[6] WSWB initially planned to sign on in July 1997, but delayed its launch so that it could construct a 5,000,000-watt signal to increase its must carry reach.
UPN programming had previously aired in weekend late night timeslots on CBS affiliate WYOU (channel 22).
[11] The New York Times Company, then-owner of ABC affiliate WNEP-TV, announced plans to take over WQPX's advertising sales through a joint sales agreement in October 2000;[12] the agreement came after negotiations with NBC affiliate WBRE-TV (channel 28) fell through.
[13] The arrangement with WNEP ended on June 30, 2005, after Paxson Communications terminated all joint sales agreements involving its stations.
[15] The station's signal is multiplexed: WQPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.