KUBI

KUBI (Channel 43) is a television station licensed to and serving the city of Lubbock, Texas as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by BIG Media KUBI's transmitter and studios are located just outside of Lubbock city limits along US 62 E.
==History==
KUBI signed on as a UPN affiliate on July 5, 2000, owned in a joint venture between Scottish-American businessman Gregory Cunningham and then BIG Media CEO Jared F. Gabriel. In 2002, Cunningham sold all of his stake in KUBI to BIG Media itself in order to move back to his hometown Paisley, Scotland with his lifelong companion and future husband. 
Previously, Channel 43 in Lubbock was home to low power K43WI, which was formerly an affiliate of The Box. The station was owned by Cunningham and signed off in 1998. 
in 2006, the station flipped its affiliation to MyNetworkTV. In 2009, the station moved to a new studio building with a new digital transmitter.
==Programming==
Syndicated programming on KUBI include House M.D., American Dad, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Steve Harvey Show, America's Court with Judge Ross and Judge Mathis among others. The station also airs high school sports under the "KUBI 43 SPORTS" banner. The station airs the MyNetworkTV schedule from 11 pm to 1 am.
===News Operation===
KUBI currently airs 17 hours of news programing a week. When the station launched in 2000, Gregory Cunningham insisted the station air a news program, however this was unsuccessful and shut down within 4 months. The newscast relaunched in 2017. Each weekday it airs a 7 am, a 4 pm, and a 10 pm news program, with a 10 pm newscast also airing on Saturday.
==Technical Information==
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	Short Name	Programming
43.1 	1080i	16:9 	KUBI 	MyNetworkTV/Main KUBI programming
43.2 	480i 	16:9 	CHEDDAR 	Cheddar
43.3 	480i 	16:9 	MALL 	Infomercials
43.4 	480i 	16:9 	GET 	GET
43.5 	480i 	16:9 	BEIN 	beIN Sports Xtra
43.6 	480i 	16:9 	NHK 	NHK World
43.7 	480i 	16:9 	BARS 	*color bars*
===Analog Sign-off===
Because KUBI was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television signal. KUBI signed off of their analog signal on June 12, 2009, and "Flash-cut" to their digital signal on VHF Channel 10, using PSIP to display their signal on Channel 43. The new transmitter was only operating at 3 kw, more along the lines of a low power station. Within 3 days of their new digital signal signing on, KUBI would get multiple complaints from people directly outside the city limits saying that the signal was extremely blurry and unreliable. Due to the low-power digital VHF signal, KUBI was unable to be reached in some parts of the market. This would lead to the station going dark for about a week in order to fix the transmitter, with its cable and satellite feed still running. In 2015, the power was boosted to 60 kw.
Category:Lubbock, Texas
Category:Channel 43
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000
Category:MyNetworkTV affiliates
Category:Cheddar subchannel-only affiliated stations
Category:NHK Affiliated Stations
Category:Former UPN affiliates
Category:GetTV subchannel-only affiliated stations