KUNP
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.
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| City | La Grande, Oregon |
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| Branding | Univision Portland |
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Sister stations | KATU |
| History | |
| Founded | August 6, 1999 |
First air date | December 3, 2001 |
Former call signs | KBPD (2001–2002) KPOU (2002–2006) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 16 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
Former affiliations | MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016) |
Call sign meaning | "Univision Portland" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 81447 |
| ERP | 18.95 kW |
| HAAT | 760 m (2,493 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°18′32.4″N 117°43′57.7″W |
| Translator(s) | KUNP-LD 47 (34 UHF) Portland |
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| Website | kunptv |
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.