KBPX-LD

KBPX-LD (channel 46) is a low-power television station in Houston, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Word Broadcasting Network. KBPX-LD's transmitter is located atop the JPMorgan Chase Tower in downtown Houston.

Not to be confused with KPXB-TV.
KBPX-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliationssee § Subchannels
Ownership
OwnerWord Broadcasting Network
History
First air date
1990 (1990)
Former call signs
  • K33DB (1990–2001)
  • KBPX-LP (2001–2011)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 33 (UHF, 1990–2011)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2011–2019)
Call sign meaning
Pax TV (former affiliation)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17746
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT321.5 m (1,055 ft)
Transmitter coordinates29°45′36.8″N 95°21′49.7″W
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.nudu.tv

History

The station began broadcasting in 1990 from One Shell Plaza on channel 33 under the call sign K33DB as a low-power translator for Conroe-licensed KTFH (channel 49, renamed KPXB-TV in 1998), in order to improve KTFH's analog coverage in Houston since its full-power analog transmitter site was located in the far northern suburbs of Houston. The transmitter was moved to the Missouri City tower farm in 1992. The call sign was changed to KBPX-LP on April 25, 2001.

The translator was shut down on June 30, 2009, two weeks after the digital transition, due to loss of access to the tower site.[2] Ion Media applied to move KBPX-LP to channel 46,[3] but since the full-power KPXB-TV now broadcasts from Missouri City (which was KBPX's former transmitter location), it was unclear what purpose the translator would serve. KBPX-LD resumed operations November 22, 2010, on digital channel 46,[4] carrying The Country Network.[5]

In late 2016, on a digital subchannel, the station established a small, local terrestrial television programming service called "The NuDu" (or "The New DuMont Television Network"), which started carrying programming from the DuMont Television Network and other broadcasters which has entered the public domain.

On December 21, 2017, Ion agreed to donate KBPX-LD to the Word Broadcasting Network;[6] the donation was completed on February 16, 2018.[7]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KBPX-LD[8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
46.1 480i4:3TCNNuestra Visión
46.3 NuduTVThe NuDu (The New DuMont Television Network)
46.4 HeartLHeartland
46.5 GEBGEB America
46.6 TCNThe Country Network
46.7 NewsnetNewsNet

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for KBPX-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. "FCC Form 346". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  4. "Resumption of Operations". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  5. "Houston, It's Your Country!" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  6. "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  7. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 16, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  8. RabbitEars TV Query for KBPX-LD
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