ION Media launches ION Life, the country’s first 24/7 digital network dedicated to promoting active lifestyles, personal growth and wellness. operator of the nation’s largest broadcast station group. Through an agreement with then-Disney owned animation studio DIC Productions L.P., its schedule also included a children's program block called "Cloud Nine" on Saturdays from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. On June 27, 2006, Ion Media announced a comprehensive programming deal with Warner Bros. Television Distribution, which gave it the broadcast rights to movies and television series owned by the company. In addition, in several other markets, Ion's predecessor was sold to another television station group to affiliate with a different English or Spanish language network, and through either a lack of channel space or interest in the network, Ion would not reappear in most of those markets until reaching deals to air on digital subchannels of other stations. Qubo is a children's television network that launched on January 8, 2007, and is carried on the second digital subchannel of Ion Television's stations. In November 2005, NBC Universal was granted a transferable option to purchase a controlling stake in Paxson Communications. Frank Kumor’s family confirmed to 6 News that he died Friday evening. Connect & be inspired. WSPX-TV, virtual channel 56 (UHF digital channel 15), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Syracuse, New York, United States. They become the only network to offer all three iterations of the iconic and longest-running series in TV history. In 2019 with expanded cable carriage, Ion Media switched the network's schedule to match the main format of Ion … Ion owned-and-operated stations and affiliates also provide limited local programming on weekday mornings to fulfill public affairs guidelines, which range from entirely local productions to Ion Life-sourced programs within which commercial slots are instead devoted to local physicians or experts giving locality-specific health advice or advertising their services. Meanwhile, three series from CBS Television Distribution were added to the schedule: NCIS joined the lineup in September 2008, while Criminal Minds and Ghost Whisperer were added to the Ion Television lineup in 2009. Go to … Under an agreement with Fox Television Stations, Ion was added to a DT4 feed of Fox affiliate WJZY-TV (then owned-and-operated by Fox) on September 29, 2016. Ion Television's stations have made notable use of "multiplexing" or splitting a digital broadcast television signal into separate subchannels. [1] Ion's owned-and-operated stations cover 64.8% of the United States population, by far the most of any U.S. station ownership group; it is able to circumvent the legal limit of covering 39% of the population because all of its stations operate on the UHF television band, which is subject to a discount (which in the digital age has proven controversial with other broadcast groups and FCC rulings between presidential administrations, though not with Ion itself) in regard to that limit.[2]. In lieu of a national news program, in 2000, Paxson Communications signed an agreement with Jackson, Mississippi-based WeatherVision â which mainly produces weather forecast inserts for television stations in certain markets that do not operate an in-house news department or maintain a news share agreement with another local station â to produce Tomorrow's Weather Tonight, a five-minute national forecast segment that aired Monday through Friday nights at the conclusion of PAX's entertainment schedule. ION Media is an independent, privately held media company, and owner and Qubo (stylized as qubo) is an American multiplatform children's entertainment service. [8][9] In addition, the network aired religious programming through time-lease agreements with The Worship Network (which aired its overnight programming on PAX seven nights a week) and Praise TV (featuring Contemporary Christian music and other faith-based programs aimed at teenagers and young adults, which aired on Friday and Saturday late-nights from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Central until 2000). In regards to Ion Television's programming, Scripps has indicated it would maintain the status quo, with no plans to invest in original content or deviate from the channel's off-network programming approach.[24]. Roberts' attorney subsequently stated that Ion would purchase the three stations. industry with 95% live viewing. All other time periods are filled with religious programming or infomercials. As a result, Ion Media Networks owns the vast majority of the stations within Ion Television's affiliate body, as well as those of co-owned multicast services Qubo Channel and Ion Life. ION Television is a leading U.S. general entertainment network, combining high-quality programming and dependable broadcast distribution with an attitude of innovation and growth normally associated with a cable channel. [21] On July 15, 2009, RHI Entertainment entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a dispute with Ion Media Networks, which resulted in the termination of a programming distribution agreement between RHI and Ion. [54] Its initial format was composed of a four-hour block of shows that repeated six times a day, all featuring programming exclusive to the new channel; by 2010, the channel adopted a more traditional schedule featuring a larger array of programs. Within 4 years of its initial launch, ION had already cracked the top 10 cable entertainment networks. Buffalo and Rochester, New York, normally treated as separate markets, share Ion affiliate WPXJ-TV, which is centrally located between the two cities and is licensed to Batavia. KFPX 39 ion. In December 2011, Ion Television acquired the syndication rights to Cold Case, which debuted in 2012. The Qubo block originally debuted on NBC and Telemundo on September 9, 2006, with NBC's Qubo block initially being rebroadcast on Ion Television on Friday afternoons (making it the last weekday afternoon children's block to be carried by a major commercial broadcast network until 2010). [49][50] WZRB and WRBU switched to Ion in February 2014 (although WZRB retained a secondary affiliation with The CW until MyNetworkTV affiliate WKTC joined the programming service in March);[51] WRBU dropped MyNetworkTV upon becoming an Ion O&O (MyNetworkTV would not return to St. Louis until November 2014, when CBS affiliate KMOV launched a third digital subchannel to serve as an affiliate). PAX also aired many game shows including first-run revivals of established games that originated on cable networks such as Supermarket Sweep and Shop 'til You Drop, along with some original game shows such as On the Cover, Balderdash, a 2002 revival of Beat the Clock, Hollywood Showdown (in conjunction with Game Show Network, which also aired the show) and reruns of Born Lucky. Station Info: Class-A - 5 kw. The feeds used the Pax name and bug after the network's rebrand as i, until about September 2005. In early 2006, it was announced that the i stations in Memphis, Tennessee (WPXX-TV), Rapid City, South Dakota (KKRA-LP) and Greenville, North Carolina (WEPX-TV, as well as its satellite WPXU-TV in Jacksonville, North Carolina) would add programming from MyNetworkTV in September 2006, causing preemptions of i programming during prime time due to the stations' programming commitments to carrying the MyNetworkTV schedule. In the recent past, Ion Television has aired a limited number of comedy or comedy-drama series that were cycled on-and-off the schedule such as Monk, Psych and Married... with Children, with half-hour sitcoms used on certain occasions to fill scheduling gaps prior to the telecast of its late-morning film presentations (usually in the 10:00 a.m. Central Time half-hour, if the succeeding film ran for at least 21⁄2 hours) because of their erratic scheduling; the network shifted to a more exclusive focus on dramas as part of its series content in January 2015, although the network continues to carry comedic programming in the form of select feature films aired within the "Ion Television at the Movies" block. ION reaches viewers in 100+ million U.S. households, or 85% of the population, through its 71 owned and operated stations - including 24 of the top 25 markets - and its affiliations with broadcast, cable, satellite and telco operators. As Ion has refocused towards its current schedule however, along with a de-emphasis on local advertising, the national feed effectively repeats Ion's main feed outside a lack of station identification. (WOWT) - A long-time business owner in Bellevue has passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Days after the rebrand, California-based entertainment group Positive Ions, Inc. filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ion Media Networks, claiming that the network stole the "Ion" branding. At launch: PAX aired general entertainment programming on weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and weekends from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Central Time. Back to TV Guide. KPXN-TV, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 24), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to San Bernardino. Ion Television (stylized "ion TELEVISION") is a United States television network. Such cases include MinneapolisâSaint Paul, where that area's Ion owned-and-operated station, KPXM-TV, is licensed to St. As a consequence to the pending launch of Qubo, the i secondary feed was replaced on i O&Os with a repeating promo loop in late September 2006. KHOF-TV, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 38), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to San Bernardino. [46][52] These deals would carry over after the Media General stations were integrated into the Nexstar Media Group in January 2017, with WBAY-TV continuing to carry Ion under Gray Television ownership. Ion Television's programming is available by default via a national feed that is distributed directly to cable and satellite providers in markets without a local Ion station (this contrasts with the major networks, which under FCC regulations, allow providers to import an owned-and-operated or affiliate station from a nearby market if no local over-the-air affiliate exists). PAX launched on August 31, 1998,[6][7] with the network's initial schedule being much larger in scope than it would be in later years. As of 2014, the network's format is predominantly devoted to marathon blocks of hour-long drama series, with consecutive episodes of a given series airing between two and 16 hours a day (depending on the day's schedule, with fewer hours in the morning and late fringe). ION Television launches original series “Saving Hope.”. Brandon Burgess is named President and CEO. ION Television launches “Flashpoint,” an original series. Central. Currently, Ion follows programming strategy similar to major cable networks, with majority of its schedule being filled by acquired broadcast and cable drama series, few original programs, holiday films and other original movies, and theatrically released movies sourced mainly from major film studios, with its entertainment programming schedule occupying 18 hours of its daily broadcast schedule. [31] Ion also acquired the syndication rights to the USA Network series Psych and Monk from NBCUniversal; the two series respectively began airing in late 2011 and early 2012. As with any scan, follow the on-screen instructions or owner's manual for your device. ION unveils a new on-air look, complete with a refreshed logo speaking to the evolution of the network and highlighting the variety of the “Positively Entertaining” ION Television lineup. Most Ion stations began to switch their main signals from 480i standard definition to 720p HD in late February; an early decision to pillarbox 4:3 programming with blue rather than black pillarboxing was eventually abandoned as black coloring became the industry norm. Update 7/8/08: A&E is co-owned by The Hearst Corporation and ABC, which in turn is owned by Disney. ION Television earns the title of the nation's fastest growing network, with ratings registering a record double and triple-digit growth in primetime and a +72% increase in total viewership. The network debuted on January 8, 2007. Prior to the launch of Ion Life, the Ion Plus feeds carried reruns of cancelled Pax original programs (such as Miracle Pets and Beat the Clock), as well as public domain movies and sitcom episodes (such as I Married Joan and The Beverly Hillbillies). Originally from its 2007 launch as Ion Life, the network had primarily featured lifestyle programming, consisting of shows pertaining to subjects such as health and wellness, cooking, home decor, and travel. [8] "Cloud Nine" was discontinued in the spring of 1999, and was replaced by a new block under the title "Pax Kids. Ion also obtained rights to televise games from the American Indoor Football Association, which were slated to begin airing in March 2008. [26] One week later on July 5, 2006, Ion announced a similar deal that resulted in the acquisition of broadcast rights to films and series distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Rooted in tradition, faith in innovation and technology, iON TV is the new platform to inspire our community and the world. 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Ion Television is an American free-to-air television network/syndication service that is owned by Ion Media. Within 4 years of its initial launch, ION had already cracked the top 10 cable entertainment ION Television, a top 5-ranked U.S. general entertainment network, is the flagship of the independent, privately held media company, ION Media. [41] However, the game's producers did not provide a live broadcast and the agreement was terminated. Ion Television also maintains film distribution deals with Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Studios and Warner Bros. ION Media is the nation’s largest broadcast station group owner with 71 stations reaching 100+ million homes, including the top 50 markets. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a deal by Paxson to buy WPCB-TV and trade it for secondary PBS member station WQEX was approved by the Federal Communications Commission, but rejected by WPCB-TV owner Cornerstone Television in a 2000 controversy; it would not be until November 2010 that Paxson's successor, Ion Media Networks, would successfully buy WQEX, which has since been converted into a commercially licensed outlet as Ion O&O WINP-TV. Ion Television stations also lack locally produced programming; most of its stations had aired newscasts from other local network-affiliated stations until the rebrand as i, and have even produced their own community affairs shows; however, local programming has since become virtually non-existent on most of Ion's O&Os and affiliates. About ION Plus ION Plus is a digital multicast network featuring a proven slate of television’s most-watched dramas and holiday movies in a binge-friendly schedule. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks (the former Paxson Communications) as part of a duopoly with New Bedford-licensed Ion Life owned-and … Ion Television aired NFL Films' weekly highlight program, the NFL Films Game of the Week on Saturday evenings from September 16, 2007 to January 5, 2008, with its initial broadcast focusing on the September 9, 2007 game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. It was launched by Lowell "Bud" Paxson in July 1998 as Pax TV. [40] On January 4, 2015, the Qubo block on Ion was relaunched as the "Qubo Kids Corner", concurrent with the block's move to Sunday mornings. ION becomes one of the first media networks to demonstrate its commitment to combat child obesity and champion children’s health by pledging that it will not air national advertising featuring unhealthy food and beverage choices on Qubo. In several markets, the station's city of license is considered outside the main portion of a market's metropolitan area. [53] Qubo features content from the programming libraries of each of the partners, though there was an early promise of each company producing a new series for the network each year; most of its programs are targeted at children ages 2 to 11, though its late night programming block "Qubo Night Owl" (which originally featured animated series from Qubo's partners and the Filmation library, but after August 2013 features a mix of animated and live-action series sourced solely from the distribution partners) is aimed at older teenagers and adults. Rescan the Converter Box or Digital TV one more time. In September 1999, NBC purchased a 32% share of Paxson Communications for $415 million in convertible stock, with an option to expand its interest to 49% by February 2002, pending changes in ownership regulations set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that would allow it to acquire additional television stations. The remainder of the schedule was filled by paid programming. As part of the agreement, Lowell Paxson stepped down from his position as chairman of Paxson Communications. Ion Television operates on a 135-hour network programming schedule as of April 2020. Since the new network would focus on programming tailored to family audiences, PAX maintained a considerably more conservative programming content policy than the major commercial television networks, restricting profanity, violence and sexual content; accordingly, many of the network's acquired programs were edited to remove sexual and overt violent content, while profane language was muted. TiVo discontinued the program in 2016 as broadband had become commonplace enough to end it. ION Television reaches 99 million households and is the largest owner of television stations in America. However, in 2003, the number of new series that aired on PAX dwindled to just two: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, which was cancelled in 2005, and Doc, which was cancelled in 2004 after PAX's international backer, Canadian broadcast network CTV, pulled out of producing the shows. The network has an estimated national reach of 60.63% of all households in the United States (or 189,453,097 Americans with at least one television set). Paxson, who felt that television programs aired by other broadcast networks were too raunchy and not family-friendly enough, had decided to create a network that he perceived as an alternative. ION Media Networks, Inc. owns and operates a broadcast television station group in the United States. The network's stations cover all of the top 20 U.S. markets and 37 of the top 50 markets. Due to the bandwidth limitations caused by its carriage of multiple subchannels over a single broadcast signal, only the primary Ion network feed is transmitted in high definition, even though most of its stations transmit two networks that operate HD simulcast feeds through their primary distribution on cable and satellite television. The major commercial broadcast networks in the U.S. â ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and The CW â carry first-run programs produced for the network, while leaving the responsibility of acquiring shows from the syndication market to their owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to fill time not allotted to network and, where applicable, locally produced programs (MyNetworkTV, which is somewhat similar to Ion Television in its format, mixes elements of both models as acquired programs are supplied both during prime time by the service and by its stations at all other times). WSPX-TV's studios are located on Basile Rowe in East Syracuse, and its transmitter is located near West Monroe, New York. The 2007 launch of Qubo and ION Life Owner: Gary M. and Deborah R. Kelly. [18], With the September 8, 2008 rebrand, the network also retooled its focus, emphasizing the key demographic of adults between ages of 18 and 49, and airing more recent acquired programming aimed at young adults (such as Boston Legal, NCIS, and Criminal Minds). ION reaches viewers in 100+ million U.S. households, or 85% of the population, through its 71 owned and operated stations - including 24 of the top 25 markets - and its affiliations with broadcast, cable, satellite and telco operators. In some cities, a major network affiliate also provided some engineering and other back office services for the PAX station. In an effort to increase revenue due to low viewership and other financial issues, PAX gradually increased the amount of paid programming content on its schedule throughout the early 2000s, at the expense of its general entertainment programming. QVC is also broadcast on digital subchannels of low-powered television stations (mainly those not owned by Ion Media Networks) in selected areas, including in some areas where an Ion station also carries it. The network was founded by Lowell "Bud" Paxson, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network and chairman of parent company Paxson Communications (the forerunner to the current Ion Media Networks). Initial programming on PAX consisted of first-run shows (such as the true story profile series It's a Miracle, game show The Reel to Reel Picture Show, and talk shows Woman's Day and Great Day America), along with reruns of older programming (including Highway to Heaven, Here's Lucy, The Hogan Family, Dave's World, Touched by an Angel, and new episodes and older reruns of Candid Camera, the latter of which moved to the network following the revival series' cancellation by CBS earlier in 1998). The 2007 launch of Qubo and ION Plus marked a first time venture into digital channels by a media company. [citation needed], In January 2008, Ion Media and Comcast reached a carriage agreement to continue carrying Ion Television, while also adding Qubo and Ion Life to the cable provider's channel lineups. However, this is also a drawback as, in the past, Ion had relied more on infomercials rather than sitcoms and dramas; sponsors of television series often have qualms about their message being lost on stations whose primary content is infomercials and other paid programming. includes health insurance, paid time off, a wellness program and 401(k) plan. ION Media is the nation’s largest broadcast station group owner with 60 stations Cloud (60 miles (97 km) northwest of the Twin Cities); Detroit, where O&O WPXD-TV is licensed to Ann Arbor, Michigan (40 miles (64 km) west of Detroit), though its digital transmitter is located in Southfield, where the bulk of Detroit's television stations base their studios and transmitter facilities; Hartford, where O&O WHPX-TV is licensed to New London, Connecticut (located 40 miles (64 km) to the southeast); and Milwaukee, where O&O WPXE-TV is licensed to Kenosha, with its digital transmitter located at a tower farm on Milwaukee's north side (its former analog transmitter was located south of the city in Racine County). The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998 as Pax TV (commonly referred to as "Pax"; stylized as PAX), focusing primarily on family-oriented entertainment programming; it rebranded as i: Independent Television (commonly referred to as "i"; stylized as i) on July 1, 2005, converting into a general entertainment network featuring mainly recent and older acquired programs; the network adopted its current identity as Ion Television on January 29, 2007. Ion in Charlotte later moved to the DT6 feed of WJZY-TV. Its launch was announced on May 8, 2006, when Ion Media Networks, NBCUniversal, Nelvana, Scholastic Media, Classic Media (now DreamWorks Classics which would later be owned by NBCUniversal) and its Big Idea Productions unit announced plans to create Qubo as a multi-platform children's entertainment endeavor that would extend to a weekly programming block on Ion Television as well as NBC and Telemundo, and a video-on-demand service for digital cable providers. ION Life has upgraded its technical equipment in several markets. In September 2011, Ion Television acquired the syndication rights to George Lopez[32] and Leverage. LEARN MORE. [citation needed] Had this option been exercised, NBC would have acquired approximately 63 i owned-and-operated stations (though this could have resulted in a forced divestiture of either i or Spanish language network Telemundo, which NBC had acquired in April 2002 (prior to its merger with Vivendi Universal), along with the divested network's O&Os due to FCC rules that prohibit broadcasters from owning more than two television stations in the same market unless there are either a minimum of 20 full-power stations in the market or one of the stations is a satellite). Go to SETUP or SETTINGS. ION announces a new slate of holiday movies and becomes the place to come “Home for the Holidays.”. Much of Ion Life's programming consists of Canadian-imported programs, with some limited U.S.-produced programming. They take the #9 slot in households and total viewership, as well as viewership among Adults ages 25-54. Programming on Qubo Channel and its companion block on Ion Television and Ion Plus account for all educational programming content on Ion's owned-and-operated stations, thus relieving the network from the responsibility of carrying programs compliant with Children's Television Act guidelines on its other subchannel services. Separate national feeds (formerly known as "i Plus" or "Ion Plus") have been made available to pay television providers Dish Network, DirecTV, Comcast and Charter Communications, and Ion Television stations not owned by Ion Media Networks, featuring programming sourced from Ion Life in place of paid programming that airs on the main network. ID: "Ion Television". House, also from NBCUniversal, joined the network in September 2012. ION Television ranks #2 in households in primetime among networks airing holiday movies. 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