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'''[[WBPX-TV]]''' (channel 68) is a [[television station]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], United States, airing programming from the [[Ion Television]] network. It is owned by the [[Ion Media]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]], which also owns [[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]]-licensed [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] station [[WDPX-TV]] (channel 58); the two channels [[Frequency sharing|share the same TV spectrum]]. WBPX-TV and WDPX-TV are broadcast from a tower shared with [[WUNI]] and [[WWJE-DT]] on Parmenter Road in [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]]. WBPX-TV began broadcasting as WQTV in 1979 and broadcast paid [[subscription television]] programming until 1983. After being sold to ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' in 1986, WQTV became the nucleus of a major production operation, which in 1991 spawned a cable television channel, the Monitor Channel. The service shut down in 1992, and the church sold WQTV to [[Boston University]], which operated it for six years as commercial independent WABU. The station was sold in 1999 to become outlets of the Pax network, which changed its name to i in 2005 before becoming known as Ion in 2007. {{TFAFULL|WBPX-TV}} |
'''[[WBPX-TV]]''' (channel 68) is a [[television station]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], United States, airing programming from the [[Ion Television]] network. It is owned by the [[Ion Media]] subsidiary of the [[E. W. Scripps Company]], which also owns [[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]]-licensed [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] station [[WDPX-TV]] (channel 58); the two channels [[Frequency sharing|share the same TV spectrum]]. WBPX-TV and WDPX-TV are broadcast from a tower shared with [[WUNI]] and [[WWJE-DT]] on Parmenter Road in [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]]. WBPX-TV began broadcasting as WQTV in 1979 and broadcast paid [[subscription television]] programming until 1983. After being sold to ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' in 1986, WQTV became the nucleus of a major production operation, which in 1991 spawned a cable television channel, the Monitor Channel. The service shut down in 1992, and the church sold WQTV to [[Boston University]], which operated it for six years as commercial independent WABU. The station was sold in 1999 to become outlets of the Pax network, which changed its name to i in 2005 before becoming known as Ion in 2007. {{TFAFULL|WBPX-TV}} |
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WBPX-TV (channel 68) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the Ion Television network. It is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, which also owns Woburn-licensed Grit station WDPX-TV (channel 58); the two channels share the same TV spectrum. WBPX-TV and WDPX-TV are broadcast from a tower shared with WUNI and WWJE-DT on Parmenter Road in Hudson. WBPX-TV began broadcasting as WQTV in 1979 and broadcast paid subscription television programming until 1983. After being sold to The Christian Science Monitor in 1986, WQTV became the nucleus of a major production operation, which in 1991 spawned a cable television channel, the Monitor Channel. The service shut down in 1992, and the church sold WQTV to Boston University, which operated it for six years as commercial independent WABU. The station was sold in 1999 to become outlets of the Pax network, which changed its name to i in 2005 before becoming known as Ion in 2007. (Full article...)