office on Gresham Lake Road in Raleigh; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WRPX-TV's spectrum from a tower northeast of Middlesex, North Carolina.
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| City | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
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| Branding | Ion |
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| History | |
| Founded | March 26, 1991 |
First air date | July 8, 1992 |
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| Independent (1992–1998) | |
Call sign meaning | Raleigh's Pax TV |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 20590 |
| ERP | 170 kW[3] |
| HAAT | 563.8 m (1,850 ft)[3] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°49′52.8″N 78°8′42.8″W[3] |
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| Website | iontelevision |
WRPX's signal was previously relayed on WFPX; WRPX served the northern half of the market, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, while WFPX served the southern part, including Fayetteville and Southern Pines.
Subchannels
| License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| WRPX-TV | 47.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ION | Ion Television |
| 47.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
| 47.3 | IONPlus | Ion Plus[5] | |||
| 47.4 | SCRIPPS | Bounce TV | |||
| 47.5 | CRIME | True Crime Network | |||
| 47.6 | Jewelry | Jewelry Television | |||
| 47.8 | QVC | QVC | |||
| WFPX-TV | 62.1 | 720p | Bounce | Scripps News |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WRPX-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 15,[6] using virtual channel 47.
Spectrum repack
WRPX-TV moved from channel 15 to channel 32 on September 11, 2019.
In recent years, WRPX-TV has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greenville and Wilmington media markets.[7]
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