KUTP

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KUTP
Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	My 45
Channels	45 (UHF) analog, 26 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	My Network TV
Owner	Fox Television Stations Group
Founded	December 20, 1984
Call letters meaning	K United Television (former station owners) Phoenix
Former affiliations	Independent (1986-1995), UPN (1995-2006)
Transmitter Power	2750 kW
Height	545 m
Website	www.kutp.com

KUTP is a My Network TV owned and operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by the Fox Television Stations Group, and serves the Phoenix market with a general entertainment format of cartoons, sitcoms, reality shows, court shows, talk shows, and first-run programming from My Network TV. The station broadcasts in Phoenix on analog channel 45 and digital channel 26, and is carried on channel 9 on most Phoenix cable systems. KUTP can also be seen throughout Arizona on several translator stations and cable systems.

Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix.

Contents 1 History 1.1 From UPN to My Network TV 2 Logos 3 Translators 4 External link

[edit] History

KUTP was granted an original construction permit on December 20, 1984 and began broadcasting on January 1, 1986 as an independent station. The station was owned by United Television. It ran a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, drama shows, and old movies. Eventually it added off-network sitcoms as well as first-run talk and reality shows. The station was granted its initial license on November 17, 1986, over ten months after beginning operations.

The station affiliated with UPN in January 1995, and picked up several sitcoms from KNXV in the wake of the affiliation switch in the market. As a UPN affiliate, KUTP began to add more syndicated first-run talk and reality shows.

In 2001, the station was bought by Fox, making it a sister station of KSAZ (who had took the Fox affiliation from the aforementioned KNXV in 1995). This makes the duopoly the only network O&Os in the Phoenix market.

KUTP has been the long-time television home of the NBA's Phoenix Suns.

[edit] From UPN to My Network TV

Upon the creation of the CW in 2006, it was announced that KUTP would become an independent station after UPN ceases operations in September 2006. That move paved the way for local WB affiliate KASW to become the CW affiliate for Phoenix.

Although at first it appeared that the station was renamed "KUTP 45", similar to how most of the other Fox-owned UPN stations originally modified their branding, it actually changed its branding to PHX45, which was said as Phoenix 45.

On February 22, 2006, Fox announced that KUTP will be part of a new primetime network called My Network TV to launch September 5, 2006. My Network TV will be operated by Fox Television Stations, Inc. and Twentieth Television, making KUTP an owned-and-operated station. In June 2006, the station was renamed "My 45," reflecting the new network's naming conventions. The station broadcasts promos with its new logo, including some for the telenovelas on the network. These end in the My Network TV logo transforming into the KUTP logo.

In addition KUTP may carry Fox network programming should it be preempted by KSAZ in the event of a local special or an emergency such as a breaking news story.

[edit] Logos

KUTP Logo From 1992	KUTP logo under Chris Craft from 1995 to 2000	KUTP logo used from 2000 to 2001	KUTP logo from July 2002 to January 2006
KUTP logo from January to June 2006	KUTP logo since June 2006

[edit] Translators

• K18CB Bullhead City
• K16BP Cottonwood
• K65CM Duncan
• K28CW Flagstaff
• K14HG Kingman
• K15CR Lake Havasu City
• K14HC Prescott

[edit] External link

• KUTP Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KUTP