KUPU

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KUPU
Honolulu, Hawaii
City of license Waimānalo, Hawai'i
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
Subchannels 56.1 Ind Rel.
Affiliations Antenna TV
Owner Pacific Christian Church
First air date October 1, 2003
Call letters' meaning Hawaiian for "to sprout"
Former callsigns KMGT (2003-2006)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
56 (UHF, 2003-2009)
Transmitter power 12 kW
Height 373 m
Facility ID 89714
Transmitter coordinates 21°19′23″N 157°40′53″W / 21.32306°N 157.68139°W / 21.32306; -157.68139
Website www.kupu.tv

KUPU is a full-service, Antenna TV affiliated[1] television station licensed to Waimanalo, Hawaii, and serving the Honolulu, Hawaii, television market. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 15 and is owned by Pacific Christian Church [2].

As of August 2007, KUPU programming is not yet available outside of the Honolulu area over-the-air or on cable.

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[edit] History

The station began with a construction permit issued October 17, 2000 to Waimanalo Television Partners to build a full-service television station operating on UHF channel 56. The new station was given the call letters KMGT. The station was built and began operating in October 2003 under Program Test Authority and was licensed on June 18, 2004. In September 2006, Oceania Christian Church bought the station from Waimanalo Television Partners and the following month, changed the station's call letters from KMGT to KUPU, which is Hawaiian for "to sprout".

[edit] Programming

The station is affiliated to the Antenna TV Network. It also airs a mix of local and Christian fare with unique programs added from Pacific Island nations (i.e. Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa).

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on January 15, 2009, KUPU turned off its channel 56 analog signal and turned on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut"). As UHF TV channels above UHF 51 were removed and auctioned by the US government for non-broadcast use at the end of digital transition, KUPU selected UHF channel 15 as their digital signal.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://kupu.tv
  2. ^ http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=89714

[edit] External links
O'ahu

KHON (2.1 Fox, 2.2 The CW) • KITV (4.1 ABC, 4.2 Me-TV) • KGMB (5.1 CBS, 5.2 This TV) • KFVE (9.1 MNTV) • KHET (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Kids/NHK) • KHNL (13.1 NBC) • KWHE (14.1 LeSEA) • KIKU (20.1 Ind) • KAAH (26.1 TBN, 26.2 Church, 26.3 JCTV, 26.4 Enlace, 26.5 Smile) • KBFD (32.1 Ind) • KALO (38.1 Ind) • KWBN (44.1 Daystar) • KHLU 46 (UNI) • KKAI (50.1 RTV) • KUPU (56.1 Antenna TV) • KPXO (66.1 ION, 66.2 Qubo, 66.3 ION Life)
Hawai'i

KHBC (2.1 NBC, 2.2 CBS) • KHHB-LP 5 (Ind) • KLEI (6.1 MyFam) • KGMD (9.1 MNTV, 9.2 This TV) • K28JV-D / K28JM-D / K31IZ-D / K35II-D / K41JT-D / K50JT-D (xx.1 PBS, xx.2 Kids) • KHAW (11.1 Fox, 11.2 The CW) • KHVO (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Me-TV) • KWHD (14.1 LeSEA) • K45CT 45 (MNTV) • KHIK-LP 47 (Ind)
Defunct: KOIW-LP 16 (Ind) • K34HC 34 (TBN)
Maui

KGMV (3.1 CBS) • KAII (7.1 Fox, 7.2 The CW) • KMEB (10.1 PBS, 10.2 Kids) • KMAU (12.1 ABC, 12.2 Me-TV) • KOGG (15.1 NBC) • KWHM (21.1 LeSEA) • K27DW 27 (MNTV) • KAUI-LP 51 (Ind) • KAMN-LP 61 (Ind)
Kaua'i

KESU-LP 6 (Ind) • K51BB 51 (ABC) • K55DZ 55 (Fox) • K57BI / K69BZ (CBS) • K21IA-D / K29HL-D / K30JE-D / K34IS-D / K36IJ-D (xx.1 PBS, xx.2 Kids) • K32IX-D (NBC)
Other

OC16 (Cable channel) • Hawaii News Now
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