KUPB
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| Midland/Odessa, Texas United States | |
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| City | Midland, Texas |
| Branding | Univision 18 |
| Slogan | Siempre Contigo ("Yours Always") |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
18.1 Univision 18.2 LATV |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner |
Entravision Communications Corporation (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
| First air date | May 14, 2001 |
| Call letters' meaning | Univision Permian Basin |
| Sister station(s) | KANG-LP, KEUS-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 18 (UHF, 2001-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 281 m |
| Facility ID | 86263 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°50′19″N 102°31′59″W / 31.83861°N 102.53306°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.univision18.com |
KUPB is a Spanish-language television station in the Midland/Odessa, Texas area owned by Entravision and affiliated with Univisión. The station commenced broadcasting on analog channel 18 on July 31, 1998. KUPB would move to digital broadcasting on June 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM, "flash-cutting" to digital channel 18 after a temporary (3 minutes) signal outage. (KUPB was granted a construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997; as a result, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.) KUPB moved to high definition (1080p) at 10 AM on May 3, 2010.
In 2013, KUPB added a secondary station, KUPB DT2, and began airing ZUUS Latino on 18.2. In 2014 they would remove ZUUS Latino and switch it with LATV.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KUPB-DT | Main KUPB programming / Univision |
| 18.2 | 480i | 4:3 | LATV | |
News operation
Noticias 18 was launched on November 5, 2007 to provide news for the viewers in the Permian Basin (North America). KUPB previously was airing 2-minute newsbriefs since August 2003. On October 13, 2008, the name of the newscast was changed to Noticias Oeste de Texas
Personalities
Current On-Air Talent
- Anchor/News Director Nahum Sotelo
- Weather Anchor
- Sports Anchor
- Reporter Joel Flores, Danny Barrera, Priscilla Cabral-Perez, Adolfo Muñiz
References
External links
- Univision18.com - Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUPB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KUPB-TV
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