Ion Television

Ion Television adalah stasiun televisi swasta Amerika Serikat yang diluncurkan pada tanggal 31 Agustus 1998. Satsiun televisi ini dimiliki oleh ION Media Networks (dahulu bernama Paxson Communications).

Sejarah 
Saat pertama kali diluncurkan, stasiun ini mengusung nama Pax TV. Ditemukan oleh Lowell 'Bud' Paxson. Saat ittu, memakai sinyal analog. Acara TV terkenal adalah Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye dan Doc. Acara lain ialah The Simpsons, Will & Grace, dan MADtv.

Jadwal awal jaringan televisi terestrial ini jauh lebih besar dalam lingkup daripada sekarang ini. Ini terdiri dari program-program hiburan umum dari 12:00-21:40 ET/PT; dan, program berbayar dari 00:00-01:00 ET / PT, 5:00-12:00 ET / PT, dan semua acara sore pada hari Sabtu dan Minggu.

Acara yang disediakan pada awalnya adalah It's a Miracle, game show The Reel to Reel Picture Show, dan acara obrolan Woman's Day dan Great Day America, juga penayangan ulang acara-acara lama seperti Highway to Heaven, Here's Lucy, The Hogan Family, Dave's World, dan Touched by an Angel.

Selain itu, jaringan televisi terestrial tersebut juga menayangkan program keagamaan di malam hari dari The Worship Network selama jam malam dan jaringan televisi kontemporer Kristen Praise TV pada hari Jumat-Sabtu pukul 00:00-03:00 ET/PT.

Pada tanggal 28 Juni 2005, Pax TV diluncurkan ulang dengan nama i, dengan acara tambahan infomercial, dalam rangka untuk mencerminkan strategi baru "menyediakan sebuah platform siaran independen untuk produsen dan syndicators yang ingin menjangkau khalayak nasional." Setelah transisi selesai, PAX TV akan terus udara pemrograman bawah merek PAX pada salah satu saluran digital melalui udara dan di rumah-rumah kabel pilih. Pada tanggal 29 Januari 2007, jaringan berubah nama lagi, untuk saat ini sebagai ION Television. Acaranya dikhususkan untuk sebagian besar, tidak berubah pada saat itu; jaringan terus fitur pemrograman dari kesepakatan isinya. Pada tahun 2008, fokus jaringan kembali digubah, dengan menekankan pemrograman 18-49 demografi dan berbagai ditayangkan, baru menarik khalayak yang lebih muda

Slogan

Pax TV 

 Pax TV: A Friend of the Family (1998-2005)
 Pax TV: Share It With Someone You Love (1998-2005)
 Pax TV: Share The Wonder (1998)
 Pax TV: Feel Good TV (2001-2004)
 Pax TV: Feel The Spirit (2003-2004)
 Pax TV: Oh what a night! (2004-2005)

i 

 i: Independent Television (2005-2007)

Ion Television 

 What's Your ION? (2007-2008)
 ION: Your Home for Popular TV Favorites (2007-2008)
 ION Television: Positively Entertaining (2008-kini)

Affliasi

Alabama 

 Birmingham - WPXH 44 (O&O)
 Wetumpka - WETU-LP 39

Alaska 

 Anchorage - KDMD 33
 Fairbanks - KDMD-LP 32

Arizona 

 Phoenix - KPPX 51 (O&O)

Arkansas 

 Hope-Texarkana - KTSS-LP 50

California 

 Chico - KZVU-LP 22 (Secondary)
 Los Angeles - KPXN 30 (O&O)
 Redding - KRVU-LP 21 (Secondary)
 Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto - KSPX 29 (O&O)
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose - KKPX 65 (O&O)

Colorado 

 Denver - KPXC 59 (O&O)

Connecticut 

 Hartford-New Haven - WHPX 26 (O&O)

Delaware 

 Wilmington - WPPX 61 (O&O)

District of Columbia 

 Washington D.C. - WPXW 66 (O&O)

Florida 

 West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce - WPXP 67 (O&O)
 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota - WXPX 66 (O&O)
 Orlando - WOPX 56 (O&O)
 Jacksonville - WPXC-21 / WPXJ-LP 41 (O&O)
 Miami - WPXM 35 (O&O)

Georgia 

 Atlanta - WPXA 14 (O&O)
 Brunswick - WPXC 21 (O&O)

Hawaii 

 Kona - KLEI 6 (O&O)
 Honolulu - KPXO 66 (O&O)

Idaho 

 Twin Falls - KTWT-LP 43
 Hailey - KSVX-LP 18

Illinois 

 Chicago - WCPX 38 (O&O)

Indiana 

 Indianapolis - WIPX 63 (O&O)

Iowa 

 Cedar Rapids - KPXR 48 (O&O)
 Des Moines - KFPX 39 (O&O)

Kentucky 

 Lexington - WUPX-TV 67 (O&O)
 Louisville - WBNA 21

Louisiana 

 New Orleans - WPXL-49 (O&O)

Maine 

 Bangor - WBGR-LP 33

Massachusetts 

 Boston - WBPX 68 (O&O)
 Vineyard Haven - WDPX 58 (O&O)

Michigan 

 Detroit - WPXD 31 (O&O)
 Grand Rapids - WZPX 43 (O&O)

Minnesota 

 Minneapolis-Saint Paul - KPXM 41 (O&O)

Mississippi 

 Pascagoula - WKFK-LP 7
 Cleveland - WHCQ-LP 8
 Clarksdale - WPRQ-LP 12

Missouri 

 Joplin-Pittsburg - KJPX-LP 47
 Kansas City - KPXE 50 (O&O)

Nevada 

 Pahrump - KPVM-LP 41

New Hampshire 

 Concord - WPXG 21 (O&O)

New York 

 Buffalo - WPXJ 51 (O&O)
 Amsterdam - WYPX 50 (digital only) (O&O)
 Plattsburgh - WWBI-LP 27
 Syracuse - WSPX 56 (O&O)
 New York - WPXN 31 (O&O)

North Carolina 

 Burlington-Greensboro - WGPX-16 (O&O)
 Fayetteville - WFPX 62 (O&O)
 Greenville - WEPX 38 (secondary) (O&O)
 Hendersonville - WAEN-LP 64
 Jacksonville - WPXU 35 (secondary) (O&O)
 Rocky Mount-Raleigh-Durham - WRPX 47 (O&O)

Ohio 

 Cleveland - WVPX-23 (O&O)
 Dayton - WRCX-LP 40

Oklahoma 

 Tulsa - KTPX 44 (O&O)
 Oklahoma City - KOPX 62 (O&O)

Oregon 

 Medford - KFBI-LP 48 (Secondary)
 Portland - KPXG 22 (digital only) (O&O)

Pennsylvania 

 Philadelphia - WPPX 61 (O&O)
 Wilkes-Barre-Scranton - WQPX 64 (O&O)

Rhode Island 

 Providence, Rhode Island-New Bedford, Massachusetts - WPXQ 69 (O&O)

South Dakota 

 Rapid City - KKRA-LP 24 (secondary)

Tennessee 

 Nashville - WNPX 28 (O&O)
 Knoxville - WPXK 54 (O&O)
 Memphis - WPXX 50 (secondary) (O&O)

Texas 

 Dallas - KPXD 68 (O&O)
 San Antonio - KPXL 26 (O&O)
 Houston - KPXB 49 (O&O)

Utah 

 Salt Lake City - KUPX 16 (O&O)

Vermont 

 Burlington - WWBI-LP 27

Virginia 

 Roanoke-Lynchburg - WPXR 38 (O&O)
 Norfolk - WPXV 49 (O&O)

Washington 

 Spokane - KGPX 34 (O&O)
 Seattle-Tacoma - KWPX 33 (O&O)

West Virginia 

 Hurricane - WLPX 29 (O&O)
 Martinsburg - WWPX 60 (O&O)

Wisconsin 

 Baraboo - W43BR 43
 Kenosha - WPXE 55 (O&O)
 Wausau - WTPX-DT 46 (O&O) digital only
 Madison - "W23BW"-DT 23 (Coming June 12, 2009)

Acara TV unggulan

Situasi komedi 
 M*A*S*H (2008-present)
 My Name Is Earl (2009-present)

Drama 
 Criminal Minds (2005-present) (beginning in 2009)
 Ghost Whisperer (2005-present) (beginning in 2009)
 Without a Trace (2009-present)

Olahraga 
 World Championship Sports

Permainan 
 Family Feud (2002-2006; 2008-kini)

Belanja 
 Paid Programming

Acara TV anak 
 qubo (2006-kini)

Religi 
 American Bible Society Presents
 David Jeremiah
 Feed The Children
 International Fellowship of Christians & Jews
 The Key of David
 Les Feldick
 Life Today with James Robison
 Pastor Scott
 In Touch With Dr. Charles Stanley

Acara yang pernah tayang 
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Situasi komedi 

 Alice (2007-2008)
 Amen (2006-2007)
 Bosom Buddies
 Designing Women (2007-2008)
 The Drew Carey Show (2007-2009)
 Green Acres (2006-2007)
 Growing Pains (2006-2007)
 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (2008-2009)
 Here's Lucy (late 1990s)
 Mama's Family (2005-2008)
 The Monkees (2006)
 Perfect Strangers (2007)
 Reba (2009)
 The Steve Harvey Show (2008-2009)
 The Wonder Years (2007-2008)
 The Wayans Bros. (2008)
 Who's the Boss? (2007-2008)

Drama 
 The 10th Kingdom (2000)
 Battlestar Galactica (2008)
 Baywatch (2008)
 The Big Valley
 Body and Soul (2002-2003, original)
 Bonanza
 Boston Legal (2004-2008)
 The Dead Zone (2008)
 Diagnosis: Murder (1998-2007)
 Doc (2001-2004)
 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998-2002)
 Durham County (2007-2010)*
 Early Edition
 ER (2008-2009)
 Flash Gordon (2007-2008)
 The Guard (2008-2009, original)
 Highway to Heaven
 Jeremiah (2000-2001)
 Just Cause (2001-2003, original)
 Kung Fu (2007)
 Mysterious Ways (2000-2002, ditransfer dari NBC)*
 NCIS (2008-2010)
 Palmetto Pointe (2005, original)
 Ponderosa (2001-2002)*
 Promised Land (1996-1999)
 Quantum Leap (2008-2009)
 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (2000-2002)
 Shark (2010)
 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002-2005)
 Touched by an Angel (1998-2003)
 Young Blades (2005-2006, original)

Reality Show 
 America's Funniest Home Videos (2003-2005, hanya musim 1989-94)
 America's Most Talented Kid (2003-2006)*
 Animal Tails (2002-2003, original)
 Candid Camera (2001-2004, transfer dari CBS)
 Cold Turkey (2004-2005, original)
 Ed McMahon's Next Big Star (2002-2003)*
 Encounters with the Unexplained (1999-2003)
 Extreme Fakeovers (2004-2005)
 It's a Miracle (1998-2004)*
 Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures (1998-2000)
 Lie Detector (2004-2005)*
 Miracle Pets (2001-2003, original)
 Moral Court (2000-2001)
 Mrs. America Pagent (2002)
 Mrs. World Pagent (2001)
 The People's Court (1981-1993)
 Texas Justice (2010)
 Totally Pets (2003-2004)*
 Unbelievable Animal Rescues (2002-2003)
 The Verdict (2004-2005)
 World Cup Comedy (2004-2005)

Talk Show 
 Woman's Day
 Great Day America
 The Megan Mullally Show (2006-2007)

Permainan 
 Balderdash (2004-2005)*
 Beat the Clock (2002-2003)*
 Born Lucky (1999-2000)
 Dirty Rotten Cheater (2003)*
 Family Feud (2008-2010)
 Hollywood Showdown (2000)*
 On the Cover (2004)*
 Pyramid (2004-2006)
 The Reel to Reel Picture Show (1998)*
 Shop 'Til You Drop (2000-2002, 2003-2005)*
 Supermarket Sweep (2000-2003)*
 Twenty One (2000)
 The Weakest Link (2001-2003)

Belanja 
 Treasures In Your Home: The World of Collecting (1999-2000)

Acara TV anak 
 Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999-2000)
 Super Mario World (1999)
 The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1999)

Berita 
 Local NBC News Rebroadcasts (2000-2005)
 48 Hours (1988-present)

Kesehatan 
 In Good Health

Cuaca 
 WeatherVision (1999-2005)

Musik 
 Millennium Live (1999)

Religi 
 Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999-2000)
 The Worship Network (1998-2010)
 Day of Discovery
 Joel Osteen
 Live From Liberty
 Live Prayer
 Morris Ceruello Helpline
 Worship
 Zola Levitt Presents

Infomercial 
 Martha Stewart Living (1999-2004)
 New Home Building Today
 Your New Home
 Go!

Talkshow 
 Great Day America
 Woman's Day
 The Emeril Lagasse Show (2010)*

Lain-lain 
 Martha Stewart Living

Catatan kaki

Lihat pula 
 Daftar saluran DirecTV
 Daftar saluran Dish Network
 qubo

Paranala luar 
  Situs resmi
  ION Life 

Jaringan ION Television
Stasiun televisi yang didirikan tahun 1998
Stasiun televisi Amerika Serikat