KUPX-TV

**KUPX-TV** (tashar 16), wacce aka yiwa lakabi da **The Spot Utah 16**, tashar talabijin ce mai zaman kanta wacce aka ba lasisi ga Provo, Utah, Amurka, tana hidimar Salt Lake City da jihar Utah. Kamfanin EW Scripps ne ke da shi tare da tashar Fox / Ion Television mallakar kuma ke kula da ita KSTU (tashar 13). Tashoshin biyu suna da gidajen rediyo a West Amelia Earhart Drive a yankin arewa maso yammacin Salt Lake City; na'urar watsa shirye-shiryen KUPX-TV tana kan Farnsworth Peak a cikin tsaunukan Oquirrh, kudu maso yammacin Salt Lake City.

Duk da cewa an bayar da izinin gina tashar 16 a shekarar 1985, ba a kammala tashar ba har tsawon shekaru 13. A wannan lokacin, an sayar da ita sau biyu. Duk da cewa an yi niyyar tashar 16 ta zama wani ɓangare na The WB, musayar da aka yi a shekarar 1998 da Paxson Communications Corporation ta sa tashar cinikin Paxson ta 30 ta zama tashar 16; sakamakon haka, KUWB ta ƙaddamar da tashar 30 a watan Afrilun 1998, yayin da tashar 16 ta shiga cikin infomercials na iska daga baya kuma cibiyar sadarwa ta Pax/Ion. Scripps ta mallaki Ion Media a shekarar 2020; ta mayar da Ion Television zuwa ƙaramin tasha a shekarar 2023 kuma ta mayar da babban tashar zuwa tasha mai zaman kanta wacce ke watsa wasannin hockey na Vegas Golden Knights da Arizona Coyotes a Utah. Tun daga kakar wasa ta 2024-25, ita ce gidan watsa shirye-shiryen Utah Mammoth .

## Tarihi

### Matakin gini
A shekarar 1984, kamfanoni uku sun nemi izinin gini ga Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya (FCC) don gina tashar 16 a Provo: Morro Rock Resources, San Joseph Broadcasting, da Skagit Valley Publishing Company.  Bangarorin sun guji zaman sauraron kwatancen FCC kuma maimakon haka sun sasanta: An mayar wa Skagit Valley kuɗin da ta kashe kuma suka janye, yayin da mai gidan watsa labarai na San Joseph Jackson Dell Weaver da Morro Rock suka shiga don kafa Royal Television na Utah mai izini, inda na biyun ya mallaki kashi 90 cikin 100.   Ross Boyd, shugaban Morro Rock, ya bayyana imanin cewa Utah tana buƙatar ƙarin tashar mai zaman kanta . 

Gidan Talabijin na Royal Television ya fuskanci matsala sosai wajen gina tashar, kamar yadda aka nuna ta hanyar aikace-aikace da dama na canza wurin watsa shirye-shirye da kuma tsawaita izinin gini da dama, har ma da maye gurbin izinin gini da ya ƙare. Dell Weaver ya bar aikin a shekarar 1987 ya zama babban manajan gidan rediyo na KJR da ke Seattle .  A shekarar 1988, an goge alamar kiran tashar, amma aka dawo da ita bayan watanni huɗu. A watan Yulin 1990, Gidan Talabijin na Royal Television ya nemi a maye gurbin izinin ginin da zai ƙare a wata mai zuwa. Ba a ba da izinin ba sai a watan Fabrairun 1996, fiye da shekaru biyar bayan haka.  A watan Oktoban 1995, Roberts Broadcasting ya amince ya sayi tashar daga Royal Television akan dala $200,000. 

A watan Agusta na shekarar 1997, ACME Communications ta amince ta mallaki kashi 49 cikin 100 na hannun jari a KZAR-TV, tare da yarjejeniyar sayen sauran kashi 51 cikin 100 da zarar tashar talabijin ta fara aiki; yarjejeniyar ta ƙare a watan Fabrairun 1998.  Jamie Kellner, Shugaba kuma wanda ya kafa ACME, shi ma ya kasance tare da wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaba na WB a lokacin. Roberts ya sanar da shirinsa na KZAR-TV a wancan lokacin. Tashar za ta zama reshen WB. Kamfanin Paxson Communications Corporation ne ya sayi kamfanin WB da ke kasuwa, KOOG-TV (tashar 30), wanda ke da niyyar ƙaddamar da hanyar sadarwar talabijin ta kansa, Pax Net ;  lokacin da KOOG-TV ya canza wasiƙun kiransa zuwa KUPX kafin ƙaddamar da Pax Net, kamfanin ya nuna cewa zai dakatar da yarjejeniyar WB da wuri-wuri bisa doka.  Shiga ACME a tashar ya tabbatar da ci gaba da wanzuwar wani reshen WB a kasuwar Utah. 

Roberts ya fara neman sararin studio a yankin Provo kuma ya yi niyyar watsa shirye-shiryen labarai na gida da ke da alaƙa da Utah County ; yana da niyyar watsa tashar 16 daga Lake Mountain, wanda ya haifar da damuwa tsakanin sauran masu amfani da sadarwa game da yuwuwar tsangwama daga sabuwar tashar mai ƙarfi.   A watan Fabrairun 1998, Roberts Broadcasting ta sanar da cewa tashar za ta fara watsa shirye-shirye nan da watan Mayu, cewa wasiƙun kiranta za su canza zuwa suna tare da haruffan "WB", kuma cewa shirye-shiryen da aka tsara za su fara fitowa jim kaɗan bayan haka.  Tashar ta kuma sami haƙƙin watsa *shirye-shiryen Asabar Dare* Kai Tsaye a kasuwar Salt Lake City; ba a ga shirin a Utah ba tun 1995 lokacin da KSL-TV, sabuwar ƙungiyar NBC, ta yanke shawarar kada ta watsa shi. 

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