KZUP-CD is the local low-powered, Class-A affiliate of Retro Television Network

Retro Television Network

The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...

 for Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...

. It transmits its digital signal on UHF

Ultra high frequency

Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...

 channel 20. It is owned by White Knight Broadcasting

White Knight Broadcasting

White Knight Broadcasting is a company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is a shell company for the Communications Corporation of America , owning seven ComCorp-controlled stations, all based in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi...

, and is sister station to the area's NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 affiliate, WVLA-TV.

While "KZUP-CD" is the station's official calls, the station uses "KZUP-TV" for promotional purposes.

History

The station signed on the air in 1999 as a WZUP-13, a UPN affiliate available only on cable (TCI and later Cox channel 13). When the station went over the air on November 26, 2002, it changed its call sign to KZUP-19, after very briefly staying on 21 (WB affiliate WBRL-CA

WBRL-CA

WBRL-CD is a low-powered digital television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana affiliated with The CW network. It is a sister station to WGMB, Baton Rouge's Fox affiliate. It is available to viewers in the south central Louisiana area on channel 21 on broadcast...

 was shortly on channel 19 before switching with KZUP). Channel 19 was once used as a translator station for local station and original UPN affiliate WBTR

KBTR-CA

KBTR-CA channel 41, known on-air as WBTR 41, is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station is owned by Louisiana Television Broadcasting, the owners of WBRZ-TV. The station is seen on cable Cox Communications and AT&T U-verse....

, and when KZUP went on the air, WBTR moved to previously-unused channel 41. It became an independent station after losing the UPN's rights to Raycom Media

Raycom Media

- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....

's WBXH-CA

WBXH-CA

WBXH-CA is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter southwest of Arlington. Owned by Raycom Media, the station is sister to CBS affiliate WAFB. The two stations share studios on Government...

. As an independent, it called itself "Z-19" with the slogan "Z is for me." For brief periods in 2005, KZUP was used to air WVLA and WGMB programming when those two stations were converting to high-definition programming. KZUP became an affiliate of Retro Television Network

Retro Television Network

The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...

 on September 15, 2008.

KZUP is the official station of the Southern University

Southern University

Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...

 athletic department.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels>

Channel	Name	Programming
19.1	KZUP-DT	RTV 19 / RTN Retro Television Network The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...  SD 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...

Programming

KZUP RTV 19 airs programming suchs as Family Court With Judge Penny

Family Court With Judge Penny

Family Court with Judge Penny is a syndicated judicial show hosted by former judge and lawyer Penny Brown Reynolds. The half-hour program premiered September 8, 2008. It is produced by 44 Blue Productions and distributed by Program Partners in the United States and Canada and being shown on Pick TV...

, Jury Duty

Jury duty

Jury duty is service as a juror in a legal proceeding. When a person is called for jury duty in the United States, that service is usually not optional: one must attend or face strict penalties. Employers are not allowed to fire an employee simply for being called to jury duty...

, The People's Court

The People's Court

The People's Court is a US television court show in which small claims court cases are heard, though what is shown is actually a binding arbitration....

, Judge Mathis

Judge Mathis

Judge Mathis is a syndicated television legal reality show produced originally by Black Pearl Productions. In 2008, it entered its tenth season produced by AND Syndicated Productions and Telepictures. It is taped at NBC Tower in Chicago, but includes cases and litigants from other U.S....

, Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...

, Judge Joe Brown and Judge Judy

Judge Judy

Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...

.

It also air The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom featuring comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa. The show aired for five seasons , concluding with a half-hour series finale on Fox....

, The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...

, My Wife and Kids

My Wife and Kids

My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television , it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules...

, The George Lopez Show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...

, Cheaters

Cheaters

Cheaters is a weekly syndicated hidden camera reality television series that documents people who are suspected of committing adultery, or cheating, on their partners. Investigations are headed by the "Cheaters Detective Agency". The show is hosted by Joey Greco, the show airs on Saturday nights...

, Reno 911, One on One

One on One (TV series)

One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from its September 3, 2001 premiere until May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter...

, Still Standing

Still Standing (TV series)

Still Standing is an American sitcom television series. It debuted on CBS on September 30, 2002, and ended March 8, 2006. Lifetime obtained the United States syndication rights to the show in February 2005 and aired it until 2009...

, Chappelle's Show

Chappelle's Show

Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,...

 and Dead Zone

Dead Zone

Dead zone may refer to:* Dead zone , low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans* Dead zone , an area where cell phones cannot transmit to a nearby cell siteDead Zone may also refer to:* "Dead Zone" , a 2011 album by Merzbow...

during after noon and primetime.

Station slogans

• Baton Rouge's #1 Fun Station (first slogan)
• UPN for Baton Rouge (1999-2003)
• Z is for me (2003-2008)
• Go retro with Retro TV (2010-present)