KUPB


KUPB, virtual and UHF digital channel 18, is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Midland, Texas, United States and serving the Permian Basin area. The station is owned by Entravision Communications. KUPB's studios are located on Younger Road in Midland, and its transmitter is located on University Boulevard in West Odessa.

History

The station commenced broadcasting on analog channel 18 on May 14, 2001. KUPB moved to digital broadcasting on June 12, 2009 at 9:00 a.m., "flash-cutting" to digital channel 18 after a temporary signal outage. KUPB moved to high definition at 10 a.m. on May 3, 2010.
In 2013, KUPB added a secondary station, KUPB-DT2, and began airing ZUUS Latino on 18.2. In 2014, it removed ZUUS Latino and replaced it with LATV.
In 2018, KUPB added two additional subchannels that broadcast English programming.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
18.11080iKUPB-DTMain KUPB programming / Univision
18.2480iKUPB-DTLATV
18.3480iKUPB-DTComet
18.4480iKUPB-DTCharge!

News operation

Noticias 18 was launched on November 5, 2007 to provide news for the viewers in the Permian Basin. KUPB had been airing two-minute newsbriefs since August 2003. On October 13, 2008, the name of the newscast was changed to Noticias Oeste de Texas. In 2015, Entravision transferred production of KUPB's newscasts to El Paso sister station KINT-TV.