KUPU

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KUPU

Waimanalo, Hawaii
Channels	56 (UHF) analog, No digital
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Oceania Christian Church
Founded	October 17, 2000
Call letters meaning	Hawaiian for "to sprout"
Former callsigns	KMGT
Transmitter Power	83.2 kW
Height	632 m
Facility ID	89714

KUPU is a full-service, independent television station licensed to Waimanalo, Hawaii, and serving the Honolulu, Hawaii, television market. It broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 56 and is owned and operated by Oceania Christian Church.

1 History
2 Programming
3 Digital television
4 External link

[edit] History

The station began with a construction permit issued October 17, 2000 to Waimanalo Television Partners to build a full-service television station operating on UHF channel 56. It was given the call letters KMGT, which had been previously used in Honolulu by the TBN affiliate on channel 26, now KAAH. The station was built and began operating in October 2003 under Program Test Authority and was licensed on June 18, 2004. In September 2006, Oceania Christian Church bought the station from Waimanalo Television Partners and the following month, changed the station's call letters from KMGT to KUPU, which is Hawaiian for "to sprout".

[edit] Programming

The station airs a mix of local and Christian fare with unique programs added from Pacific Island nations (i.e. Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa).

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 18, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KUPU will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

However, since its analog channel position is outside the FCC's core channels, 2 - 51, KUPU was allowed to select a different channel to use after the conversion. KUPU selected UHF channel 38, to be vacated by KALO, as their first choice, with UHF channel 44, to be vacated by KWBN, as a contingent channel election.

[edit] External link

Query the FCC's TV station database for KUPU

Television stations in Hawaii (Nielsen DMA #72)

Honolulu: KHON 2 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KITV 4 (ABC) - KFVE 5 (MNTV/The Tube on DT2) - KGMB 9 (CBS) - KHET 11 (PBS) - KHNL 13 (NBC) - KWHE 14 (LeSEA) - KIKU 20 (Ind) - KAAH 26 (TBN) - KBFD 32 (Ind) - KALO 38 (Ind) - KWBN 44 (DS) - KHLU 46 (UNI) - KKAI 50 (Faith TV) - KUPU 56 (Ind) - KPXO 66 (ION)

Hilo: KHBC 2 (NBC) - K04FE 4 (PBS) - KLEI 6 (ION) - KGMD 9 (CBS) - KHAW 11 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KHVO 13 (ABC) - KWHH 14 (LeSEA) - K34HC 34 (TBN) - K45CT 45 (MNTV)

Maui: KGMV 3 (CBS) - KAII 7 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KMEB 10 (PBS) - KMAU 12 (ABC) - KOGG 15 (NBC) - KWHM 21 (LeSEA) - K27DW 27 (MNTV) - KAUI-LP 51 (Ind) - KAMN-LP 61 (TBN)