KUPT

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KUPT
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KTEL-TV, KRTN-LD, KTEL-CD, KUPT-LD
History
First air date
January 21, 1987(37 years ago) (1987-01-21)
Former call signs
KHFT (1987–2005)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 29 (UHF, 1987–2009)
  • Digital: 16 (UHF, until 2009)
Call sign meaning
United Paramount Network Television (former affiliation)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 27431
ERP 50 kW
HAAT 157 m (515 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 32°43′28″N103°5′48″W / 32.72444°N 103.09667°W / 32.72444; -103.09667 (KUPT)
Translator(s) KMYL-LP 14 Lubbock, TX
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Public license information

KUPT (channel 29) is a television station in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. It is a satellite of Albuquerque-based Telemundo station KASA-TV (channel 2, licensed to Santa Fe which is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group. KUPT's transmitter is located south of the East Seminole Highway in Hobbs, New Mexico.

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History

In 1995, KUPT-LP began broadcasting with the advent of the United Paramount Network (UPN). KUPT's first broadcast featured a continuous marathon telecast of the original Star Trek television series. Following the marathon, the station broadcast a locally produced Texas Tech University football game from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The station also broadcast UPN network programming and syndicated programming, which included Star Trek: Voyager .

On February 9, 2001, KUPT-LP switched to channel 14 in Lubbock, Texas so that the full power KUPT could air on channel 22, and remained so until that channel became the WB affiliate on January 1, 2006 under the KWBZ callsign.

On September 5, 2006, the station began broadcasting as an affiliate of the new MyNetworkTV programming service.

On October 1, 2014, KUPT became an affiliate of Weigel's Movies! TV network. This marked the entry of KUPT into the Albuquerque TV market. KUPT's programming was previously seen on KMYL-LD in Lubbock.

On February 1, 2015, KUPT became an affiliate of Weigel's Heroes & Icons TV network, with Movies! moving to 29.3 on KUPT.

The station broadcast about 50 basketball games each year from American Sports Network. Starting with the 2011 football season, the station was also part of the Southland Conference Television Network.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KUPT [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
2.1 480i 16:9 KASA Telemundo
15.1MeTV Cozi TV
29.1H&I TBD
29.2KMYL-LD MyNetworkTV (KMYL-LD)
33.1CHARGE TeleXitos

Analog-to-digital conversion

KUPT discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, 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. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 16 to channel 29. [3]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KUPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for KUPT
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.