KUNP

KUNP
CityLa Grande, Oregon
Channels
BrandingUnivision Portland
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KATU
History
FoundedAugust 6, 1999
First air date
December 3, 2001 (22 years ago) (2001-12-03)
Former call signs
  • KBPD (2001–2002)
  • KPOU (2002–2006)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 16 (UHF, 2001–2009)
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)
Call sign meaning
"Univision Portland"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID81447
ERP18.95 kW
HAAT760 m (2,493 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°18′32.4″N 117°43′57.7″W / 45.309000°N 117.732694°W / 45.309000; -117.732694
Translator(s)KUNP-LD 47 Portland
Links
Public license information
Websitekunptv.com

KUNP (channel 16) is a television station licensed to La Grande, Oregon, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Portland-based ABC affiliate KATU (channel 2). The two stations share studios on NE Sandy Boulevard in Portland; KUNP's transmitter is located east of Cove atop Mount Fanny, within eastern Oregon's Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.

Because of the location of its transmitter facilities 240 miles (390 km) from downtown Portland, KUNP's over-the-air signal is unable to reach Portland proper. To overcome this, its signal is relayed on a low-power translator station, KUNP-LD (channel 47), which serves the immediate Portland area from a transmitter on NW Willamette Stone Park Road (near NW Skyline Boulevard) in the Sylvan-Highlands section of Portland, along with cable and satellite coverage folded into KATU's retransmission consent agreements to cover the market, along with some outlying areas. It also previously relayed its signal via analog translator KABH-LP (channel 15) in Bend. KABH was owned by WatchTV, Inc., alongside its crosstown Portland HSN affiliate KORK-CA, but was operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement (LMA). KABH's license was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 19, 2015, for failure to file a license renewal application.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUNP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.