WPXS

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WPXS
Mount Vernon, Illinois
Branding	St. Louis' RTN
Channels	Analog: 13 (VHF) Digital: 21 (UHF)
Translators	KUMO-LP 51 St. Louis
Affiliations	RTN
Owner	Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (operated by Equity Media Holdings Corporation) (WPXS, Inc.)
First air date	March 1983^[1]
Call letters’ meaning	Pax TV Southern Illinois -or- Pax TV St. Louis
Former callsigns	WCEE (1983-1998)
Former affiliations	independent (1983-1998) Pax TV (1998-2004)
Transmitter Power	302 kW (analog) 350 kW (digital)
Height	302 m (analog) 91 m (digital)
Facility ID	40861
Transmitter Coordinates	38°32′37.7″N, 88°55′27.9″W (analog) 38°41′19.4″N, 89°33′37.3″W (digital)

WPXS and KUMO-LP are the two Retro Television Network affiliates serving Southern Illinois and the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. WPXS is in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg television market but is close enough to St. Louis to serve that area as well . The stations are owned by the Word Of God Fellowship, and managed by Equity Media Holdings, programmed via satellite from Equity's Little Rock, Arkansas headquarters.

WPXS is based out of Mount Vernon, Illinois and broadcasts to Southern Illinois on channel 13. Their transmitter is located north of Kell, Illinois. The call letters of WPXS stand for Pax Southern Illinois, reflecting the former Pax affiliation. WPXS aired Pax network programming from August, 1998 until late 2004. Pax itself changed its name to i in September of the following year, and then to ION in 2007.

KUMO-LP is the satellite station of WPXS. It serves the St. Louis metropolitan area on channel 51.

The digital broadcast for WPXS-DT will be on channel 21, but is not on the air yet (as of Oct. 4, 2007). The digital broadcast for KUMO-LD will be on channel 10, which is not on the air as of May 22, 2008.

1 History
- 1.1 Older Logos
2 External links
3 References

[edit] History

The precursor to WPXS started operating in June of 1982.

Before becoming WPXS in 1998, this station operated as WCEE "C-13." WCEE was an independent television station which showed a mix of syndicated programs, movies, and reruns, as well as some Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball games during the winter months and some MLB Baseball games of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox during the summer months. WCEE was also unusual for a small-market television station because it produced a 30-minute newscast on weekdays, as well as carried PM Magazine. ([1])

[edit] Older Logos

Earlier possible non-broadcast logo.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says March 1, while the Television and Cable Factbook says March 13.

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Paducah (KY) / Cape Girardeau (MO) / Harrisburg (IL) market (Nielsen DMA #79)

WSIL 3 / KPOB 15 (ABC) - WPSD 6 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - WQWQ-LP 9 / WQTV-LP 24 (The CW) - KFVS 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - W15BU 15 (3ABN) - WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (PBS / KET) - KBSI 23 (FOX) - WUWT-CA 26 (A1) - WTCT 27 (TCT / TBN) - WDKA 49 (MNTV)

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Broadcast television in the St. Louis market (Nielsen DMA #21)

KTVI 2 (Fox) - KMOV 4 (CBS) - KSDK 5 (NBC) (NBC WX+ on DT2) - KPTN-CA 7 (HSN) - KETC 9 (PBS) - KPLR 11 (The CW) - KNLC 24 (FamilyNet) - KEFN-CA 28 (EWTN) - KDNL 30 (ABC) - K33GU 33 / K22HG 22 (TBN) - WRBU 46 (MNTV) - W50CH 50 (REL) - KUMO-LP 51 (RTN) - KDTL-LP 64 (DS)
Outlying Areas:
K07SD 7 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - KFVS 12 (CBS) - K16FE 16 (TBN) - W29CI 29 (3ABN)

Local cable television channels
Bostel - FSN Midwest - WUTV 22 (Washington University)

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Broadcast television in the Terre Haute market (Nielsen DMA #151)

WTWO 2 (NBC) - WTHI 10 (CBS) - WUSI 16 (PBS) - WHFE 18 / WVGO 54 (A1) - WVUT 22 (PBS) - WFXW 38 (Fox) - W43BV 43 (TBN)
Cable-only station
WBI 3 (CW)
Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations
WTTV 4 (CW) - WRTV 6 (ABC) - WTVW 7 (FOX) - WTHR 13 (NBC) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - WFIE 14 (NBC, 24/7 Weather on DT2) - WEHT 25 (ABC, Weather radar on DT2) - WTIU 30 (PBS)- WICD 15 (ABC) - WEIU 51 (PBS)

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the state of Illinois

Chicago market Spanish stations: WSNS 44 (Telemundo) - WXFT 60 (TeleFutura) - WGBO 66 (Univision) Independent stations: WWME-CA 23 (Chicago) - WCIU 26 / WFBN-LP 33 (Chicago / Rockford) - WOCH-CA 41 (Chicago) - WMEU-CA 48 (Chicago) WWTO-TV (La Salle) and its repeaters (TBN): Chicago market: W24AJ 24 (Aurora) - W40BY 40 (Palatine) - W57DN 57 (Elgin) - W64CQ 64 (Arlington Heights) Champaign/Decatur/Springfield market: W29BG 29 (Decatur) - W34DL 34 (Champaign) Peoria/Bloomington market: W50DD 50 (Peoria) - W51CT 51 (Bloomington) Quad Cities market: W50BY 50 (Galesburg) - W52BI 52 (Sterling) Rockford market: W25CL 25 (Rockford) Other stations: WQFL-CA 8 (Religious, Rockford) - WOCK-CA 13 (MTV2, Chicago) - WPXS 13 (RTN, Mt. Vernon) - W15BU 15 (3ABN, Johnston City) - WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy) - WTCT 27 (TCT, Marion) - W29CI 29 (3ABN, Salem) - WSPY-LP 30 (A1, Plano) - WEDE-CA 34 (Ind., Arlington Hts. / Chicago) - WCPX 38 (ION, Chicago) - WBXC 46 (MTV2, Champaign) - W50CH 50 (Religious Ind., Alton) - WCFC 51 (TLN, Rockford) - W54BE 54 (Edu. Ind., Sugar Grove / Aurora) - WJYS 62 (Religious Ind., Tinley Park / Chicago)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and PBS stations in Illinois

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the state of Missouri

Daystar: KCDN-LP 35 (Kansas City) · KDTL-LP 64 (St. Louis) FamilyNet: KNLC 24 (St. Louis) · KNLJ 25 (Jefferson City) HSN: K45IO 45 (Kansas City) · KPTN-LP 58 (St. Louis) ION: KCLG-CA 32 / KJPX-LP 47 (Neosho / Joplin) · KPXE 50 (Kansas City TBN: KTAJ 16 (St. Joseph) · K33GU 33 / K16FE 16 / K22HG 22 (St. Louis / Rolla / St. Charles) · KCLJ-CA 30 (Joplin) · K41FQ 41 (Springfield) · K41OI 41/ K56AU 56 (Columbia / Jefferson City) Other Stations: K02NQ 2 (Weather, Columbia) · K08MA 8 (Religious, Springfield) · KBNS-CA 38 (Ind, Branson) · KCGI-CA 45 (TCT, Cape Girardeau) · KUKC-LP 48 (UNI, Kansas City) · KRBK 49 (New station, Osage Beach) · KUMO-LP 51 (RTN, St. Louis)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Missouri

v • d • e Equity Media Holdings Corporation

Corporate Staff: Henry G. Luken (President and CEO) \| Gregory W. Fess \| Max W. Hoopern \| James H. Hearnsberger \| Lori E. Withrow \| Glenn Charlesworth \| Emilia Chastain \| Robert B. Becker \| Larry E. Morton \| Aaron K. Rothberg \| Douglas P. Krile Broadcast Television Networks: Retro Jams \| Retro Television Network Fox Network Affiliates: KBTZ \| KLMN \| KMMF \| WMQF Retro Jams Affiliates: WJXF \| WUHQ MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMMF \| KPBI \| KPBI Fort Smith \| KWBF \| KWBM \| WBLU \| WGMU \| WMQF RTN Owned & Operated Stations: KEGS \| KCBU \| KDEV (Cheyenne) \| KDEV (Denver) \| KFDF \| KKYK \| KQUP \| KRRI \| KTUW \| KTVC \| KWBF \| KWCE \| KWWF \| WBIF \| WBLU \| WNGS² \| WPXS¹ Telefutura Network Affiliates: KAMT \| KUTF \| WTMS \| WTLE⁵ Univision Network Affiliates: KEYU \| KLRA \| KUKC \| KUOK \| KXUN \| WJMF \| KUTH¹ \| KUTU \| KWNL \| WEVU⁵ \| WNYI \| WUDT \| WUMN \| WUVF⁵ Other Stations: KIMG \| KMCC¹ \| KNBX \| KUOK-CA \| KUSE \| WBQM⁴ \| WMBQ⁴ \| WYGA Other Properties: Arkansas RiverBlades (51%) \| Arkansas Twisters³ ¹Equity operates this station but it is owned by another company. ²Equity owns the station but management capabilities belong to Granite Broadcasting under a Local Marketing Agreement held by its ABC affiliate WKBW-TV. ³Equity owns the af2 Arena Football franchise outright. ⁴Acquisition from Craig Fox's Renard Communications Corp. is awaiting FCC approval. ⁵ The sale of this station to Luken Communications, LLC is awaiting FCC approval.

Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: EMDA · Website: emdaholdings.com

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