Talk:WPPX-TV

message: === Update as of 20180427 ===
I finally got someone to respond to my queries--I talked to someone from IonMedia.  The following is an approximation of what he told me.
In March, 2018, the Philadelphia station carrying ION TV (i.e., WPPX) moved to a new transmitting location with a new transmitter with apparently a lot less power.  (Presumably this was part of the switch from transmitting on real channel 31 to real channel 34.)  (The move was about 1 mile.)
I'm not clear on why they reduced power, but I got the sense it was forced on them (by the FCC?).
The person I talked to came back later (via email) to say that the signal would be very weak and I would be unlikely to receive it even if I raised my antenna.  This correlates with TVFool.com--I generated a report for a 100' antenna at my house and WPPX does not show up on the list.
Incidentally, they apparently also moved the New York transmitter, also by about a mile (iiuc).  Currently, iiuc, they both transmit on real channel 34.  Initially the person I talked to thought the problem might be co-channel interference / rejection, but, as I mentioned above, he came back a little later and said it was more likely just a weak signal problem.
Rhkramer (talk) 00:22, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Off the air? 

message: I finally got someone to respond to my queries--I talked to someone from IonMedia.  The following is an approximation of what he told me.
In March, 2018, the Philadelphia station carrying ION TV (i.e., WPPX) moved to a new transmitting location with a new transmitter with apparently a lot less power.  (Presumably this was part of the switch from transmitting on real channel 31 to real channel 34.)  (The move was about 1 mile.)
I'm not clear on why they reduced power, but I got the sense it was forced on them (by the FCC?).
The person I talked to came back later (via email) to say that the signal would be very weak and I would be unlikely to receive it even if I raised my antenna.  This correlates with TVFool.com--I generated a report for a 100' antenna at my house and WPPX does not show up on the list.
Incidentally, they apparently also moved the New York transmitter, also by about a mile (iiuc).  Currently, iiuc, they both transmit on real channel 34.  Initially the person I talked to thought the problem might be co-channel interference / rejection, but, as I mentioned above, he came back a little later and said it was more likely just a weak signal problem.
Rhkramer (talk) 00:22, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update as of 20180427 

message: Starting maybe a month ago, I stopped receiving WPPX via my OTA antenna.  Unlike some other stations that might be weak, it does not fade in or out, it is just plain gone.  I saw the note that says it might switch to real channel 34, so I tried receiving / scanning for it there--nothing, just snow.  (When I am trying to receive a marginal channel, that might fade in and out, I typically see a black background and a box on the TV that says "No Signal".)
So, three points or questions:
   * Where can I get definitive information as to whether the station has gone off the air? The FCC website still seems to show them transmitting over the air with a 200Kw transmitter.  TV Fool no longer shows them in the list of stations that I might receive, even if I'd need something like a 500' antenna (in other words, even stations with very low signal strength which I might not reasonably receive), but I tried searching the Forums and there doesn't seem to be any report of them going off the air (or switching to a much lower power transmitter).
   * <darn--getting old is a pain>
   * If the station has gone off the air, it should be noted in this article.
Rhkramer (talk) 17:54, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original report / query / problem 

message: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ew-scripps-ion-media-acquire-tv-stations-1234782059/
Note these are in talks as of 2020 and WPPX is the affected station if it is approved.2601:640:C600:3C20:15D7:1FA7:5B26:4C11 (talk) 02:48, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: EW Scripps in Talks to get Ion Media