KWPX-TV


KWPX-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, United States that is licensed to Bellevue. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks. KWPX-TV's offices are located on 304th Avenue Southeast in Preston, and its transmitter is located on West Tiger Mountain near Issaquah.

History

KWPX signed on the air as KBGE on May 17, 1989. When the station first signed on the air, its transmitter site was atop the Columbia Center Tower. The transmitter site was later moved to West Tiger Mountain—which is also known as West Tiger #3. The call letters became KWPX-TV on March 9, 1998.
As of April 23, 2010, KWPX is transmitting Ion programming in HD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
33.1720pIONMain KWPX-TV programming / Ion Television
33.2480iquboQubo
33.3480iIONPlusIon Plus
33.4480iShopIon Shop
33.5480iQVCQVC
33.6480iHSNHSN
33.7480i16:9TLMDTelemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

KWPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 32 to frequency, channel 33.