KPXO-TV

KPXO-TV (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, KPXO-TV maintains offices on Waimanu Street in Honolulu. It broadcasts from a two-site distributed transmission system, with transmitters at Kailua and Akupu, Hawaii.[2]

Not to be confused with KOPX-TV.

KPXO-TV
CityKaneohe, Hawaii
Channels
BrandingIon
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
First air date
August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 66 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV Oahu
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID77483
ERP
HAAT
  • DTS1: 80.9 m (265 ft)
  • DTS2: 713 m (2,339 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
  • DTS1: 21°25′20.5″N 157°45′25.1″W
  • DTS2: 21°24′11.8″N 158°5′52.8″W
Links
Public license information
Websiteiontelevision.com

KPXO-TV was a charter affiliate of the network when it began as Pax TV in 1998. Even though it does not have any satellite stations, KPXO-TV is available on cable statewide.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KPXO-TV[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
66.1 720p16:9IONIon Television
66.2 480iCourtTVCourt TV
66.3 GritGrit
66.4 DefyDefy TV
66.5 ScrippsScripps News
66.6 JewelryJewelry TV
66.7 HSNHSN

Analog-to-digital conversion

In 2009, KPXO left analog channel 66, continuing on digital channel 41 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.[4]

On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KPXO-TV would relocate to RF channel 32[5] by April 12, 2019[6] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.[7]

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for KPXO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars Contour Map for KPXO". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for KPXO
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Repack Plan". RabbitEars.info. RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. "Transition Schedule". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  7. Meisch, Charlie. "FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
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