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other_chs = KUMO-LP 51 [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]| |
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affiliations = [[Daystar Television Network]] (KUMO-LP only) Independent (1983-1998 & 2009-present)| |
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WPXS and KUMO-LP were the two Retro Television Network affiliates serving Southern Illinois and the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. WPXS is in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg television market but is close enough to St. Louis to serve that area as well . The stations are owned by the Word Of God Fellowship, and managed by Equity Media Holdings, programmed via satellite from Equity's Little Rock, Arkansas headquarters.
WPXS is based out of Mount Vernon, Illinois and broadcasts to Southern Illinois on channel 13. Their transmitter is located north of Kell, Illinois. The call letters of WPXS stand for Pax Southern Illinois, reflecting the former Pax affiliation. WPXS aired Pax network programming from August, 1998 until late 2004. Pax itself changed its name to i in September of the following year, and then to ION in 2007.
KUMO-LP is the satellite station of WPXS. It serves the St. Louis metropolitan area on channel 51.
The digital broadcast for WPXS-DT will be on channel 21.1, on the air as of Oct. 19, 2008. The digital broadcast for KUMO-LD will be on channel 10, which is not on the air as of May 22, 2008.
History
The precursor to WPXS started operating in March of 1983.
Before becoming WPXS in 1998, this station operated as WCEE "C-13." WCEE was an independent television station which showed a mix of syndicated programs, movies, and reruns, as well as some Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball games during the winter months and some MLB Baseball games of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox during the summer months. WCEE was also unusual for a small-market television station because it produced a 30-minute newscast on weekdays, as well as carried PM Magazine. ([1])
On January 4, 2009, a contract conflict between Equity and Luken Communications, L.L.C. (who had acquired RTN in June 2008) interrupted the programming on many RTN affiliates.[1] As a result, Luken moved RTN operations to its headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and dropped all Equity-owned affiliates, including WPXS and KUMO, immediately, though Luken vows to find a new affiliate for RTN in the area.[2]. It is currently unknown of the station's alternate programming plans.
Older logos
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Earlier possible non-broadcast logo.