WPXW

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WPXW
Manassas, Virginia / Washington, DC
Branding	ION Television
Channels	66 (UHF) analog, 43 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ION Television
Owner	ION Media Networks
Founded	1978
Call letters meaning	W PAX Washington, DC
Former affiliations	Religious independent (1978-1994) ValueVision (1994-1997)
Website	www.ionline.tv

WPXW is the Washington, DC area's ION Television (formerly PAX and i) network affiliate, licensed to nearby Manassas, Virginia. The station broadcasts on UHF channel 66, with a digital signal on channel 43. It is owned and operated by ION Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications).

[edit] History

Channel 66 signed on as WTKK, an independent religious station, in 1978. The call letters stood for Witnessing The King of Kings. In 1982 they added some classic sitcoms and very old movies to the lineup but by 1986 they reverted to mostly religious. In 1994, the station was purchased by ValueVision, a shopping network, and on June 6, 1994, the call letters were changed to WVVI. Paxson Communications purchased the station in 1997 and on January 13, 1998, the call letters were changed to the current WPXW. The station was an all-infomercial channel from the time that Paxson Communications bought the station until the PAX Network began on August 31, 1998. The station had the rights to the 2005 season of Baltimore Orioles games in the Washington, DC area that were produced by MASN. It was formerly known as PAX66, before the PAX network switched its name to i.

[edit] Previous Logos

Pax 66 logo, 1998-2005.

[edit] External links

• ION Television website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPXW

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Broadcast television in the Washington, D.C. market (Nielsen DMA #8)

Local Washington, DC television stations WRC 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WTTG 5 (Fox) - WJLA 7 (ABC) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WFDC 14 (UNI) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) - WDDN-LP 23 (DS) - WETA 26 (PBS) - WHUT 32 (PBS) - WMDO-CA 47 (TFR) - WWTD 49 (MTV Tr3́s) - WDCW 50 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - WNVC 56 (Ind) - WIAV-LP 58 (AV/Ind) - WFPT 62 (PBS/MPT) - WZDC-LP 64 (TEL) - WPXW 66 (ION)

Local digital television channels WNVT 30 (Ind)

Local cable television channels CN8 - News Channel 8

Stations serving Hagerstown, Maryland and surrounding area WHAG 25 (NBC) - WWPB 31 (PBS/MPT) - WWPX 60 (ION) - WJAL 68 (Ind)

Stations serving Winchester, Virginia and surrounding area TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (ABC) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WVPY 42 (PBS)

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia
WFDC 14 (Arlington, Univision) - WXOB 17 (Richmond, Religious) - WDRL 24 (Danville, Independent) - WPXR 38 (Roanoke, ION) - W39CO 39 (Richmond, TBN) - WPXW 43 (Manassas, i) - WRID 48 (Richmond, DS) - WNVC 56 (Fairfax, MHz Networks) - WLFG 68 (Grundy, religious independent)
Digital only WNVT 30 (Goldvein, MHz Networks)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and PBS stations in Virginia