KUNP
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| Portland / Salem / Bend, Oregon / Vancouver, Washington |
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| City of license | La Grande |
| Branding | Univision Portland |
| Channels | 16 (UHF) analog |
| Translators | KUNP-LP (47, UHF) Portland KABH-CA (15, UHF) Bend |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Fisher Communications (La Grande Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Founded | August 6, 1999 |
| Call letters meaning | K UNivision Portland |
| Former callsigns | KBPD (1999-2002) KPOU (2002-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | KUNP: 60.3 kW Analog KUNP-LP: 93.6 kW Analog KABH-CA: 84 kW Analog |
| Height | 773 m (2536.09 ft) Analog (KUNP only) |
| Class | Full Service TV Station (-TV) Translator Station (-LP) Class A Service Station (-CA) |
| Facility ID | KUNP: 81447 KUNP-LP: 34882 KABH-CA: 71071 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | KUNP: 45° 18' 35.00" N LAT 117° 43' 57.00" W LON KUNP-LP: 45° 31' 14.00" N LAT 122° 44' 37.00" W LON KABH-CA: 44° 04' 30.00" N LAT 121° 19' 46.00" W LON |
| Website | www.kunptv.com |
KUNP "Univision Portland" is a full-power broadcast television in the Pacific Northwestern United States. As an affiliate of the Univision Spanish television network, the station serves the greater Portland and Bend, Oregon metropolitan areas. The station also serves Salem and Vancouver, Washington.
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[edit] Technical Information
The station is licensed to the northeastern Oregon town of La Grande, Oregon and broadcasts on UHF channel 16. It operates with an Effective Radiated Power of 60.3 kilowatts. Because of its physical geographical location of its facilities and transmitters, KUNP relies on its two translators, KUNP-LP, licensed to Portland and broadcasts on UHF channel 47, operating with an ERP of 93.6 kilowatts and KABH-CA, licensed to Bend and broadcasts on UHF channel 15, operating with an ERP of 84 kilowatts. That station serves the greater Bend area. Both KUNP and KUNP-LP are owned and operated by Fisher Communications. As for KABH, the station is jointly owned by WatchTV, Inc. and its crosstown Portland HSN affiliate station KORK-CA, but is operated by Fisher under a Local Marketing Agreement. It also relies on cable and satellite coverage across Western and Central Oregon.
[edit] History
The station was founded on August 6, 1999. It is unknown at this time whether or not the station actually took to the air at the time. But when it did began broadcasting, it began with the KBPD call letters, it would later begin use of the KPOU callsign on May 14, 2002. The call letters changed again -- this time to the current KUNP on December 15, 2006. KABH was founded on June 1, 1992 as K15DO but didn't take to the air until November 3, 1993.
It was formerly owned by Equity Broadcasting until the station was acquired by Fisher Communications on November 3, 2006 along with KUNS-TV in Seattle, Washington. Fisher would associate the two stations with its already owned ABC affiliates KATU and KOMO-TV.
At one point, KUNP also had KKEI-CA as another translator prior to the Fisher acquisition. That station now serves Portland as a Telemundo affiliate. Ironically enough, that station is also owned by WatchTV, Inc.
[edit] Logos
 KUNP's previous logo. |
 KUNP's online logo as of 2007. |
[edit] Digital Switchover
Since KUNP was not on-air by the April 21, 1997 deadline for the FCC's DTV allotment plan, the station was not granted a companion digital signal. Therefore, on or before February 18, 2009, the station will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on a new digital signal. This is called a "flash-cut". KUNP-LP and KABH will also be required to switch their signals since they're low-power stations.
[edit] External links
- KUNP-TV, Portland, Oregon
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUNP
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KABH-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KABH-CA
| Broadcast television in the Portland, Oregon market (Nielsen DMA #23) | ||
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KATU 2 (ABC) - KOIN 6 (CBS) - KGW 8 (NBC) - KOPB 10 (PBS/OPB) - KPTV 12 (Fox) - KUNP 16 / KUNP-LP 47 (UNI) - KOXI-CA 20 (AS) - KPXG 22 / KPXG-LP 54 (ION) - KNMT 24 (TBN) - K26GJ 26 (Ind) - KRCW 32 / KWBP-LP 5 (The CW/The Tube On DT2) - KORK-CA 35 (HSN/A1) - KKEI-CA 38 (TEL) - KPDX 49 (MNTV) - KOXO-CA 51 (TFR) |
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Salem-Marion County: K21GX 21 (Ind) - KORS-CA 36 (AS)(BVM on DT2) - K50GG 50 (MNTV) - KWVT-LP 52 / K14KW 14 (A1) |
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| Defunct Television Stations | ||
| Local cable television channels
FSN Northwest - NorthWest Cable News (cable 49) - The Oregon Channel (Salem) |
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| Broadcast television in the Bend market (Nielsen DMA #194) | |||
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KOAB 3 (PBS/OPB) - KABH-CA 15 (UNI) - K19GC 19 (TEL) - KTVZ 21 (NBC/The CW on DT2, TEL on DT3) - K31CR 31 / K07YM 7 (CBS) - K33AG 33 (TBN) - KFXO-LP 39 / KBND-LP 41 (FOX) - K42BR 42 (ind) - K48BL 48 (A1) - KUBN-LP 50 (MNTV) |
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| Local digital television channels | |||
| Local cable television channels
KVAL 13 (CBS) (Eugene) - FSN Northwest - The Oregon Channel (Salem) See also: Broadcast television in the Portland market
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KRHP-LP 14 (FN/Worship/COR, The Dalles) - KMCW 14 (Telemundo, Medford) - KUNP 16 / 47 / KABH-CA 15 (Univision, La Grande / Portland / Bend) - |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS stations in Oregon | |
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