Ann Arbor/Detroit, Michigan United States |
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City | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Branding | Ion Television |
Slogan | Positively Entertaining |
Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 31 () |
Subchannels | 31.1 - Ion HD (720p) 31.2 - qubo (480i) 31.3 - Ion Life (480i) 31.4 - Ion Shop (480i) 31.5 - QVC 31.6 - HSN |
Affiliations | Ion Television |
Owner |
Ion Media Networks, Inc. (Ion Media License Company, LLC) |
First air date | January 13, 1981 |
Call letters' meaning |
PaX TV Detroit (reference to former affiliation) |
Former callsigns | WRHT (January–February 1981) WIHT (February 1981–1989) WBSX (1989–1998) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 31 (UHF, 1981–2009) Digital: 33 (UHF, until 2009) 31 (UHF, 2009–2012) |
Former affiliations |
Independent (1981–1989) Satellite Program Network/Financial News Network/IT (1981–1983) HSN (1989–1998) |
Transmitter power | 345 kW |
Height | 328 metres (1,076 ft) |
Facility ID | 5800 |
Transmitter coordinates | Coordinates: 42°29′0.9″N 83°18′43.5″W / 42.483583°N 83.312083°W42°29′0.9″N 83°18′43.5″W / 42.483583°N 83.312083°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | iontelevision.com |
WPXD-TV, virtual channel 31 (UHF digital channel 50), is an ION Television owned-and-operated television station serving Detroit, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Ann Arbor. The station is owned by ION Media Networks. WPXD maintains studios and transmitter facilities are located on West 11 Mile Road in Southfield.
On cable, the station is available in standard definition on Comcast Xfinity channel 16 in the city of Detroit, channel 11 in western Wayne County, Ann Arbor, Southfield,Birmingham and Roseville, channel 12 in south Oakland County, channel 18 in north Oakland County, south Macomb County and the Grosse Pointe area, channel 9 in the Downriver area, channel 13 on Charter Spectrum, and channel 19 in outlying areas, and in high definition on channel 237. AT&T U-verse carries WPXD on channel 31 in SD and channel 1031 in HD.