WUPV

WUPV

ATSC 3.0 station
Ashland–Richmond–Petersburg, Virginia United States
City	Ashland, Virginia
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 65
Branding	CW Richmond
Programming
Affiliations	65.1: The CW for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WWBT, WRID-LD
History
First air date	March 9, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-03-09)
Former call signs	WZXK (1990–1994) WAWB (1994–1997)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 65 (UHF, 1990–2009) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2002–2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1990–1995) The WB (1995–1997) UPN (1997–2006) The WB (August−September 2006, temporary CW transition)
Call sign meaning	UPN Virginia, referencing previous affiliation
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10897
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	257 m (843 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°44′32″N 77°15′14″W / 37.74222°N 77.25389°W / 37.74222; -77.25389
Translator(s)	WRID-LD 65.6 (36.8 UHF) Richmond
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.12onyourside.com/cw-richmond/

WUPV (channel 65) is a television station licensed to Ashland, Virginia, United States, serving the Richmond area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Richmond-licensed NBC affiliate WWBT (channel 12) and WRID-LD (channel 48). The stations share studios on Midlothian Turnpike (US 60) in Richmond, while WUPV's transmitter is located northeast of Richmond in King William County, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of Enfield. WRID repeats its main channel from the WWBT transmitter behind the studios in the inner ring of Richmond on its third subchannel, mapped to WUPV-DT6.

Established as a religious TV station in 1990, WZXK joined The WB in 1995 (as WAWB) and switched to UPN in 1997, adopting its present call sign. The result of the switch was to leave The WB without a full-time outlet in Richmond; the network's attempts to build an additional local station were unsuccessful for legal and technical reasons. The station joined The CW on its 2006 launch and today serves as one of two ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV) transmitters in central Virginia. The station airs one local newscast from the WWBT newsroom.