KUPT

KUPT

Hobbs, New Mexico United States
Branding	Heroes & Icons Albuquerque
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
Subchannels	29.1 H&I 14.1/29.2 KMYL Lubbock 29.3 Movies! 25.1 KTEL Telemundo New Mexico 33.1 KRTN MeTV Albuquerque 14.2 KMYL Laff
Translators	KMYL-LP 14 Lubbock TX
Affiliations	H&I (2015–present)
Owner	Ramar Communications Inc. (Ramar Communications Inc.)
First air date	January 21, 1987 (1987-01-21)
Call letters' meaning	UPN Television (former affiliation)
Sister station(s)	KTEL-TV, KRTN-LD, KTEL-CD, KUPT-LD
Former callsigns	KHFT (1987–2005)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1987–2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1987–1995) UPN (1995–2006) MyNetworkTV (2006–2014) Movies! (2014–2015)
Transmitter power	50 kW
Height	157 m
Facility ID	27431
Transmitter coordinates
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS

KUPT is a satellite television station rebroadcasting KUPT-LD from Albuquerque, New Mexico in Hobbs, New Mexico, broadcasting locally on digital channel 29, as an affiliate of Heroes & Icons.

History

On February 1, 2015, KUPT became an affiliate of Weigel's Heroes & Icons TV network. While Movies! moved to 29.3 on KUPT. Movies! can be seen on KUPT-LD in Albuquerque on 16.1 and Heroes & Icons on channel 16.3.

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 analog channel 14/digital channel 43-2 in Lubbock, Texas. On January 1, 2006, KUPT switched to channel 14 in Lubbock had previously broadcast on channel 22 as a UPN affiliate in Lubbock until that channel became the WB affiliate on that same date under the KWBZ calls.

In 1995, KUPT 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, NM. The station also broadcast UPN network programming and syndicated programming, which included Star Trek: Voyager.

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

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

Digital television

Digital channel

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
29.1	720p	16:9	KUPT-DT	Main KUPT programming / Heroes & Icons
29.2			KMYL	KMYL / MyNetworkTV
29.3	480i	4:3	Movies!	Movies!

Analog-to-digital conversion

KUPT discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, the official date in 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.

Note

KUPT's transmitter is based in Hobbs, New Mexico, and is within the Albuquerque, New Mexico market. Also, the county that Hobbs is located in, Lea County, is divided between the Odessa / Midland and Albuquerque markets.

See also

• KJTV-TV
• KWBZ-TV

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KUPT
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KMYL
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KUPT-TV