WUPT-CA

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WUPT-CA
Marquette, Michigan
City of license Crystal Falls, Michigan
Slogan UPN for the UP
Channels 25 (UHF) analog
Translators WUPT-LP ch.43 (UHF, Republic, Michigan)
Affiliations Defunct
Owner Western Upper Peninsula Television
Founded January 18, 1980
(initial licence date)
Call letters meaning Western Upper Peninsula Television (licensee)
W United Paramount Television (former affiliation)
Former callsigns W49AF (January 18, 1980 - April 26, 1996
WUPT-LP (April 26, 1996 - October 29, 2001)
Former affiliations Independent (through January 16, 1995)
UPN (January 16, 1995 - 2003)
Transmitter Power 1.12 kW
Class Class A, TX/translator
Facility ID 14654

WUPT-CA channel 25 was the UPN affiliate in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, licensed in Crystal Falls, Michigan. The station signed off on October 27, 2003, after losing the UPN affiliation to the new, full-powered FOX affiliate, WMQF.

The station originally broadcasted on channel 49, but would move to channel 25 in the late-1990s.

WUPT also had a translator in Republic, Michigan, WUPT-LP channel 43.

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