WLPX-TV


WLPX-TV, virtual channel 29, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States and also serving Huntington. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks. WLPX-TV's studios are located on Prestige Park Drive in Hurricane, and its transmitter is located near Milton, West Virginia. The station also serves as the de facto Ion outlet for the Parkersburg, West Virginia–Marietta, Ohio market.

History

The station's actual sign-on date is currently unknown, though FCC records show the current WLPX calls assigned in October 1998. Previously, the station's calls were WKRP, which were assigned in 1988, but never used on-air. It has been a member of Ion since its inception.

Digital television

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLPX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 39. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 29.