KPXJ
 
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Minden/Shreveport, Louisiana United States |
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| City | Minden, Louisiana |
| Branding | KPXJ CW 21 (general) KPXJ 21 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Straight to the Point |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations |
The CW ASN (secondary) ABC (alternate) |
| Owner |
KTBS, LLC (Wray family) |
| First air date | August 31, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | PaX (refers to former affiliation) |
| Sister station(s) | KTBS-TV |
| Former callsigns | WPXO (1998–1999) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 21 (UHF, 1998–2005) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Pax TV (1998–2003) UPN (2003–2006) Secondary: Pax TV (2003–2004) The WB (September 2006, temporary during CW transition) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 502 m |
| Facility ID | 81507 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°41′7.6″N 93°56′0.8″W / 32.685444°N 93.933556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.ktbs.com |
KPXJ, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CW-affiliated television station serving Shreveport, Louisiana, United States that is licensed to Minden. The station is locally owned by the Wray family (under the licensee KTBS, LLC), as part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate KTBS-TV (channel 3). The two stations share studio facilities located on East Kings Highway on the eastern side of Shreveport; KPXJ's transmitter is located near Mooringsport (southeast of Caddo Lake). The station is also available on Comcast Xfinity channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 1010.
The station first signed on the air on August 31, 1998 as WPXO; it operated as an owned-and-operated station of Pax TV (now general entertainment network Ion Television), a family-oriented broadcast television network which launched that same day. The station was originally owned by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks). On January 8, 1999, the station changed its call letters to KPXJ.
In the summer of 2003, Paxson Communications sold KPXJ to the Wray family, the owners of area ABC affiliate KTBS-TV, creating the market's first (and only) television duopoly. As the Shreveport market has only eight full-power television stations, the minimum allowed to create a duopoly under Federal Communications Commission rules, it is the only duopoly legally allowed in the market. Prior to the purchase, KPXJ had already been rebroadcasting that station's evening newscasts, and KTBS had already handled advertising sales for KPXJ.
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