WPXB-LD
WPXB-LD, virtual channel 50 and UHF digital channel 17, is a low-powered Daystar owned-and-operated station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Word of God Fellowship, parent company of the Daystar Television Network. WPXB-LD's transmitter is located near Indian Lake within the Tiger Bay State Forest.
| Daytona Beach, Florida United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 50 |
| Branding | Daystar |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Daystar |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Word of God Fellowship (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.) |
| History | |
First air date | December 4, 1998 |
Former call signs | W57CV (1998—2002) WPXB-LP (2002—2009) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 42 (UHF, 1989–2000) 57 (UHF, 2000—2008) Digital: 50 (UHF, 2008–2021) |
| Unknown (1998—19??) Pax TV (19??—20??) Ion Television (20??—2014) | |
Call sign meaning | W PaX Daytona Beach |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10321 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 117.68 m (386.1 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°10′25.3″N 81°9′25.2″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | daystar |
History
The station signed on on December 4, 1998, as W42AM, later W57CV. It changed call letters to WPXB-LP in 2002.
On July 8, 2009, WPXB flash-cut its signal to digital as WPXB-LD.
Sometime until 2014, WPXB-LD served as a translator of Orlando-based Pax TV (now Ion Television) owned-and-operated station WOPX-TV (channel 56) that relayed WOPX's programming to areas of east-central Florida that received a marginal to non-existent signal from WOPX, although there were significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WPXB-LD was a straight simulcast of WOPX-TV; on-air references to WPXB-LD were limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WPXB-LD did not maintain any physical presence locally in Daytona Beach.
On December 15 of that year, West Palm Beach-based Ion Media Networks, owner or WOPX-TV, reached a deal to donate WPXB-LD to Word of God Fellowship, parent company of the Daystar television network
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WPXB-LD | Main WPXB-LD programming / Daystar |