WPXM

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WPXM
Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Branding ION Television
Channels Analog: 35 (UHF)

Digital: 26 (UHF)

Affiliations ION Television
Owner ION Media Networks, Inc.
(Paxson Communications License Company, LLC)
First air date October 1992[1]
Call letters’ meaning PaX Miami
Former callsigns WMLB-TV (1992)
WDLP-TV (1993)
WCTD (1993-1998)
Former affiliations independent (1992-1998)
inTV (1998)
Pax TV (1998-2005)
i (2005-2007)
Transmitter Power 3240 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
Height 102 m (analog)
282 m (digital)
Facility ID 48608
Transmitter Coordinates 25°41′6.8″N, 80°18′50.7″W (analog)
25°59′10.0″N, 80°11′36.3″W (digital)
Website www.ionline.tv

WPXM, channel 35, is the local affiliate for the ION Television network in the South Florida area (Miami and Fort Lauderdale). Formerly known as Pax TV and i, ION is the smallest of the seven major national TV networks in the United States.

From 2002 through the 2005 season, WPXM was the flagship TV station of the Florida Marlins, the baseball team that won the World Series in 1997 and 2003.

WPXM began its operations in October 1992 as independent station WMLB-TV.

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  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 15, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 25.