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channel 34), is a low-powered Daystar owned-and-operated
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, United States. The station is owned by Word of God Fellowship, parent company of the Daystar Television Network. WIPX-LD's transmitter is located on Walnut Drive in Indianapolis' northwest side. It is operated separately from full-power
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WDTI (channel 69) in the city.


History

The station signed on on October 30, 1990, as W51BU. It was originally silent, then affiliated with
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sometime. In August 1998, W51BU was acquired DP Media and was converted into a
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of WIIB (channel 63) and were affiliates of Pax TV (now
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). The low-power translator also changed its callsign to WIPX-LP to reflect its new affiliation. When DP merged with Paxson Communications in 2000, WIPX-TV/LP were Pax TV owned-and-operated stations (Paxson had earlier attempted to purchase WB affiliate
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As a former translator of WIPX-TV

WIPX-LP formerly relayed WIPX-TV's signal to the northern portions of Indianapolis that received a Grade B to a non-existent signal of WIPX-TV (including Kokomo,
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and
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), although there was significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WIPX-LP was a straight
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of WIPX-TV; on-air references to WIPX-LP were limited to
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s during programming.


Sale of WIPX-LP to Daystar

On December 15, 2014,
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reached a deal to donate WIPX-LP to Word of God Fellowship, parent company of the Daystar network. On October 8, 2015, the station returned to the air as digital-only WIPX-LD.


References

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