KUPK
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Semi-satellite of KAKE, Wichita, Kansas | |
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Garden City/Dodge City, Kansas United States | |
City | Garden City, Kansas |
Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13 |
Branding | see KAKE (TV) infobox |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 13.1: ABC 13.2: MeTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Lockwood Broadcast Group (Knoxville TV LLC) |
History | |
First air date | October 28, 1964 |
Former call signs | KUPK-TV (1979–2010) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 13 (VHF, 1964–2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009) |
Call sign meaning | "KUP-K"AKE (cupcake) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65535 |
ERP | 63 kW |
HAAT | 262 m (860 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°39′1″N 100°40′8″W / 37.65028°N 100.66889°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
KUPK, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Garden City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Hampton, Virginia-based Lockwood Broadcast Group. KUPK's news bureau and advertising sales office are located on East Schulman Avenue in Garden City,[1] and its transmitter is located near Copeland, Kansas.
KUPK is part of the KAKEland Television Network (KTN), a regional network of eight stations (three full-power, two low-power, two translators and one digital replacement translator) that relay programming from Wichita ABC affiliate KAKE (channel 10) across central and western Kansas; KUPK incorporates local advertising and news inserts aimed at areas of southwestern Kansas within the Wichita–Hutchinson Plus television market, as well as portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle within the Amarillo market.
History[]
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On October 28, 1964, KAKE signed on KUPK-TV to serve as a satellite station for southwestern Kansas.
In 1992, with local news inserts having expanded to 15 minutes inside KAKE's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, KAKE announced that a new regional news program for western Kansas, known as KTN West, would be launched to air on KUPK and KLBY in Colby;[2] the news inserts continue to air today.
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming[3] |
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13.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KUPK-TV | Main KUPK programming / ABC |
13.2 | 480i | 4:3 | MeTV |
On September 7, 2012, KAKE and its satellites began carrying the classic television network MeTV on their second digital subchannels.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Contact Us". KAKE.com. Lockwood Broadcast Group. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Show to cover GC, Colby". Garden City Telegram. Harris News Service. February 4, 1992. p. 19. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KUPK". Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ https://m.facebook.com/KAKETV/posts/413223378734213
External links[]
- Lockwood Broadcast Group
- ABC network affiliates
- MeTV affiliates
- Television channels and stations established in 1964
- 1964 establishments in Kansas
- Television stations in Kansas
- Finney County, Kansas
- Midwestern United States television station stubs