KUPB
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| City | Midland, Texas |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Univision 18 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 18.1: Univision 18.2: LATV 18.3: Comet 18.4: Charge! |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KANG-LD, KEUS-LD | |
| History | |
First air date | May 14, 2001 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 18 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Univision Permian Basin |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 86263 |
| ERP | 1000 kW |
| HAAT | 281 m (922 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°50′19.4″N 102°32′0.6″W / 31.838722°N 102.533500°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | noticiasya |
KUPB, virtual and UHF digital channel 18, is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Midland, Texas, United States and serving the Permian Basin area. The station is owned by Entravision Communications. KUPB's studios are located on Younger Road in Midland, and its transmitter is located on University Boulevard in West Odessa.
History
The station commenced broadcasting on analog channel 18 on May 14, 2001. KUPB moved to digital broadcasting on June 12, 2009 at 9:00 a.m., "flash-cutting" to digital channel 18 after a temporary (3 minutes) signal outage. (KUPB was granted a construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission finalized the digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997;[2] as a result, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.)[3] KUPB moved to high definition (1080i) at 10 a.m. on May 3, 2010.
In 2013, KUPB added a secondary station, KUPB-DT2, and began airing ZUUS Latino on 18.2. In 2014, it removed ZUUS Latino and replaced it with LATV.
In 2018, KUPB added two additional subchannels that broadcast English programming.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KUPB-DT | Main KUPB programming / Univision |
| 18.2 | 480i | 4:3 | LATV | |
| 18.3 | Comet | |||
| 18.4 | Charge! |
News operation
Noticias 18 was launched on November 5, 2007 to provide news for the viewers in the Permian Basin. KUPB had been airing two-minute newsbriefs since August 2003. On October 13, 2008, the name of the newscast was changed to Noticias Univision Oeste de Texas and began to be simulcast on San Angelo sister station KEUS-LP. In 2015, Entravision transferred production of KUPB's newscasts to El Paso sister station KINT-TV.[5]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUPB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115
- ^ "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.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KUPB
- ^ Villafañe, Veronica (November 3, 2015). "Entravision cancels KLUZ local newscast production, lays off staff". Media Moves. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
Earlier this year, Entravision also shipped production of its Univision Midland/Odessa newscast to El Paso.
External links
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