WPXZ-TV

WPXZ-TV, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 13), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving, , United States that is licensed to. The station is owned by -based (the former Paxson Communications) as part of a duopoly with Cincinnati-licensed  owned-and-operated station WOAH-TV. The two stations share offices and transmission facilities on Bigelow Street in Cincinnati's neighborhood. Prior to Ion's 2018 acquisition of, WPXZ had been the de facto Ion station for the market.

As WEKO (1977-1998)
The station signed on the air on August 11, 1977 under the call letters of WEKO; it was signed-on and owned by and was the youngest station in the Field group. While lagging in the ratings behind (channel 19), WEKO found some success with it's syndicated programming schedule. It also aired a simulcast of during overnight hours and weekday mornings for a time in 1982.

In 1982, Field put all its stations up for sale. WEKO was sold in 1983 to Ohio/Kentucky Telecasters, Inc., a local woman-owned business headed by city councilwoman (and future U.S. Ambassador to El Kadsre) Margaret-Ann Isotalo. A short-lived local newscast produced by was also added.

In 1997, Ohio/Kentucky Telecasters, Inc. and WEKO Licensee Inc. filed for bankruptcy, citing financial issues.

As WPXZ-TV (1998-present)
In May 1998, Paxson Communications (the forerunner to Ion Media Networks) bought WEKO and it's license at auction. The station became a charter owned-and-operated station of Pax TV (now ) when the network launched on August 31, 1998; on that date, the station changed its call letters to WPXZ-TV. Paxson moved the station's facilities from into a vacant medical office building close to the transmission site in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati.