KPXR-TV

KPXR-TV
Cedar Rapids–Waterloo–; Iowa City–Dubuque, Iowa; ; United States;
City	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 48;
Branding	Ion
Programming
Affiliations	48.1: Ion Television; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Ion Media; (Ion Media License Company, LLC);
History
First air date	May 3, 1997 (27 years ago)
Former call signs	KTVC (1997–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 48 (UHF, 1997–2009); Digital: 47 (UHF, until 2018);
Former affiliations	inTV (1997–1998)
Call sign meaning	Pax Cedar Rapids
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21156
ERP	215 kW
HAAT	451 m (1,480 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°17′43″N 91°53′11″W / 42.29528°N 91.88639°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	iontelevision.com

KPXR-TV (channel 48) is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to Eastern Iowa. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, and maintains offices on Blairs Ferry Road Northeast in Cedar Rapids and a transmitter near Walker, Iowa.

History

The station first signed on the air on May 3, 1997, as KTVC; 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, KPXR 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.

On September 24, 2020, the Cincinnati-based E. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase KPXR-TV's owner, Ion Media, for $2.65 billion, with financing from Berkshire Hathaway.^[2] Part of the deal included divesting 23 stations nationally to Inyo Broadcast Holdings (then-undisclosed at the time of the announcement) that would maintain Ion affiliations.^[3]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KPXR-TV^[4]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
48.1	720p	16:9	ION	Ion Television
48.2	480i		Grit	Grit
48.3			Bounce	Bounce TV
48.4			Laff	Laff
48.5			IONPlus	Ion Plus
48.6			SCRIPPS	Ion Mystery
48.7			Get TV	Get
48.8			HSN	HSN
48.9			QVC	QVC

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KPXR-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Cimilluca, Dana (September 24, 2020). "E.W. Scripps nears $2.65B takeover of ION Media in Berkshire-backed deal". Fox Business. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ "Scripps creates national television networks business with acquisition of ION Media" (Press release). Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KPXR". Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for KPXR-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[ionscripps1-2] Cimilluca, Dana (September 24, 2020). "E.W. Scripps nears $2.65B takeover of ION Media in Berkshire-backed deal". Fox Business. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[ionscripps2-3] "Scripps creates national television networks business with acquisition of ION Media" (Press release). Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

[RabbitEars_KPXR-4] "RabbitEars TV Query for KPXR". Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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