KUTP
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KUTP, channel 45, is a MyNetworkTV
-affiliated station in Phoenix, Arizona
. It is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation
, and is a sister station to Fox
outlet KSAZ-TV
(channel 10). The two stations share studio facilities in Phoenix, and KUTP's transmitter is located on South Mountain
. KUTP is carried on channel 9 on most Phoenix cable systems, and can also be seen throughout Arizona via cable and on several over-the-air translator stations. Syndicated programming on KUTP includes:Family Guy
, 30 Rock
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
, Divorce Court
, The Wendy Williams Show
, The Big Bang Theory
, The Steve Wilkos Show
, as well as rights to broadcast other series.
. The station was owned by United Television, a subsidiary of Chris-Craft Industries
. 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. KUTP was the only station built from the ground up by Chris-Craft.
As a part of United Television, the station became an affiliate of the Prime Time Entertainment Network
from 1993 to 1995.
The station joined UPN in January 1995, becoming the first network-owned station in the market (United Television was, early on, the sole owner of UPN; Viacom would purchase half of the network the next year). It picked up several sitcoms from KNXV in the wake of the affiliation switch in the market. As a UPN station, 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 taken the Fox affiliation from the aforementioned KNXV in 1995). This makes the duopoly the only network O&Os in the Phoenix market.
From 1988 until the end of the 2010–11 season
, KUTP had been the long-time television home of the NBA's Phoenix Suns
, televising all road games not exclusive for national broadcast, as well as selected home games, averaging at least 45 games a season. Until the 2010-11 NBA season, KUTP, in conjunction with the Suns, produced its own broadcast graphics; this role has since been taken over by corporate sibling Fox Sports Arizona. However, the 'burning sun' graphic is still used in lieu of the FSAZ graphics before and after instant replay reviews. Fox Sports Arizona will take over as the sole regional telecaster of Suns games, beginning with 2011-12 season.
The station was also featured in the movie Waiting to Exhale
as the workplace of Whitney Houston's character Savannah Jackson.
. KASW
, which had been a WB affiliate since 1995, was announced as The CW's Phoenix affiliate.
Shortly after the announcement of the CW network, KUTP changed its branding from UPN 45 to PHX 45. The station also stopped promoting UPN programming. Similar changes were also made to Fox's other UPN affiliates, as The CW did not name any of the Fox-owned UPN stations as affiliates. The formation of MyNetworkTV
, of which KUTP and the other Fox-owned UPN stations have become affiliates, was announced on February 22, 2006, less than a month later. With the impending switch to MyNetworkTV, KUTP's on-air branding was changed to My 45 in June 2006.
Despite the announced launch date of MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006, UPN continued to broadcast on stations across the country until September 15, 2006. While some UPN affiliates who switched to MyNetworkTV aired the final two weeks of UPN programming outside its regular primetime period, the Fox-owned stations, including KUTP, dropped UPN entirely on August 31, 2006.
Occasionally KUTP carries Fox programming when KSAZ preempts it in the event of a local special or an emergency such as a breaking news story.
Following its sister station, KSAZ, KUTP ceased its analog broadcasts at 8:30AM on June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the Federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions
across the country. After the transition was complete, KUTP remained on its pre-transition channel number, 26. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers still display KUTP's virtual channel
as 45.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated station in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. It is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
, and is a sister station to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
outlet KSAZ-TV
KSAZ-TV
KSAZ-TV, virtual channel 10.1, is the Fox owned-and-operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Fox Television Stations in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV station KUTP ....
(channel 10). The two stations share studio facilities in Phoenix, and KUTP's transmitter is located on South Mountain
South Mountains (Arizona)
The South Mountains , known locally as simply South Mountain, is a mountain range in central Arizona in south Phoenix, Arizona. It is on public land managed by the city of Phoenix as South Mountain Park...
. KUTP is carried on channel 9 on most Phoenix cable systems, and can also be seen throughout Arizona via cable and on several over-the-air translator stations. Syndicated programming on KUTP includes:Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
, Divorce Court
Divorce Court
Divorce Court is a judge show about cases which only involve divorcing couples. Out of the shows currently airing in the court-themed genre, Divorce Court is the oldest...
, The Wendy Williams Show
The Wendy Williams Show
The Wendy Williams Show is a syndicated talk show hosted by Wendy Williams that premiered on July 14, 2008, as six-week sneak peek, in Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York City. The test run was picked up for a full season that began its run on July 13, 2009 in over 70% of the country in...
, The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers...
, The Steve Wilkos Show
The Steve Wilkos Show
The Steve Wilkos Show is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Steve Wilkos. The show debuted on September 10, 2007, two months after Wilkos' departure as director of security on The Jerry Springer Show.-History:...
, as well as rights to broadcast other series.
History
KUTP was granted an original construction permit on December 20, 1984, and began broadcasting on January 1, 1986, as an independent stationIndependent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
. The station was owned by United Television, a subsidiary of Chris-Craft Industries
Chris-Craft Industries
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., formerly National Automotive Fibers, Inc., was a publicly-held American corporation traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It later took on the name of one of its acquisitions, Chris-Craft Boats...
. 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. KUTP was the only station built from the ground up by Chris-Craft.
As a part of United Television, the station became an affiliate of the Prime Time Entertainment Network
Prime Time Entertainment Network
The Prime Time Entertainment Network was a United States television network launched in 1993 by the Prime Time Consortium, a joint venture between Warner Bros. Domestic Television and the Chris-Craft group of independent stations...
from 1993 to 1995.
The station joined UPN in January 1995, becoming the first network-owned station in the market (United Television was, early on, the sole owner of UPN; Viacom would purchase half of the network the next year). It picked up several sitcoms from KNXV in the wake of the affiliation switch in the market. As a UPN station, 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
KSAZ-TV
KSAZ-TV, virtual channel 10.1, is the Fox owned-and-operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Fox Television Stations in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV station KUTP ....
(who had taken the Fox affiliation from the aforementioned KNXV in 1995). This makes the duopoly the only network O&Os in the Phoenix market.
From 1988 until the end of the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
The 2010–11 Phoenix Suns season is the 43rd season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association . For the first time in eight seasons, the Suns will be without the play of power forward Amar'e Stoudemire, a 5-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Year who joined the New York...
, KUTP had been the long-time television home of the NBA's Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...
, televising all road games not exclusive for national broadcast, as well as selected home games, averaging at least 45 games a season. Until the 2010-11 NBA season, KUTP, in conjunction with the Suns, produced its own broadcast graphics; this role has since been taken over by corporate sibling Fox Sports Arizona. However, the 'burning sun' graphic is still used in lieu of the FSAZ graphics before and after instant replay reviews. Fox Sports Arizona will take over as the sole regional telecaster of Suns games, beginning with 2011-12 season.
The station was also featured in the movie Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romance film starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett, directed by Forest Whitaker. The movie was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison and Mykelti...
as the workplace of Whitney Houston's character Savannah Jackson.
From UPN to My Network TV
On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would merge into a new network called The CWThe CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
. KASW
KASW
KASW is a full-service television station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, on cable channel 6 on major Phoenix cable systems , and several translators in northern and eastern Arizona...
, which had been a WB affiliate since 1995, was announced as The CW's Phoenix affiliate.
Shortly after the announcement of the CW network, KUTP changed its branding from UPN 45 to PHX 45. The station also stopped promoting UPN programming. Similar changes were also made to Fox's other UPN affiliates, as The CW did not name any of the Fox-owned UPN stations as affiliates. The formation of MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
, of which KUTP and the other Fox-owned UPN stations have become affiliates, was announced on February 22, 2006, less than a month later. With the impending switch to MyNetworkTV, KUTP's on-air branding was changed to My 45 in June 2006.
Despite the announced launch date of MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006, UPN continued to broadcast on stations across the country until September 15, 2006. While some UPN affiliates who switched to MyNetworkTV aired the final two weeks of UPN programming outside its regular primetime period, the Fox-owned stations, including KUTP, dropped UPN entirely on August 31, 2006.
Occasionally KUTP carries Fox programming when KSAZ preempts it in the event of a local special or an emergency such as a breaking news story.
Digital television
| Channel | Video | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 45.1 | 720p | Main KUTP programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 10.2 | 480i | Simulcast of KSAZ-TV |
Following its sister station, KSAZ, KUTP ceased its analog broadcasts at 8:30AM on June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the Federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
across the country. After the transition was complete, KUTP remained on its pre-transition channel number, 26. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers still display KUTP's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 45.
Translators
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