KUPT, virtual and

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channel 29, is a

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- owned-and-operated

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, United States. Owned by the

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subsidiary of

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, it is a sister station of

KUPT-LD KUPT-LD, virtual channels 2 and 16 ( UHF digital channel 32), is a low-power Movies!- affiliated television station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is sis ...

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. KUPT's transmitter is located south of the East Seminole Highway in Hobbs, New Mexico.

History

In 1995, KUPT-LP began broadcasting with the advent of the United Paramount Network (

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). KUPT's first broadcast featured a continuous marathon telecast of the original ''

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'' television series. Following the marathon, the station broadcast a locally produced

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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

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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

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programming service. On October 1, 2014, KUPT became an affiliate of

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TV network. This marked the entry of KUPT into the Albuquerque TV market. KUPT's programming was previously seen on

KMYL-LD KMYL-LD (channel 14) is a low-power television station in Lubbock, Texas, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KCBD (channel 11) and Wolfforth-licensed CW+ affiliate KLCW-TV (channel ...

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 broadcasts about 50 basketball games each year from

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. Starting with the 2011 football season, the station is also part of the

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Television Network.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital channel is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KUPT discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over

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.

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