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call_letters = KLAS-TV |
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city = |
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station_logo = [[Image:KLAS-TV 8 logo.png]]<br>[[File:MeTV lasvegas.png|150px]] |
| station_logo = [[Image:KLAS-TV 8 logo.png]]<br>[[File:MeTV lasvegas.png|150px]] |
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station_slogan = |
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station_branding = (CBS) Channel 8 <small>(general)</small><br>8 News Now <small>(newscasts)</small> |
| station_branding = (CBS) Channel 8 <small>(general)</small><br>8 News Now <small>(newscasts)</small> |
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digital = 7 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])<br>[[Virtual channel|Virtual]]: 8 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]) |
| digital = 7 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])<br>[[Virtual channel|Virtual]]: 8 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]) |
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subchannels = 8.1 [[CBS]]<br>8.2 [[Me-TV]]<br>8.3 [[Movies!]] |
| subchannels = 8.1 [[CBS]]<br>8.2 [[Me-TV]]<br>8.3 [[Movies!]] |
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other_chs = |
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affiliations = CBS {{small|(secondary through 1956)}}| |
| affiliations = CBS {{small|(secondary through 1956)}}| |
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airdate = {{start date and age|1953|7|8}}| |
airdate = {{start date and age|1953|7|8}}| |
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location = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] |
location = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] |
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callsign_meaning = '''LAS''' Vegas and IATA Code for [[McCarran International Airport]] |
| callsign_meaning = '''LAS''' Vegas and IATA Code for [[McCarran International Airport]] |
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former_callsigns = |
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former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>8 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>8 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
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owner = [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] |
| owner = [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] |
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licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. |
| licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. |
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sister_stations = |
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former_affiliations = '''Secondary:'''<br>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1953–1956) |
| former_affiliations = '''Secondary:'''<br>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1953–1956) |
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effective_radiated_power = 30.1 [[kilowatt|kW]] |
| effective_radiated_power = 30.1 [[kilowatt|kW]] |
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HAAT = 609.1 m |
| HAAT = 609.1 m |
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facility_id = 35042 |
| facility_id = 35042 |
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coordinates = {{coord|35|56|44|N|115|2|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} |
| coordinates = {{coord|35|56|44|N|115|2|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} |
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licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
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homepage = |
| homepage = {{url|www.lasvegasnow.com}} |
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On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station [[WTVF]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/01/28/daily25.html |title=NewsChannel 5 owner looks to sell station |publisher=Nashville Business Journal |date=2008-01-30 |accessdate=2008-02-01 }}</ref> No suitable buyer for KLAS was found until Landmark took most of its properties off the market in October 2008 due to the [[Economic crisis of 2008|economic resession]]. KLAS and WTVF remained under Landmark ownership for more than four years. |
On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station [[WTVF]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/01/28/daily25.html |title=NewsChannel 5 owner looks to sell station |publisher=Nashville Business Journal |date=2008-01-30 |accessdate=2008-02-01 }}</ref> No suitable buyer for KLAS was found until Landmark took most of its properties off the market in October 2008 due to the [[Economic crisis of 2008|economic resession]]. KLAS and WTVF remained under Landmark ownership for more than four years. |
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On September 4, 2012, [[Journal Communications|Journal Broadcast Group]] (owners of one of KLAS's local rivals, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KTNV-TV]]) announced that it would purchase WTVF for $215 million. The sale was finalized on December 6.<ref>https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101534170&formid=905&fac_num=36504</ref> This left KLAS-TV as the only television station in Landmark's portfolio. |
On September 4, 2012, [[Journal Communications|Journal Broadcast Group]] (owners of one of KLAS's local rivals, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KTNV-TV]]) announced that it would purchase WTVF for $215 million. The sale was finalized on December 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101534170&formid=905&fac_num=36504 |title=CDBS Print |publisher=Licensing.fcc.gov |date= |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref> This left KLAS-TV as the only television station in Landmark's portfolio. |
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On November 21, 2014, [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] announced that it would purchase KLAS for $145 million.<ref name=tvnc-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Buying KLAS Las Vegas For $145M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/81015/nexstar-buying-klas-las-vegas-for-145m|accessdate=November 21, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> The sale was completed on February 13, 2015.<ref>[http://www.8newsnow.com/story/28106899/klas-tv-has-a-new-owner KLAS-TV has a new owner] KLAS-TV, February 13, 2015.</ref> |
On November 21, 2014, [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] announced that it would purchase KLAS for $145 million.<ref name=tvnc-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Buying KLAS Las Vegas For $145M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/81015/nexstar-buying-klas-las-vegas-for-145m|accessdate=November 21, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> The sale was completed on February 13, 2015.<ref>[http://www.8newsnow.com/story/28106899/klas-tv-has-a-new-owner KLAS-TV has a new owner] KLAS-TV, February 13, 2015.</ref> |
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==News operation== |
==News operation== |
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KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 34½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours on weekdays, 1½ hours on Saturdays and 2½ hours on Sundays). Although Channel 8 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, 8 News Now This Morning, the station does produce a newscast which runs for 3 hours weekday mornings from 4 to 7 a.m. and a half-hour on Sunday mornings at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., since Channel 8 airs the Saturday edition of ''[[CBS This Morning]]'', a national news program from CBS News from 5 to 7 a.m., with no local news or weather cut-ins, just national stuff, including the 6-city weather forecast from various CBS affiliates around the country. Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for most of its history. However, in recent years, KLAS's local newscasts have been losing ground in the ratings, with rivals KTNV, KVVU and KSNV having successfully eroded ratings for KLAS's newscasts; the station did not finish in first place in any timeslot as of the May 2015 sweeps period and dropped to last place in some timeslots. <ref>http://m.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/local-tv-news-ratings-were-shaken</ref> |
KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 34½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours on weekdays, 1½ hours on Saturdays and 2½ hours on Sundays). Although Channel 8 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, 8 News Now This Morning, the station does produce a newscast which runs for 3 hours weekday mornings from 4 to 7 a.m. and a half-hour on Sunday mornings at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., since Channel 8 airs the Saturday edition of ''[[CBS This Morning]]'', a national news program from CBS News from 5 to 7 a.m., with no local news or weather cut-ins, just national stuff, including the 6-city weather forecast from various CBS affiliates around the country. Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for most of its history. However, in recent years, KLAS's local newscasts have been losing ground in the ratings, with rivals KTNV, KVVU and KSNV having successfully eroded ratings for KLAS's newscasts; the station did not finish in first place in any timeslot as of the May 2015 sweeps period and dropped to last place in some timeslots. <ref>{{cite web|last=Clarkelas |first=Norm |url=http://m.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/local-tv-news-ratings-were-shaken |title=Local TV news ratings were shaken up | Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=M.reviewjournal.com |date=2015-06-26 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref> |
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KLAS previously branded its newscasts as ''[[Eyewitness News]]'', taking over the name from 1982 after KVBC discontinued using the branding, and used it until late 2009, when its newscasts adopted the ''8 News Now'' title. In the early 1980s, the station's newscasts were branded as ''Newscenter 8'', and used the opening [[Phenix Horns]] music of [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s 1979 single ''In The Stone'' for two years. On September 21, 1981, KLAS-TV became the first station in the state of Nevada to provide hour-long newscasts. For years, KLAS produced a daily interview show, which aired on sister channel Las Vegas One; the program moved to NBC affiliate KVBC (channel 3, now [[KSNV]]) in January 2010. |
KLAS previously branded its newscasts as ''[[Eyewitness News]]'', taking over the name from 1982 after KVBC discontinued using the branding, and used it until late 2009, when its newscasts adopted the ''8 News Now'' title. In the early 1980s, the station's newscasts were branded as ''Newscenter 8'', and used the opening [[Phenix Horns]] music of [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s 1979 single ''In The Stone'' for two years. On September 21, 1981, KLAS-TV became the first station in the state of Nevada to provide hour-long newscasts. For years, KLAS produced a daily interview show, which aired on sister channel Las Vegas One; the program moved to NBC affiliate KVBC (channel 3, now [[KSNV]]) in January 2010. |
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On September 17, 2006, KLAS became the first station in the Las Vegas market and the state of Nevada, and the eleventh station in the United States, to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. |
On September 17, 2006, KLAS became the first station in the Las Vegas market and the state of Nevada, and the eleventh station in the United States, to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. |
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Just after Nexstar purchased the station, it was announced that Nexstar might discontinue the 4:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. half hours of the station's weekday morning newscast. Starting on February 25, 2015, Nexstar would lay off at least 18 of the station's employees, mainly in the news department's business, traffic, and website divisions. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.<ref>http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/chopper-reporter-ken-smith-out-at-klas/142316</ref><ref>http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/nexstar-makes-cuts-at-las-vegas-station/149632</ref><ref>http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/joe-bartels-leaving-klas-absolutely-heartbroken-over-layoffs/149671</ref><ref>http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/layoffs-hit-las-vegas-s-klas-tv</ref> |
Just after Nexstar purchased the station, it was announced that Nexstar might discontinue the 4:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. half hours of the station's weekday morning newscast. Starting on February 25, 2015, Nexstar would lay off at least 18 of the station's employees, mainly in the news department's business, traffic, and website divisions. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aneya Fernando |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/chopper-reporter-ken-smith-out-at-klas/142316 |title=Chopper Reporter Ken Smith Out at KLAS | TVSpy |publisher=Adweek.com |date=2015-02-25 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Eck |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/nexstar-makes-cuts-at-las-vegas-station/149632 |title=Nexstar Makes Cuts at Las Vegas Station | TVSpy |publisher=Adweek.com |date=2015-06-04 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Eck |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/joe-bartels-leaving-klas-absolutely-heartbroken-over-layoffs/149671 |title=Joe Bartels Leaving KLAS, ‘Absolutely Heartbroken’ Over Layoffs | TVSpy |publisher=Adweek.com |date=2015-06-04 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lawrencelas |first=Christopher |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/layoffs-hit-las-vegas-s-klas-tv |title=Layoffs hit Las Vegas’s KLAS-TV | Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=Reviewjournal.com |date=2015-06-04 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref> |
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|| [[Ursine, Nevada|Ursine]] || '''[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K09FK-D K09FK-D]''' || 9 |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{Official website|http://www.lasvegasnow.com/}} |
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*[http://metvnetwork.com/ MeTVNetwork.com] - Me-TV Las Vegas' official website |
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KLAS-TV "CBS 8" virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7) is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KLAS-TV's studios are located at 3228 Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated community of Winchester (though with a Las Vegas address) and its transmitter is located on Mount Arden in Henderson.
History
KLAS first signed on the air on July 8, 1953; the station was originally owned by Hank Greenspun, owner of the Las Vegas Sun. Channel 8 was the first television station to sign on in Nevada (beating KOLO-TV in Reno to the air by two months and five days). It has always been a CBS affiliate, but maintained a secondary affiliation with ABC, which it would share with KLRJ/KORK-TV (channel 3, now KSNV-DT) from that station's sign on in January 1955, until KSHO-TV (channel 13, now KTNV-TV) debuted in May 1956. Greenspun sold the station to aviation magnate Howard Hughes in 1968, reportedly because the tycoon was dismayed that the station never played his favorite late night movies. After Hughes' death in 1976, the station was held in an outside trust for another two years until 1978, when it was sold to Landmark Communications (Landmark Communications renamed itself to Landmark Media Enterprises in September 2008).
On April 16, 1996, KLAS-TV became the first commercial television station in Nevada (and one of the first in the United States) to carry a digital broadcast signal. This signal was first launched during the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention that year. A little more than four years later on April 6, 2000, the first scheduled high definition network broadcasts in Las Vegas began on KLAS' digital signal.
On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station WTVF in Nashville.[1] No suitable buyer for KLAS was found until Landmark took most of its properties off the market in October 2008 due to the economic resession. KLAS and WTVF remained under Landmark ownership for more than four years.
On September 4, 2012, Journal Broadcast Group (owners of one of KLAS's local rivals, ABC affiliate KTNV-TV) announced that it would purchase WTVF for $215 million. The sale was finalized on December 6.[2] This left KLAS-TV as the only television station in Landmark's portfolio.
On November 21, 2014, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase KLAS for $145 million.[3] The sale was completed on February 13, 2015.[4]
Digital television
Digital channels
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[5] |
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8.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KLAS-HD | Main KLAS-TV programming / CBS |
8.2 | 480i | 4:3 | MeTV | Me-TV |
8.3 | 16:9 | Movies | Movies![6] |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KLAS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, 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 VHF channel 7.[7][8] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 8.
Programming
Syndicated programming seen on KLAS-TV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Live! with Kelly and Michael, The Insider, EP Daily, Dr. Phil, Private Practice and Entertainment Tonight. The station clears the entire CBS network schedule; however, the station airs Let's Make a Deal and The Talk in reverse order from CBS's recommended timeslots for both programs.[citation needed]
News operation
KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 34½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours on weekdays, 1½ hours on Saturdays and 2½ hours on Sundays). Although Channel 8 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, 8 News Now This Morning, the station does produce a newscast which runs for 3 hours weekday mornings from 4 to 7 a.m. and a half-hour on Sunday mornings at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., since Channel 8 airs the Saturday edition of CBS This Morning, a national news program from CBS News from 5 to 7 a.m., with no local news or weather cut-ins, just national stuff, including the 6-city weather forecast from various CBS affiliates around the country. Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for most of its history. However, in recent years, KLAS's local newscasts have been losing ground in the ratings, with rivals KTNV, KVVU and KSNV having successfully eroded ratings for KLAS's newscasts; the station did not finish in first place in any timeslot as of the May 2015 sweeps period and dropped to last place in some timeslots. [9]
KLAS previously branded its newscasts as Eyewitness News, taking over the name from 1982 after KVBC discontinued using the branding, and used it until late 2009, when its newscasts adopted the 8 News Now title. In the early 1980s, the station's newscasts were branded as Newscenter 8, and used the opening Phenix Horns music of Earth, Wind & Fire's 1979 single In The Stone for two years. On September 21, 1981, KLAS-TV became the first station in the state of Nevada to provide hour-long newscasts. For years, KLAS produced a daily interview show, which aired on sister channel Las Vegas One; the program moved to NBC affiliate KVBC (channel 3, now KSNV) in January 2010.
Beginning in the fall of 2002, KLAS produced a 10 p.m. newscast for KTUD-CA called UPN Eyewitness News. In the fall of 2006, when KTUD became an independent station, that station was rebranded on-air as "Vegas TV" and the newscasts was renamed to suit the new identity. Shortly after the merger, however, the station dropped the 10 p.m. newscast. KTUD later revived its 10 p.m. newscast, produced by KSNV, from October 2009 to August 2010.
In March 2006, KLAS revamped the station's morning newscast, which was branded as Eyewitness News This Morning at the time.
On September 17, 2006, KLAS became the first station in the Las Vegas market and the state of Nevada, and the eleventh station in the United States, to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.
Just after Nexstar purchased the station, it was announced that Nexstar might discontinue the 4:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. half hours of the station's weekday morning newscast. Starting on February 25, 2015, Nexstar would lay off at least 18 of the station's employees, mainly in the news department's business, traffic, and website divisions. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.[10][11][12][13]
Translators
KLAS' signal is relayed throughout Nevada and parts of Arizona on the following translator stations:
City of license | Callsign | Channel |
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Caliente | K09FL-D | 9 |
Ely | K24GY-D | 24 |
Ely & McGill | K50IY-D | 50 |
Eureka | K51GR | 51 |
Kingman, Arizona | K31BI-D | 31 |
Laughlin | K22DR | 22 |
Lund & Preston | K47HV-D | 47 |
Overton | K18IP-D | 18 |
Pahrump | K24BY-D | 24 |
K49AB | 49 | |
Panaca | K06DM-D | 6 |
Pioche | K09FJ-D | 9 |
Ruth | K03DS-D | 3 |
Ursine | K09FK-D | 9 |
Heliport
KLAS Channel 8 Heliport – (FAA LID: NV38) (currently not in use by station)
References
- ^ "NewsChannel 5 owner looks to sell station". Nashville Business Journal. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ "Nexstar Buying KLAS Las Vegas For $145M". TVNewsCheck. November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ KLAS-TV has a new owner KLAS-TV, February 13, 2015.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KLAS
- ^ Movies!: Where to Watch
- ^ Channel 8 Viewers Have More Time to Prepare for Digital, KLAS-TV, February 5, 2009.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ Clarkelas, Norm (2015-06-26). "Local TV news ratings were shaken up | Las Vegas Review-Journal". M.reviewjournal.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ Aneya Fernando (2015-02-25). "Chopper Reporter Ken Smith Out at KLAS | TVSpy". Adweek.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ Kevin Eck (2015-06-04). "Nexstar Makes Cuts at Las Vegas Station | TVSpy". Adweek.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ Kevin Eck (2015-06-04). "Joe Bartels Leaving KLAS, 'Absolutely Heartbroken' Over Layoffs | TVSpy". Adweek.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ Lawrencelas, Christopher (2015-06-04). "Layoffs hit Las Vegas's KLAS-TV | Las Vegas Review-Journal". Reviewjournal.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.