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KUNP
Portland / Salem / Bend, Oregon / Vancouver, Washington
City of license	La Grande
Branding	Univision Portland
Channels	Analog: 16 (UHF) Digital: 29 (UHF) by 2009
Translators	KUNP-LP (47, UHF) Portland KABH-CA (15, UHF) Bend
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Fisher Communications (La Grande Broadcasting, Inc.)
Founded	August 6, 1999
Call letters meaning	K UNivision Portland
Former callsigns	KBPD (1999-2002) KPOU (2002-2006)
Transmitter Power	KUNP: 60.3 kW Analog KUNP-LP: 93.6 kW Analog KABH-CA: 84 kW Analog
Height	773 m (2536.09 ft) Analog (KUNP only)
Class	Full Service TV Station (-TV) Translator Station (-LP) Class A Service Station (-CA)
Facility ID	KUNP: 81447 KUNP-LP: 34882 KABH-CA: 71071
Transmitter Coordinates	KUNP: 45° 18' 35.00" N LAT 117° 43' 57.00" W LON KUNP-LP: 45° 31' 14.00" N LAT 122° 44' 37.00" W LON KABH-CA: 44° 04' 30.00" N LAT 121° 19' 46.00" W LON
Website	www.kunptv.com

KUNP "Univision Portland" is a full-power broadcast television in the Pacific Northwestern United States. As an affiliate of the Univision Spanish television network, the station serves the greater Portland and Bend, Oregon metropolitan areas. The station also serves Salem and Vancouver, Washington.

The station is licensed to the northeastern Oregon town of La Grande, Oregon and broadcasts on UHF channel 16. It operates with an Effective Radiated Power of 60.3 kilowatts. Because of its physical geographical location of its facilities and transmitters, KUNP relies on its two translators, KUNP-LP, licensed to Portland and broadcasts on UHF channel 47, operating with an ERP of 93.6 kilowatts and KABH-CA, licensed to Bend and broadcasts on UHF channel 15, operating with an ERP of 84 kilowatts. That station serves the greater Bend area. Both KUNP and KUNP-LP are owned and operated by Fisher Communications. As for KABH, the station is jointly owned by WatchTV, Inc. and its crosstown Portland HSN affiliate station KORK-CA, but is operated by Fisher under a Local Marketing Agreement. It also relies on cable and satellite coverage across Western and Central Oregon.

The station was founded on August 6, 1999. It is unknown at this time whether or not the station actually took to the air at the time. But when it did began broadcasting, it began with the KBPD call letters, it would later begin use of the KPOU callsign on May 14, 2002. The call letters changed again -- this time to the current KUNP on December 15, 2006. KABH was founded on June 1, 1992 as K15DO but didn't take to the air until November 3, 1993.

It was formerly owned by Equity Broadcasting until the station was acquired by Fisher Communications on November 3, 2006 along with KUNS-TV in Seattle, Washington. Fisher would associate the two stations with its already owned ABC affiliates KATU and KOMO-TV.

At one point, KUNP also had KKEI-CA as another translator prior to the Fisher acquisition. That station now serves Portland as a Telemundo affiliate. Ironically enough, that station is also owned by WatchTV, Inc.

KUNP's previous logo.

KUNP's online logo as of 2007.

Since KUNP was not on-air by the April 21, 1997 deadline for the FCC's DTV allotment plan, the station was not granted a companion digital signal. Therefore, on or before February 18, 2009, the station will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on a new digital signal -- which will be on channel 29. This is called a "flash-cut". KUNP-LP and KABH will also be required to switch their signals since they're low-power stations. KABH will relocate on channel 17.

• KUNP-TV, Portland, Oregon
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KUNP
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KABH-CA
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KABH-CA