KPXG
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| Salem / Portland, Oregon | |
| Branding | i |
| Channels | 22 (UHF) analog, 4 (VHF) digital |
| Translators | KPXG-LP (54, UHF) Portland, Oregon |
| Affiliations | i |
| Owner | ion Media Networks |
| Founded | November 21, 1981 |
| Call letters meaning | K PaXson OreGon |
| Former callsigns | KECH (1981-1986) KWVT (1986-1987) KHSP (1987-1988) KBSP (1988-1998) |
KPXG is the i network television affiliate licensed to Salem, Oregon, and serves the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington television market. It broadcasts on analog Channel 22/ATSC Channel 4. It also operates translator KPXG-LP, Channel 54 to further enhance Portland coverage.
[edit] History
The station went on air on November 21, 1981 as KECH, broadcasting old movies and TV shows using the slogan "Catch 22". By mid-1982, the station was offering the ON-TV subscription service.
The station reverted to a general entertainment format in 1984, and changed its call sign to KWVT in 1986. It began to air some Home Shopping Network programming during the overnight in 1986. HSN programming was added to the midday later that year, and by 1987 the station ran HSN programming full-time. At that point the station was sold to Blackstar Broadcasting, and changed its call sign first to KHSP in 1987, and then KBSP-TV in 1988.
Blackstar sold the station to Paxson Communications (now ion Media Networks) in 1996, and the station began to air religious programming in the morning, informercials in the afternoon and evening, and Worship Music overnight. In 1998 the station started to air Pax TV programming from noon to midnight (reduced to 4-11pm by 2003), and changed its call letters to KPXG. It remains an affiliate of the i network owned by ion, following the network's rebrand from Pax TV.
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| Broadcast television in the Portland, Oregon market (Nielsen DMA #23) | ||
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KATU 2 (ABC) - KOIN 6 (CBS) - KGW 8 (NBC) - KOPB 10 (PBS/OPB) - KPTV 12 (Fox) - KORS 16 (A1) - KPOU 16 / KPOU-LP 47 (UNI) - KOXI 20 (AS) - KPXG 22 (i) - KNMT 24 (TBN) - KRCW 32 (The CW/The Tube On DT2) - KORK 35 (HSN/A1) - KKEI-CA 38 (TEL) - KPDX 49 (MNTV) - KOXO 51 (TFR) - KWVT 52 (A1) |
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| Defunct Television Stations | ||
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KMCW 14 (Telemundo, Medford) - KPOU 16 / KPOU-LP 47 / KABH-CA 15 (Univision, La Grande / Portland / Salem / Bend) - KPXG 22 (i, Salem) - KNMT 24 (TBN, Portland) - KBLN 30 (3ABN, Grants Pass) - KTVC 36 (RTN, Roseburg) - KBSC 49 (A1, Brookings) - KWVT 52 (A1, Salem) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS stations in Oregon | |
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Corporate Leadership: R. Brandon Burgess | Dean M. Goodman | Richard Garcia | Adam K. Weinstein | Tammy G. Hedge | Steven J. Friedman | Stephen P. Appel | Douglas C. Barker | David A. Glenn |
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Broadcast Television Networks: i |
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1These stations are operated by ION under a time brokerage agreement. |
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Annual Revenue: $276.6 million USD (2004) | Employees: 433 (2005) | Stock Symbol: AMEX: ION | Website: www.ionmedia.tv |
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