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{{Short description|Television station in Rome, Georgia}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WPXA-TV
| city = Rome, Georgia
| branding =
| digital = 16 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 14
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''14.1:''' [[Ion Television]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1988|2|29}}
| location = [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]]–[[Atlanta]], Georgia
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Pax TV Atlanta
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WAWA-TV (1988–1990)|WTLK-TV (1990–1998)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 14 (UHF, 1988–2009)|'''Digital:''' 51 (UHF, 2002–2015), 31 (UHF, 2015–2019)}}
| owner = [[Ion Media]]
| licensee = Ion Television License, [[LLC]]
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1988–1995)|inTV (1995–1998)}}
| erp = 687 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|596|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 51969
| coordinates = {{Coord|34|18|48|N|84|38|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://iontelevision.com/}}
}}

'''WPXA-TV''' (channel 14) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Rome, Georgia]], United States, broadcasting the [[Ion Television]] network to the [[Atlanta]] area. The station is [[owned and operated]] by the [[Ion Media]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]], and maintains offices on North [[Cobb Parkway]] ([[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|US 41]]) in [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]]; its transmitter is located on [[Bear Mountain (Georgia)|Bear Mountain]], near the [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee]]–[[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]] county line.

Channel 14 went on the air February 29, 1988, as WAWA-TV. The station was built by Sudbrink Broadcasting, which had acquired the permit from American Communications & Television prior to launch. After operating for two and a half years as a general-entertainment [[independent station]] with local news for the Rome area, Sudbrink moved the station into the Atlanta market with a new transmitter facility, new WTLK-TV call letters, and a prime time lineup of local and national talk shows. [[Neal Boortz]], [[Suzette Charles]], and [[Hosea Williams]] were among WTLK-TV's lineup of hosts. The station suffered from an inability to gain channel space on Atlanta's cable systems and by 1993 was mostly airing reruns and country music videos. It was acquired by Paxson Communications, forerunner to Ion Media, in 1994 and became an infomercial station; these stations formed the core of the Pax network, predecessor to Ion, in 1998.

==History==
===WAWA-TV: Construction===
In March 1984, after an agreement among four applicants with the channel, American Communications & Television (AC&T) of [[Gainesville, Florida]], won the construction permit to build channel 14 in Rome, the city's first station since what was then WROM-TV on channel 9 moved to [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], as WTVC in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florida firm granted permit to construct Rome TV station|pages=1A, 5A|work=[[Rome News-Tribune]]|date=March 22, 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9wtAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Channel+14%22+%22American+Communications%22&pg=PA1&article_id=2273,3631101|first=Wayne|last=Anderson}}</ref> AC&T selected the call sign WZGA and proposed a conventional general-entertainment [[independent station]], but it prioritized constructing [[KUCW|KOOG-TV]] in [[Ogden, Utah]], deferring the construction to late 1985 after deciding to move the tower from [[Mount Alto]] to a site on Vineyard's Mountain in [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow County]] so the station to extend its signal into [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9E0xAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Channel+14%22+%22American+Communications%22&pg=PA2&article_id=3471,2775744|title=Rome TV a little late but still on|first=Paul|last=Marks|date=January 20, 1985|work=Rome News-Tribune|pages=1A, 2A}}</ref>{{r|Rome860808}} AC&T sold the construction permit to Sudbrink Broadcasting of [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], in 1986.<ref name="Rome860808">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HG8wAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Channel+14%22+%22American+Communications%22&pg=PA1&article_id=3644,1235978|title=Ruling helps fine-tune TV plan here|first=Paul|last=Marks|page=1A|date=August 8, 1986|work=Rome News-Tribune}}</ref> Sudbrink elected to proceed with the original Mount Alto site; in November 1987, Sudbrink bought a building on Shorter Avenue to house the station's studios.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2gvAAAAIBAJ&dq=WAWA+Rome&pg=PA2&article_id=3615,2907621|first=Gary|last=Tanner|title=Television station buys Shorter Avenue building|page=3A|work=Rome News-Tribune|date=November 11, 1987}}</ref>

Channel 14 began telecasting as WAWA-TV on February 29, 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6Y0AAAAIBAJ&dq=WAWA+Rome&pg=PA1&article_id=2669,5798260|title=Television signal beaming through Roman airwaves|page=1A|date=February 29, 1988|work=Rome News-Tribune}}</ref> The station offered talk shows, movies, sitcoms, and two local newscasts each day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1AHAAAAIBAJ&dq=WAWA+Rome&pg=PA37&article_id=1867,320850|date=March 1, 1988|title=TV can sometimes be the newsmaker|work=Rome News-Tribune|page=Progress Edition 8|first=Gary|last=Tanner}}</ref>

===WTLK-TV: Talk TV for Atlanta===
Soon after launching, Sudbrink sought to move WAWA-TV into the much larger Atlanta television market. On February 1, 1990, zoning officials in [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]] approved the construction of a new tower on Pine Log (or Bear) Mountain, northwest of [[Canton, Georgia|Canton]];<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoEwAAAAIBAJ&dq=WAWA+Rome&pg=PA1&article_id=2818,1314105|title=WAWA: Station says Rome's home despite move to Cherokee|page=1A|work=Rome News-Tribune|date=February 7, 1990}}</ref> Sudbrink also planned to build a second studio in Cherokee County, in [[Woodstock, Georgia|Woodstock]];<ref name="Atla900927">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-in-senoia-some/157724006/|date=September 27, 1990|page=E-3|title=In Senoia, some seeing red over green light for raceway|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> its later decision not to do so led to a lawsuit with the county zoning board.{{r|Rome901202}} The new transmitter facility, constructed at a cost of $2 million, was activated in December 1990. Shortly prior, the station changed its call sign to WTLK-TV ahead of its plan to implement a 24-hour talk-show format.<ref name="Atla901126">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-rome-station-enters/157723221/|date=November 26, 1990|page=B-6|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Rome station enters Atlanta TV market|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --><ref name="Rome901202">{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-E0AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22WTLK%22+%22Channel+14%22&pg=PA4&article_id=5748,28120|page=6A|first=John M.|last=Willis|date=December 2, 1990|work=Rome News-Tribune|title=WTLK to reach over 1 million homes}}</ref>

In March 1991, WTLK-TV signed a lease for studio facilities in [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]],<ref name="Atla910328">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-newcomer-tv-station/157724044/|date=March 28, 1991|pages=G1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-tv-station-planning/157724054/ G2]|first=Reid|last=Warren|title=Newcomer TV station plans to be the talk of the town|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> en route to a planned June 1 launch of its all-talk format, and picked up two [[NBC]] game shows not aired by local affiliate [[WXIA-TV]].<ref name="Atla910318">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-romes-channel/157723152/|date=March 18, 1991|page=E9|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Rome's Channel 14 adds studios and programming|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> It also announced that it would discontinue its Rome-area local newscasts but retain the Shorter Avenue studios and offices.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXwvAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22WTLK%22+%22Channel+14%22&pg=PA2&article_id=3859,5249272|first=John M.|last=Willis|page=3|work=Rome News-Tribune|date=March 19, 1991|title=WTLK-TV to be all talk in prime time by June 1}}</ref> The initial phase was intended to bring talk programming to prime time during the week with planned expansion later.{{r|Atla910328}}

The new local talk shows debuted on June 17, 1991. Five nights a week, the station presented ''Talk of the Town'' with former Miss America [[Suzette Charles]] and Michael Young, previously of [[ESPN]], as well as ''Talk at Nite'', hosted by [[WBIN (AM)|WGST]]'s Brian Wilson. Two other shows alternated: ''The Mike Roberts Show'', hosted by [[WVEE]]'s morning host, and ''Boortz!'', hosted by [[Neal Boortz]] (then also of WGST). The prime time lineup was finished out with two national syndicated shows: ''[[The Phil Donahue Show|Phil Donahue]]'' and ''[[Sally (1983 talk show)|Sally Jessy Raphael]]''.<ref name="Atla910617">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-channel-14-begi/157724095/|date=June 17, 1991|page=B7|first=Phil|last=Kloer|title=Channel 14 begins talkfest tonight, but not on cable|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --><ref name="Atla910616">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-channel-14-line/157724117/|date=June 16, 1991|page=TV 4|first=Guy|last=Curtright|title=Channel 14 lines up talk, talk, talk|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In debuting its ambitious new programming, WTLK-TV immediately ran into a major problem. [[Must-carry]] rules for local stations on cable systems were not then in effect, and Atlanta cable providers were not adding WTLK to their lineups.{{r|Atla910617}} After failing to land a slot on any local cable system, Sudbrink conducted a round of layoffs in September 1991, including Young.<ref name="Atla910926">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-still-without-a-cabl/157724239/|date=September 26, 1991|page=E4|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Still without a cable home, WTLK begins layoffs|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Suzette Charles departed effective December 1, finding the operation "not up to my professional standards".<ref name="Atla911106">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-exits-from-channel-1/157724255/|date=November 6, 1991|page=C7|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Exits from Channel 14 are the talk of the town|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> At one point, Boortz was telling his radio listeners that WTLK would end all of its talk shows on January 17, 1992, with no cable slot in sight.<ref name="Atla911220">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-no-room-on-the/157723090/|date=December 20, 1991|page=E17|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=No room on the dial for WTLK/Channel 14?|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Boortz departed in March 1992, and the next month, Wilson lost his job hosting ''Talk at Nite'' when he engaged in an on-air tirade prompted by technical miscues.<ref name="Atla920430">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-wtlk-talk-host/157724323/|date=April 30, 1992|page=E9|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=WTLK talk host rants, loses his late-night gig|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> [[Hosea Williams]] came aboard as a weekly shot host after their departures.<ref name="Atla920518">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-hosea-is-everywhere/158547933/|date=May 18, 1992|page=D7|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Hosea is everywhere on the air in Atlanta|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> That August, WTLK added ''[[CBS This Morning]]'', which local CBS affiliate [[WAGA-TV]] was preempting to air a local morning show.<ref name="Atla920831">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-spurned-morning-fi/157724338/|date=August 31, 1992|page=C7|first=Gerry|last=Yandel|title=Spurned 'Morning' finds new home on Channel 14|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon -->

By 1993, WTLK-TV's schedule consisted mostly of ''CBS This Morning'', country music videos, and reruns.<ref name="Atla930603">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-wtlk-is-caught/158548146/|date=June 3, 1993|page=D8|first=Phil|last=Kloer|title=WTLK is caught in battle of titans|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> That year, [[Joel Babbit]] almost bought the station with plans to expand its talk lineup to 24 hours, with a broader topic mix including home improvement and gardening shows and a model of selling a sponsorship for each talk hour.<ref name="Atla930604">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-joel-babbit-plans-to/157724381/|date=June 4, 1993|pages=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-babbit-hes-confide/157724390/ D7]|first=Phil|last=Kloer|title=Joel Babbit plans to buy WTLK; will turn it into 24 hours of talk|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Babbit abandoned the plan when he became an executive at [[Whittle Communications]] less than two months later.<ref name="Atla930724">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-click-channel-1-app/157724448/|date=July 24, 1993|page=A1|first=Douglas A.|last=Blackmon|title=Click! Channel 1 appears on Babbit's career screen|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat -->

===Paxson/Ion ownership===
In 1994, Sudbrink sold WTLK-TV to [[Ion Media|Paxson Communications Corporation]], which initially proposed a Christian format.<ref name="Atla940406">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-wtlk-tv-being-sold-t/157724473/|date=April 6, 1994|page=F3|title=WTLK-TV being sold to Paxson Communications|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> It was Paxson's second television station that it owned, after [[WPBF]] serving West Palm Beach, and alongside a station it managed in [[Miami]].<ref name="Palm940701">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-wpbf-boss-says-hell/97442689/|date=July 1, 1994|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-news-director-its/97442700/ 3B]|first=Paul|last=LoMartire|title=WPBF boss says he'll bring focus to No. 3 station|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Shortly after the acquisition, Atlanta's major cable systems finally added WTLK to their lineups; previously, it had only been on some smaller suburban systems.<ref name="Atla940802">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-wtlk-finally-ge/157724480/|date=August 2, 1994|page=C8|title=WTLK finally gets big-time cable break|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> During this time, the station became the new television home of [[Atlanta Knights]] minor-league hockey.<ref name="Atla941007">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-fsu-miami-could-draw/157724500/|date=October 7, 1994|page=E2|first=Prentis|last=Rogers|title=FSU-Miami could draw more interest than Tech, Georgia telecasts|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Paxson announced the creation of its Infomall TV infomercial network in January 1995 and included WTLK-TV among its first stations.<ref name="Tamp950119">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-paxson-plans-buying-spre/115542760/|date=January 19, 1995|page=6E|first=Paul|last=Abercrombie|title=Paxson plans buying spree to build infomercial network|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu -->

On August 31, 1998, the Paxson-owned stations formed the nucleus for the new Pax TV network.<ref name="Phil980831">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115543090/paxson-could-clean-up-with-g-rated-progr/|date=August 31, 1998|page=42|first=Ellen|last=Gray|title=Paxson could clean up with G-rated programs|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 1, 2023|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110053339/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115543090/paxson-could-clean-up-with-g-rated/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon --> The station's call sign had been changed that January to WPXA-TV.<ref>{{Cite news|pages=55–56|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|title=For the Record: Call-Sign Actions|date=February 16, 1998|id={{ProQuest|1016952604}} }}</ref> In the early 2000s, WPXA-TV entered into a joint sales agreement with WXIA-TV, under which the latter station sold channel 14's local advertising and WPXA rebroadcast two of WXIA-TV's newscasts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Atlanta|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|work=Mediaweek|date=October 1, 2001|pages=16–22|id={{ProQuest|213627587}}}}</ref> WPXA also aired the [[Atlanta Falcons]] coach's show as part of WXIA-TV's partnership with the NFL team.<ref name="Atla020328">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-falcons-getting/158549482/|date=March 28, 2002|page=H2|first=Mike|last=Tierney|title=Falcons getting a new TV deal|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> After changing its name to i: Independent Television in 2005, the network became known as Ion Television in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|work=Multichannel News|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/i-now-ion-television-131692|title=i Is Now ION Television|date=January 24, 2007|access-date=August 1, 2022|archive-date=August 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801202538/https://www.nexttv.com/news/i-now-ion-television-131692|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Subchannels==
WPXA-TV's transmitter is located on [[Bear Mountain (Georgia)|Bear Mountain]], near the [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee]]–[[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]] county line.{{r|FCC-LMS-51969}} The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WPXA-TV<ref name=rei>{{cite web|title=Digital TV Market Listing for WPXA|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WPXA#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826073452/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WPXA#station|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.1 
| rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=8|[[16:9]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.2 
| IONPlus || [[Ion Plus]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.3 
| rowspan=6|[[480i]] || Laff || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.4 
| Mystery || [[Ion Mystery]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.5 
| DEFY || [[Defy (TV network)|Defy]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.6 
| Grit || [[Busted (TV network)|Busted]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.7 
| GameSho || [[Game Show Central]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.8 
| HSN2 || [[HSN#Sister channels|HSN2]]
|}

WPXA-TV began digital broadcasts on channel 51 on January 5, 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|page=A-651|chapter=WPXA-DT|title=Television & Cable Factbook|publisher=Warren Communications News|date=2006}}</ref> The digital signal remained on channel 51 until 2014, when its channel was changed to 31 to eliminate interference with wireless communications service on adjacent frequencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/ion-media-atlanta-license-inc|date=October 30, 2014|title=Report and Order|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}}</ref> In September 2019, WPXA-TV moved from channel 31 to 16 as a result of the [[spectrum reallocation#broadcast incentive auction|spectrum incentive auction]].<ref name="Repack Table">{{Cite web|url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|title=FCC TV Spectrum Phase Assignment Table|format=CSV|website=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160749/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://iontelevision.com/}}

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