WPXX-TV

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WPXX-TV
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Memphis, Tennessee
Branding My50 Memphis
Channels 50 (UHF) analog,
51 (UHF digital
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
i (secondary)
Owner Flinn Broadcasting Corporation (operated by ION Media Networks under a time-brokerage agreement)
Founded 1995
Call letters meaning W
PaX
X = disambiguation from other i affiliates
Former callsigns WFBI (1995-98)
Former affiliations HSN (1995-98)

WPXX-TV, channel 50, is a MyNetworkTV affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee.

The station signed on the air in December 1995 under the call letters WFBI and was owned by Memphis businessman, radiologist (and later Shelby County commissioner) George Flinn. The station initially aired a feed from the Home Shopping Network, until Paxson Communications (now ION Media Networks) took over the station in 1998, when the station was converted to the then-new Pax network (now known as i) (Flinn still owns the station, however).

On September 5, 2006, WPXX officially became the city's MyNetworkTV affiliate, branding itself as "My50 Memphis". The station still carries some i programming, but most non-primetime programming from that network has been replaced by syndicated programming.

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Broadcast television in the Memphis market  (Nielsen DMA #44)

WREG 3 (CBS) - WMC 5 (NBC) (The Tube on DT3) - WKNO 10 (PBS) - WMAE 12 / WMAV 18 (PBS/MPB) - WPRQ-LP 12 (A1) - WHBQ 13 (Fox) - W18BL 18 (UBN) - WBII 20 (A1) - WPTY 24 (ABC) - WLMT 30 (The CW) - WBUY 40 (TBN) - W42BY 42 (3ABN) - WPXX 50 (MyNetworkTV/i) - W57CG 57 (Ind.) - WJRJ 59 (Daystar)

See also broadcast television in Jonesboro, Jackson TN, Greenwood / Greenville and Columbus/Tupelo/West Point markets