WPXQ

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WPXQ

Block Island / Providence, Rhode Island / New Bedford, MA
Branding	ION Television
Channels	69 (UHF) analog, 17 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ION Television
Owner	ion Media Networks
Founded	1980s
Call letters meaning	PX = Pax
Former callsigns	WOST-TV (1980s-98)
Former affiliations	??? (1980s-1990s) Infomercials (1990s-1998) Pax (1998-2005)
Website	www.ionline.tv

WPXQ is a television station in the Providence, Rhode Island market. The station is owned and operated by ION Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications) as an affiliate of the ION Television network, and is located on channel 69. It is licensed to Block Island, Rhode Island.

1 History
2 Previous logos
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] History

The station began broadcasting in the 1980s as WOST-TV (meaning Ocean State Television, the original owners). By the 1990s, the station was owned by Paxson Communications, who had implemented their infomercials and religious programming. The station became WPXQ in 1998, and in August of that year began to run programming from the Pax TV network (now ION Television).

[edit] Previous logos

Pax 69 logo, 1998-2005.

[edit] Trivia

Ironically, Block Island Cable TV does not carry WPXQ, even though the station is licensed to Block Island.

There have been instances when WJAR, the area's NBC affiliate, broadcasts their Sunday 6 PM newscast on WPXQ. This is due to NBC Sports coverage running over 6 PM.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Providence / New Bedford market (Nielsen DMA #51)

WLNE 6 (ABC) - WJAR 10 (NBC) - WPRI 12 (CBS) - WLWC 28 (The CW) - WSBE 36 (PBS) - WRIW 50 (TEL) - WNAC 64 (FOX / MNTV) - WPXQ 69 (ION)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
WGBH 2 (PBS) - WUNI 27 (UNI) - WSBK 38 (Ind) - WGBX 44 (PBS) - WEDN 53 (PBS / CPTV)
Cable television channels
WPRI / WNAC Eyewitness News Pinpoint Weather Station - CN8 - NECN - NESN - FSN New England - WLNE Rhode Island News Channel

ION Media Networks

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¹These stations are operated by ION under a time brokerage agreement.
² Co-owned with NBC Universal, Classic Media, Scholastic Books and Corus Entertainment^[1]

Annual Revenue: $276.6 million USD (2004) | Employees: 433 (2005) | Stock Symbol: AMEX: ION | Website: www.ionmedia.tv

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Categories: Television stations in Providence | ION Television affiliates