WEPX-TV (channel 38) is a

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licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the

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network to

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by the

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subsidiary of the

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, the station maintains a transmitter northwest of New Bern, North Carolina.

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(channel 35) in

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, operates as a full-time

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of WEPX-TV. WEPX and WPXU were affiliates of

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from September 5, 2006 until September 27, 2009 when MyNetworkTV's affiliation switched over to

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, prior to this, the stations were solely affiliates of Ion (then known as i: Independent Television and originally known as Pax TV).

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original

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after the

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(FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 199

the station did not initially receive a companion channel for a digital

. WEPX was later assigned channel 51, and the digital signal signed on February 5, 2008. WEPX has filed a letter with the FCC requesting to move from channel 51 to channel 26. This is part of a larger move for the FCC to get TV stations off channel 51 to prevent interference with cell phone devices.

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