please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message kutp phoenix arizona united states branding my45 channels digital 26 uhf virtual 45 psip translators see below affiliations .1 mynetworktv .2 movies .3 buzzr owner fox television stations fox television stations inc. first air date december 23 1985 ; 30 years ago 1985 12 23 call letters meaning united television former owner phoenix sister station s ksaz tv fox sports arizona former channel number s analog 45 uhf 1985 2009 former affiliations independent 1985 1993 pten 1993 1995 upn 1995 2006 transmitter power 1 000 kw height 517 m facility id 68886 transmitter coordinates 33 20 2.3 n 112 3 42 w 33.333972 n 112.06167 w 33.333972 ; 112.06167 coordinates 33 20 2.3 n 112 3 42 w 33.333972 n 112.06167 w 33.333972 ; 112.06167 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.my45.com kutp virtual channel 45 uhf digital channel 26 is a mynetworktv owned and operated television station located in phoenix arizona united states . the station is owned by the fox television stations subsidiary of 21st century fox as part of a duopoly with fox owned and operated station ksaz tv channel 10 . the two stations share studio facilities located on the west end of downtown phoenix s copper square district ; kutp s transmitter is located atop south mountain on the city s south side . kutp s signal is relayed across northern arizona through a small network of six translators . the station is also carried on channel 9 on cox communications and most other phoenix area cable systems . contents 1 history 1.1 from upn to mynetworktv 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 3.1 sports programming 4 translators 5 references 6 external links history edit the station was granted an original construction permit on december 20 1984 ; kutp first signed on the air on december 23 1985 operating as an independent station . it was originally owned by the chris craft industries subsidiary united television . the station originally operated from studio facilities located on south 33rd street in phoenix . it ran a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons drama series and older movies . it eventually 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 television station that was built and signed on by chris craft . 1 under united television ownership the station carried programming from the prime time entertainment network programming service from january 1993 to january 1995 . 2 in the fall of 1994 united television and paramount pictures announced the formation of the united paramount network lining up independent stations that were owned by both companies at the time as charter affiliates . kutp affiliated with upn upon the network s january 16 1995 debut becoming the first english language station in the market to be owned by a commercial broadcast network ktvw channel 33 was the first network owned station in the market having been owned by univision since 1977 when it was known as the spanish international network . in the wake of a four way affiliation switch spurred by new world communications affiliation agreement with fox in 1994 3 that saw ksaz tv channel 10 switch from cbs to fox knxv tv channel 15 from fox to abc ktvk channel 3 lose its abc affiliation and become independent before briefly affiliating with the wb in 1995 and independent kpho tv channel 5 gain an affiliation with cbs kutp picked up several sitcoms that knxv had no room for on its schedule due to its new abc heavy programming schedule . as a upn station kutp also began to incorporate more syndicated first run talk and reality shows . the station was featured in the 1995 feature film waiting to exhale as the workplace of whitney houston s character savannah jackson . in 2000 viacom bought chris craft s 50 % ownership interest in upn which chris craft had wholly owned until viacom acquired a stake in the network in 1996 ; the deal effectively stripped kutp of its status as one of the network s owned and operated stations in the process . on august 12 of that year chris craft sold its upn stations to the fox television stations subsidiary of news corporation for 5.5 billion ; 4 this resulted in the creation of a duopoly with fox owned ksaz when the deal was finalized on july 31 2001 both ksaz and kutp are currently the only english language stations in the phoenix market that are owned by a commercial broadcast network . kutp merged its operations with ksaz into that station s studio facilities on west adams street . from upn to mynetworktv edit logo used when the station was re branded as phx 45 from january to june 2006 . on january 24 2006 the warner bros. unit of time warner and cbs corporation announced that the two companies would shut down upn and the wb and combine the networks respective programming to create a new jointly owned broadcast network called the cw . 5 6 kasw channel 61 which had been a wb affiliate since it signed on in september 1995 was announced as the cw s phoenix affiliate on march 8 through an affiliation agreement with the station s then owner belo . 7 shortly after the announcement of the cw s pending launch fox television stations immediately dropped all network branding from its upn affiliates all of whom also stopped promoting the network s programming in response to being left off the initial list of the cw s charter affiliates in favor of stations owned by tribune broadcasting and cbs television stations . in particular kutp changed its on air branding from upn 45 to phx 45 with kutp and the other fox owned upn affiliates signed on as charter affiliates . news corporation then announced the creation of its own secondary network mynetworktv one month later on february 22 2006 which was created as a competitor of the cw as well as to give upn and wb stations that were not mentioned as becoming cw affiliates another option besides converting to independent stations . 8 9 with the impending switch to mynetworktv kutp s on air branding was changed to my45 in june 2006 . despite mynetworktv s announced launch date of september 5 2006 upn continued to broadcast its programming on its affiliated stations across the united states until september 15 2006 . while some upn affiliates that switched to mynetworktv aired the final two weeks of upn programming outside their regular primetime slots the fox owned stations including kutp dropped upn entirely on august 31 2006 . from april 29 1999 to september 15 2006 and from october 3 2008 to september 24 2010 kutp aired wwe s friday night smackdown during its respective affiliations with upn and mynetworktv . occasionally as time permits kutp may air fox network programs whenever ksaz tv is unable to in the event of a scheduled locally produced special or extended breaking news coverage . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 10 10.2 480i 4 3 ksaz dt simulcast of ksaz tv 45.1 720p 16 9 kutp dt main kutp programming mynetworktv 45.2 480i movies movies 45.3 4 3 buzzr buzzr on august 27 2012 fox television stations announced that kutp would launch a subchannel which debuted in october carrying programming from bounce tv as part of an expansion of an existing affiliation agreement between the network and fox s mynetworktv affiliated stations . 11 12 analog to digital conversion edit kutp shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 45 at 8 30 a.m. on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 26 . 13 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 45 . programming edit sports programming edit for 23 years from 1988 to 2011 kutp served as the over the air television home of the nba s phoenix suns televising all road games that did not have exclusive rights held by a national broadcast or cable television network as well as selected home games averaging at least 45 game telecasts each season . kutp produced its own broadcast graphics in conjunction with the suns until the 2010 11 nba season ; this role of the regional television broadcaster of suns games was taken over thereafter by corporate sibling fox sports arizona starting with 2011 12 season . however the burning sun graphic is still used in lieu of the fox sports graphics before and after instant replay reviews . translators edit kutp s signal is relayed on the following translators city callsign city callsign bullhead city k18cb d cottonwood k16bp d flagstaff k28cw d kingman k14hg d lake havasu city k15cr d prescott k14hc references edit bhc communications inc. companies history . company histories . funding universe . 1997 . retrieved 2009 07 20 . susan king january 23 1994 . space 2258 in the year 1994 . los angeles times . p. 4 . retrieved june 25 2009 . carter bill may 24 1994 . fox will sign up 12 new stations ; takes 8 from cbs . the new york times . retrieved october 22 2012 . hofmeister sallie august 12 2000 . news corp. to buy chris craft parent for 5.5 billion outbidding viacom . the los angeles times . retrieved 23 march 2011 . gilmore girls meet smackdown ; cw network to combine wb upn in cbs warner venture beginning in september cnnmoney.com january 24 2006 . upn and wb to combine forming new tv network the new york times january 24 2006 . belo signs with cw in phoenix broadcasting & cable march 8 2006 . news corp. to launch new mini network for upn stations . usa today . february 22 2006 . retrieved january 21 2013 . news corp. unveils mynetworktv broadcasting & cable february 22 2006 . rabbitears tv query for kutp bounce tv adds 3 fox owned stations . tvnewscheck . august 27 2012 . retrieved august 27 2012 . bounce tv to become nielsen rated net tvnewscheck september 24 2012 . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit my45.com kutp official website myfoxphoenix.com ksaz tv official website query the fcc s tv station database for kutp biafn s media web database information on kutp tv program information for kutp at titantv.com v t e television stations in the phoenix metropolitan area english stationsmajor channels are in bold ktvk 3.1 ind 3.2 news loop 3.3 24 hour wx kpho 5.1 cbs 5.2 cozi kazt cd 7.1 ind 7.2 metv 7.3 hsn kaet 8.1 pbs 8.2 eight life 8.3 world ksaz 10.1 fox hd 10.3 h & i kpnx 12.1 nbc 12.2 accuweather 12.3 justice knxv 15.1 abc 15.2 antenna 15.3 laff kpaz 21.1 tbn 21.2 church 21.3 juce tv smile 21.5 salsa ktvp ld 22.1 3abn hope llbn 22.3 sbn 22.4 liquidation channel 22.6 jtv k18jl d 25.1 aftv ktvw 33.3 grit 33.4 bounce kfph cd 35.3 gettv 35.4 escape k38iz d 38.2 tuff 38.3 videos 38.4 zuus country 38.5 this ktaz 39.3 cozi kpdf ca 41.4 qvc kphe ld 44.2 rtv 44.3 rev n 44.4 pbj 44.6 smart lifestyle kutp 45.1 mntv 45.2 movies 45.3 buzzr 10.2 fox