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{{short description|CBS affiliate in Las Vegas}} |
{{short description|CBS affiliate in Las Vegas}} |
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{{Infobox television station |
{{Infobox television station |
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| callsign = KLAS-TV |
| callsign = KLAS-TV |
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| city = |
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| logo = |
| logo = KLAS-TV logo.svg |
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| logo_size = 170px |
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| branding = Channel 8; ''8 News Now'' |
| branding = Channel 8; ''8 News Now'' |
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| digital = 7 ([[ |
| digital = 7 ([[VHF]]) |
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| virtual = 8 |
| virtual = 8 |
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| affiliations = '''8.1:''' [[CBS]] |
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''8.1:''' [[CBS]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} |
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| translators = |
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|7|8|p=y}} |
| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|7|8|p=y}} |
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| location = [[ |
| location = [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| callsign_meaning = Las Vegas |
| callsign_meaning = Las Vegas (also the [[IATA]] code for [[Harry Reid International Airport]]) |
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| former_callsigns = |
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| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' |
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 8 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
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| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]] |
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]] |
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| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc. |
| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc. |
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| sister_stations = |
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| former_affiliations = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (secondary, 1953–1957) |
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| former_affiliations = '''Secondary:'''<br>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1953–1956)<br>'''DT2:'''<br>[[MeTV]] (2010–June 2022)<br>'''DT3:'''<br>[[Movies!]] (2013−January 2022)<br>'''DT4:'''<br>[[Ion Television]] (2017–April 2021)<br>[[Circle (TV network)|Circle]] (April−November 2021)<br>Rewind TV (November 2021−June 2022, now on DT2) |
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| erp = 30.1 [[ |
| erp = 30.1 [[kW]] |
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| haat = {{convert|609.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
| haat = {{convert|609.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
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| facility_id = 35042 |
| facility_id = 35042 |
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| coordinates = |
| coordinates = {{coord|35|56|45.1|N|115|2|38.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} |
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| licensing_authority = [[ |
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]] |
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| website = {{ |
| website = {{URL|https://www.8newsnow.com/}} |
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'''KLAS-TV''' (channel 8) is a [[television station]] in [[ |
'''KLAS-TV''' (channel 8) is a [[television station]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], United States, affiliated with [[CBS]] and owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]]. The station's studios are located on Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the [[Las Vegas Strip]] in the [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] community of [[Winchester, Nevada|Winchester]] (though with a Las Vegas [[United States Postal Service|mailing]] address), and its transmitter is located on Mount Arden in [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Early years=== |
===Early years=== |
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KLAS-TV initially broadcast a test pattern for two weeks, beginning on July 8, 1953. The station went on-air on the evening of July 22, 1953, becoming Nevada's first television station.<ref>{{cite news |title=First Nevada Television Station to Go on Air |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44791147/klas/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Reno Evening Gazette |date=July 22, 1953}}</ref><ref name=Huffey>{{cite news |last=Huffey |first=Dorothy |title=KLAS celebrates 50 years with nostalgic anniversary luncheon |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-31-Thu-2003/living/21826248.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 31, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229144759/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-31-Thu-2003/living/21826248.html |archive-date=December 29, 2004}}</ref> The station was originally owned by Las Vegas Television Inc., run by [[Hank Greenspun]], owner of the ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]''. KLAS has always been a [[CBS]] affiliate, but maintained a secondary affiliation with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], which it would share with KLRJ/KORK-TV (channel 3, now [[ |
KLAS-TV initially broadcast a test pattern for two weeks, beginning on July 8, 1953. The station went on-air on the evening of July 22, 1953, becoming Nevada's first television station.<ref>{{cite news |title=First Nevada Television Station to Go on Air |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44791147/klas/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Reno Evening Gazette |date=July 22, 1953}}</ref><ref name=Huffey>{{cite news |last=Huffey |first=Dorothy |title=KLAS celebrates 50 years with nostalgic anniversary luncheon |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-31-Thu-2003/living/21826248.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 31, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229144759/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-31-Thu-2003/living/21826248.html |archive-date=December 29, 2004}}</ref> The station was originally owned by Las Vegas Television Inc., run by [[Hank Greenspun]], owner of the ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]''. KLAS has always been a [[CBS]] affiliate, but maintained a secondary affiliation with [[American Broadcasting Company|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]]) affiliated with the network in December 1957.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |
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Billionaire and aviation magnate [[Howard Hughes]] enjoyed staying up late and watching television, and he wanted KLAS to broadcast a full 24-hour/7-day-a-week schedule. Hughes also requested the station to show more [[Western film|Westerns]] and films about aviation. He eventually decided to purchase the station so he could have it operate as he wanted (though under his ownership, continuing to run CBS programming as scheduled and expected if preempted, most of the time).<ref>{{cite news |title=Hughes Lifestyle; Playboy To Recluse |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/las-vegas-sun-apr-06-1976-p-4/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=April 6, 1976 |via=NewspaperArchive.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Greenspun sold the station to [[Hughes Tool Company]] on March 30, 1968.<ref>{{cite news |title=KLAS Ownership Transferred To Hughes Tool |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/las-vegas-sun-apr-01-1968-p-3/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=April 1, 1968 |via=NewspaperArchive.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> 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). |
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===Since 1996=== |
===Since 1996=== |
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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. On April 6, 2000, the first scheduled [[high-definition television|high definition]] network broadcasts in Las Vegas began on KLAS-TV's digital signal. |
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. On April 6, 2000, the first scheduled [[high-definition television|high definition]] network broadcasts in Las Vegas began on KLAS-TV's digital signal. |
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On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station [[WTVF]] in [[ |
On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station [[WTVF]] in [[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=January 30, 2008 |access-date=February 1, 2008 }}</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 recession]]. KLAS and WTVF remained under Landmark ownership for more than four years. |
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On September 4, 2012, [[ |
On September 4, 2012, [[Journal Broadcast Group]] (owners of one of KLAS-TV's local rivals, 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 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> This left KLAS-TV as the only television station in Landmark's portfolio. |
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On November 21, 2014, [[ |
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|access-date=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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On January 29, 2016, shortly prior to [[Super Bowl 50]], KLAS was dropped from [[Cox Communications]] due to a [[retransmission consent]] dispute with Nexstar across nine markets. As a contingency plan, Cox announced on February 3, 2016, that it would offer a free preview of [[ESPN Deportes]] (which was broadcasting the game in [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]]) over the Super Bowl weekend, and encouraged viewers to listen to the English radio broadcast along with it. The next day, KLAS was restored after Cox reached a new deal with Nexstar.<ref name="lvsun-coxespndep">{{cite news|title=Cox offering subscribers an alternative to watch Super Bowl|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/03/cox-offering-subscribers-an-alternative-to-watch-s/|access-date= |
On January 29, 2016, shortly prior to [[Super Bowl 50]], KLAS was dropped from [[Cox Communications]] due to a [[retransmission consent]] dispute with Nexstar across nine markets. As a contingency plan, Cox announced on February 3, 2016, that it would offer a free preview of [[ESPN Deportes]] (which was broadcasting the game in [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]]) over the Super Bowl weekend, and encouraged viewers to listen to the English radio broadcast along with it. The next day, KLAS was restored after Cox reached a new deal with Nexstar.<ref name="lvsun-coxespndep">{{cite news|title=Cox offering subscribers an alternative to watch Super Bowl|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/03/cox-offering-subscribers-an-alternative-to-watch-s/|access-date=February 5, 2016|work=Las Vegas Sun}}</ref><ref name="lvsun-nexstarcox">{{cite news|title=Deal reached to restore KLAS-TV on Cox cable|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/03/cox-offering-subscribers-an-alternative-to-watch-s/|access-date=February 5, 2016|work=Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> |
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On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced it would acquire the assets of [[Chicago]]-based [[Tribune Media]] for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. The deal—which would make Nexstar the largest television station operator by total number of stations upon its expected closure late in the third quarter of 2019—would give KLAS additional [[sister station]]s in nearby markets including [[Los Angeles]] ([[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[KTLA]]) and [[San Diego]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KSWB-TV]]). (An ownership conflict exists in [[Salt Lake City]] between Nexstar's duopoly of ABC affiliate [[KTVX]] and CW affiliate [[KUCW]] and Tribune's Fox affiliate [[KSTU]].)<ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisition of Tribune Media Company|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Nexstar-Tribune-Investor-Presentation-FINAL-12-3-18.pdf|website=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Buying Tribune Media For $6.4 Billion|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|author=Mark K. Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Confirms $4.1B Tribune Media Acquisition To Become Leading Local TV Station Owner|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/nexstar-tribune-media-acquisition-1202512653/|author=Peter White|author2=Dade Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar to buy WGN owner Tribune Media for $4.1 billion|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-nexstar-tribune-media-20181202-story.html|author=Gerry Smith|author2=Nabila Ahmed|author3=Eric Newcomer|agency=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg News]]|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar to buy Tribune Media for $4.1 billion|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tribune-media-m-a-nexstar-media/nexstar-to-buy-tribune-media-for-4-1-billion-idUSKBN1O217Z|author=Arjun Panchadar|author2=Sonam Rai|work=[[Reuters]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Announces Deal to Buy Tribune for $6.4B|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/nexstar-announces-deal-to-buy-tribune-for-6-4b|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It's Official: Nexstar Takes Tribune In Billion-Dollar Stock Deal|url=https://www.rbr.com/reuters-nexstar-gets-tribune-in-4-1b-deal/|author=Adam Jacobson|website=Radio-Television Business Report|publisher=Streamline-RBR, Inc.|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar To Spin Off $1B In Stations|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|author=Harry A. Jessell|author2=Mark K. Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nxsttrco1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar_agrees_to_acquire_tribune/|title=Nexstar Media Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tribune Media Company for $6.4 Billion in Accretive Transaction Creating the Nation's Largest Local Television Broadcaster and Local Media Company|publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nxsttrco2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribunemedia.com/nexstar-media-group-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-tribune-media-company/|title=Nexstar Media Group Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Tribune Media Company|publisher=[[Tribune Media]]|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Programming== |
==Programming== |
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===Sports programming=== |
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[[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming seen on KLAS-TV includes ''[[Live with Kelly and Ryan]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', and ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]''; the latter three shows are distributed by [[CBS Media Ventures]]. The station clears the entire CBS network schedule, though ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' leads out of ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' after the noon news and into ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'', which is unusual scheduling for CBS' daytime programming, allowing ''Dr. Phil'' to be led into by ''The Talk''. |
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In 2020, Nexstar and KLAS were named the official television partners of the [[NFL]]'s [[Las Vegas Raiders]]. Along with carrying the bulk of the team's games as part of the ''[[NFL on CBS]]'', KLAS carries preseason games and team-produced ancillary programming (such as ''The Silver & Black Show'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Raiders and Nexstar announce long term broadcast agreement |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/sports/lasvegas-raiders/raiders-and-nexstar-tv-announced-long-term-broadcast-agreement/ |access-date=March 9, 2023 |website=KLAS |language=en-US}}</ref> By virtue of CBS holding the rights to the game,<ref name="sportspromedia">{{cite web |date=March 23, 2021 |title=The NFL's new broadcast rights deals |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/analysis/nfl-tv-rights-2021-2032-espn-abc-disney-nbc-cbs-fox-amazon-prime-streaming/ |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=SportsPro Media}}</ref> KLAS was the local broadcaster of [[Super Bowl LVIII]] at [[Allegiant Stadium]]. |
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In 2020, KLAS was named an official broadcast partner of the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Las Vegas Raiders]] along with carrying the bulk of the team's games by virtue of [[NFL on CBS|CBS' carriage of the AFC contract]], the station also carries the weekly highlight program ''The Silver & Black Show'', the Raiders pre-game show on Sunday mornings, the Season Preview Show, and provides exclusive traffic and weather reports leading up to and including game days.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KLAS-TV 8 named "A Proud Broadcast Partner" of Las Vegas Raiders|url=https://www.raiders.com/news/klas-tv-8-named-a-proud-broadcast-partner-of-las-vegas-raiders?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|publisher=[[Las Vegas Raiders]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> |
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===News operation=== |
===News operation=== |
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[[File:George Knapp and Matt Adams at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Crossfire-Water, Power and Politics.jpg|thumb|[[George Knapp (journalist)|George Knapp]] and Matt Adams of KLAS-TV at the [[List of Peabody Award winners (2010–2019)|68th Annual Peabody Awards]]]] |
[[File:George Knapp and Matt Adams at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Crossfire-Water, Power and Politics.jpg|thumb|[[George Knapp (journalist)|George Knapp]] and Matt Adams of KLAS-TV at the [[List of Peabody Award winners (2010–2019)|68th Annual Peabody Awards]]]] |
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KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 |
KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with {{frac|6|1|2}} hours each weekday, two hours on Saturdays and {{frac|3|1|2}} hours on Sundays); in addition, the station formerly produced an additional five hours of local newscasts for its second subchannel (with one hour each weekday). Although channel 8 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, ''8 News Now: Good Day'', the station does produce a newscast which airs for 3 hours weekday mornings from 4 to 7 a.m. and on Sunday mornings for an hour at 5:30 a.m. and a half-hour at 8 a.m., since channel 8 airs ''[[CBS Saturday Morning]]''. The evening news runs at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. |
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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 from [[KOLO-TV]] in [[Reno]]. 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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Beginning in the fall of 2002, KLAS produced a 10 p.m. newscast for [[ |
Beginning in the fall of 2002, KLAS produced a 10 p.m. newscast for [[KTUD-CA]] called ''Eyewitness News at 10 on UPN''. 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, this time produced by KSNV, from October 2009 to August 2010. |
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In March 2006, KLAS revamped the station's morning newscast, which was branded as ''Eyewitness News This Morning'' at the time. |
In March 2006, KLAS revamped the station's morning newscast, which was branded as ''Eyewitness News This Morning'' at the time. |
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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. |
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. |
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Just after Nexstar purchased the station, it was announced that Nexstar might discontinue the 4 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 and traffic divisions; some jobs related to the station's Internet operations were also removed as the station's web operations moved onto Nexstar's [[Lakana]] platform. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.<ref>{{cite web| |
Just after Nexstar purchased the station, it was announced that Nexstar might discontinue the 4 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 and traffic divisions; some jobs related to the station's Internet operations were also removed as the station's web operations moved onto Nexstar's [[Lakana]] platform. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|first=Aneya|last=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=February 25, 2015 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=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=June 4, 2015 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=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=June 4, 2015 |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lawrence |first=Christopher |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/layoffs-hit-las-vegass-klas-tv/ |title=Layoffs hit Las Vegas's KLAS-TV |publisher=Reviewjournal.com |date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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On October 10, 2018, channel 8 began producing an hour-long weeknight 9 p.m. newscast for its second digital subchannel, making it the only television station in Las Vegas to air a local newscast in that timeslot. |
On October 10, 2018, channel 8 began producing an hour-long weeknight 9 p.m. newscast for its second digital subchannel, making it the only television station in Las Vegas to air a local newscast in that timeslot. The newscast was later canceled. |
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====Reception==== |
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KLAS has won more than 100 awards for its news coverage,<ref name=Stoldal92/> including investigative documentaries about the [[American Mafia]] and UFOs.<ref name=Huffey/> In 1986, [[United Press International]] awarded it "Best Newscast in America". As of 1992, it frequently dominated ratings in local newscasts.<ref name=Stoldal92>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sandy |title=New news director joins WTVF-Ch. 5 next month: Robert Stoldal coming from Las Vegas station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112540875/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=The Tennessean |date=May 12, 1992}}</ref> In 2011, KLAS received 19 nominations from the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]], eclipsing its rival news stations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bornfeld |first=Steve |title=Emmys nominate stories both good … and strange |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/emmys-nominate-stories-both-good-and-strange/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 12, 2011}}</ref> Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for many years. However, |
KLAS has won more than 100 awards for its news coverage,<ref name=Stoldal92/> including investigative documentaries about the [[American Mafia]] and UFOs.<ref name=Huffey/> In 1986, [[United Press International]] awarded it "Best Newscast in America". As of 1992, it frequently dominated ratings in local newscasts.<ref name=Stoldal92>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sandy |title=New news director joins WTVF-Ch. 5 next month: Robert Stoldal coming from Las Vegas station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112540875/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=The Tennessean |date=May 12, 1992}}</ref> In 2011, KLAS received 19 nominations from the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]], eclipsing its rival news stations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bornfeld |first=Steve |title=Emmys nominate stories both good … and strange |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/emmys-nominate-stories-both-good-and-strange/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 12, 2011}}</ref> Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for many years. However, rivals KTNV, [[KVVU]] and KSNV have eroded ratings for KLAS' newscasts over the years. |
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====Notable news staff==== |
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Bob Stoldal joined KLAS as a reporter and anchor in 1967, before becoming the network's news director in 1970.<ref name=Stoldal>{{cite news |title=Stoldal gets new post at Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/aug/27/stoldal-gets-new-post-at-channel-8/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=August 27, 2002}}</ref> [[Sue Lowden]] joined KLAS as a reporter in 1978, and later became an anchor.<ref name=Myers>{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Laura |title=Lowden draws on experience, vision in Senate run |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/lowden-draws-on-experience-vision-in-senate-run/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 24, 2010}}</ref> Gary Waddell became an anchor in 1980.<ref name=Waddell>{{cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Paul |title=Dean of Las Vegas television news anchors announces retirement |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/09/dean-las-vegas-television-news-anchors-announces-r/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 9, 2012}}</ref> Lowden departed the station in 1987,<ref name=Myers/> and [[Paula Francis]] joined as an anchor the following year. [[George Knapp (journalist)|George Knapp]] has also been a longtime anchor for the station.<ref name=Francis>{{cite web | last=Lawrence | first=Christopher | title=Retiring Paula Francis looks back on her three decades at Channel 8 | website=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=February 17, 2016 | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/retiring-paula-francis-looks-back-her-three-decades-channel-8 | access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> Polly Gonzalez joined KLAS in 1994,<ref name=Mourn>{{cite news |last=Kihara |first=David |title=Viewers, colleagues mourn Emmy Award-winning anchor |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/29/viewers-colleagues-mourn-emmy-award-winning-anchor/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 29, 2005}}</ref> becoming the first prime-time Hispanic anchor in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kihara |first=David |title=TV anchor's family suing Ford over fatal crash |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/tv-anchors-family-suing-ford-over-fatal-crash/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 25, 2009}}</ref> |
Bob Stoldal joined KLAS as a reporter and anchor in 1967, before becoming the network's news director in 1970.<ref name=Stoldal>{{cite news |title=Stoldal gets new post at Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/aug/27/stoldal-gets-new-post-at-channel-8/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=August 27, 2002}}</ref> [[Sue Lowden]] joined KLAS as a reporter in 1978, and later became an anchor.<ref name=Myers>{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Laura |title=Lowden draws on experience, vision in Senate run |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/lowden-draws-on-experience-vision-in-senate-run/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 24, 2010}}</ref> Gary Waddell became an anchor in 1980.<ref name=Waddell>{{cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Paul |title=Dean of Las Vegas television news anchors announces retirement |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/09/dean-las-vegas-television-news-anchors-announces-r/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 9, 2012}}</ref> Lowden departed the station in 1987,<ref name=Myers/> and [[Paula Francis]] joined as an anchor the following year. [[George Knapp (journalist)|George Knapp]] has also been a longtime anchor for the station.<ref name=Francis>{{cite web | last=Lawrence | first=Christopher | title=Retiring Paula Francis looks back on her three decades at Channel 8 | website=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=February 17, 2016 | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/retiring-paula-francis-looks-back-her-three-decades-channel-8 | access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> Polly Gonzalez joined KLAS in 1994,<ref name=Mourn>{{cite news |last=Kihara |first=David |title=Viewers, colleagues mourn Emmy Award-winning anchor |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/29/viewers-colleagues-mourn-emmy-award-winning-anchor/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 29, 2005}}</ref> becoming the first prime-time Hispanic anchor in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kihara |first=David |title=TV anchor's family suing Ford over fatal crash |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/tv-anchors-family-suing-ford-over-fatal-crash/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 25, 2009}}</ref> |
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In 2002, Stoldal was named as vice president of news, overseeing operations for KLAS while retaining his position as news director.<ref name=Stoldal/> Dave Courvoisier, a former anchor for KVBC, was hired as a KLAS anchor in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBS affiliate hires former Channel 3 anchor |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/living/21010070.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319084250/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/living/21010070.html |archive-date=March 19, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Channel 8 makes moves with experienced TV news anchors |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/news/21011808.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229005048/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/news/21011808.html |archive-date=December 29, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Baird |first=Kirk |title=KLAS Act |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/may/21/klas-act/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=May 21, 2004}}</ref> Gonzalez worked as a KLAS anchor until her death from an auto accident in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Casey |first=Juliet V. |title=Longtime Channel 8 news anchor dies in accident; Daughters, 5 and 8, survive vehicle rollover |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-29-Tue-2005/news/26172643.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 29, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203180346/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-29-Tue-2005/news/26172643.html |archive-date=December 3, 2005}}</ref> She was widely remembered,<ref>{{cite news |last=Geary |first=Frank |title=Colleagues recall anchorwoman; Services pending for Polly Gonzalez |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-30-Wed-2005/news/26180760.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406173701/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-30-Wed-2005/news/26180760.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Viewers remember Gonzalez with e-mails to Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/29/viewers-remember-gonzalez-with-e-mails-to-channel-/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 29, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Legislature remembers television anchor Gonzalez |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/30/legislature-remembers-television-anchor-gonzalez/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 30, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering 8 News Now anchor Polly Gonzalez |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/remembering-8-news-now-anchor-polly-gonzalez/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=KLAS |date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> and a memorial park was later opened.<ref>{{cite news |title=New park opens in northwest |url=http://viewnews.com/2006/VIEW-Aug-29-Tue-2006/Summerlin/9214928.html |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=View News |date=August 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024213512/http://viewnews.com/2006/VIEW-Aug-29-Tue-2006/Summerlin/9214928.html |archive-date= |
In 2002, Stoldal was named as vice president of news, overseeing operations for KLAS while retaining his position as news director.<ref name=Stoldal/> Dave Courvoisier, a former anchor for KVBC, was hired as a KLAS anchor in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBS affiliate hires former Channel 3 anchor |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/living/21010070.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319084250/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/living/21010070.html |archive-date=March 19, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Channel 8 makes moves with experienced TV news anchors |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/news/21011808.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229005048/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-02-Wed-2003/news/21011808.html |archive-date=December 29, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Baird |first=Kirk |title=KLAS Act |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/may/21/klas-act/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=May 21, 2004}}</ref> Gonzalez worked as a KLAS anchor until her death from an auto accident in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Casey |first=Juliet V. |title=Longtime Channel 8 news anchor dies in accident; Daughters, 5 and 8, survive vehicle rollover |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-29-Tue-2005/news/26172643.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 29, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203180346/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-29-Tue-2005/news/26172643.html |archive-date=December 3, 2005}}</ref> She was widely remembered,<ref>{{cite news |last=Geary |first=Frank |title=Colleagues recall anchorwoman; Services pending for Polly Gonzalez |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-30-Wed-2005/news/26180760.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406173701/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-30-Wed-2005/news/26180760.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Viewers remember Gonzalez with e-mails to Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/29/viewers-remember-gonzalez-with-e-mails-to-channel-/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 29, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Legislature remembers television anchor Gonzalez |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/30/legislature-remembers-television-anchor-gonzalez/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 30, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering 8 News Now anchor Polly Gonzalez |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/remembering-8-news-now-anchor-polly-gonzalez/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=KLAS |date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> and a memorial park was later opened.<ref>{{cite news |title=New park opens in northwest |url=http://viewnews.com/2006/VIEW-Aug-29-Tue-2006/Summerlin/9214928.html |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=View News |date=August 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024213512/http://viewnews.com/2006/VIEW-Aug-29-Tue-2006/Summerlin/9214928.html |archive-date=October 24, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anchorwoman remembered at city's Polly Gonzalez park |url=https://nl.newsbank.com |website=Centennial View |access-date=May 25, 2020 |date=November 2, 2010 |url-access=subscription |via=[[NewsLibrary]]}}</ref> Gonzalez was replaced by Denise Valdez as anchor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Channel 8 anchor in story on trend |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-27-Fri-2006/news/5522516.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614003040/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-27-Fri-2006/news/5522516.html |archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref> |
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Stoldal retired in 2008, as he felt the timing was right considering Landmark Communications' intentions to sell KLAS.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ralston |first=Jon |title=A journalistic legend in Nevada retires |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/apr/17/journalistic-legend-nevada-retires/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=April 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Koch |first=Ed |title=Vegas TV pioneer, newsman, historian Stoldal retiring |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/14/vegas-tv-pioneer-newsman-historian-stoldal-retirin/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=June 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Jane Ann |title=Channel 8 newsman gets ready to speak his mind in retirement |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/channel-8-newsman-gets-ready-to-speak-his-mind-in-retirement/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 16, 2008}}</ref> Dayna Roselli became a fulltime morning anchor in 2008, after joining KLAS four years earlier as a helicopter reporter and also working as a fill-in and traffic anchor.<ref name=Roselli>{{cite news |last=Sieroty |first=Chris |title=Nevadan at Work: Channel 8 news anchor enjoys early morning shift |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/nevadan-at-work-channel-8-news-anchor-enjoys-early-morning-shift/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> Roselli was considered one of Las Vegas' prominent media figures.<ref name=Roselli/><ref name=Kats/> She left KLAS in 2012,<ref name=Kats>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Morning anchor Dayna Roselli leaves KLAS Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2012/jun/12/morning-anchor-dayna-roselli-leaves-klas/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> when the station added two new anchors in an effort to increase morning ratings. The effort ultimately failed to produce a notable change in the ratings, and one of the new anchors, Shauna Khorrami, was fired after eight months.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Khorrami's out as Channel 8 anchor |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/khorramis-out-as-channel-8-anchor/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Knox |first=Merrill |title=Morning Anchor Shauna Khorrami Out at KLAS |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/morning-anchor-shauna-khorrami-out-at-klas/85528/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Adweek |date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> |
Stoldal retired in 2008, as he felt the timing was right considering Landmark Communications' intentions to sell KLAS.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ralston |first=Jon |title=A journalistic legend in Nevada retires |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/apr/17/journalistic-legend-nevada-retires/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=April 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Koch |first=Ed |title=Vegas TV pioneer, newsman, historian Stoldal retiring |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/14/vegas-tv-pioneer-newsman-historian-stoldal-retirin/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=June 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Jane Ann |title=Channel 8 newsman gets ready to speak his mind in retirement |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/channel-8-newsman-gets-ready-to-speak-his-mind-in-retirement/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 16, 2008}}</ref> Dayna Roselli became a fulltime morning anchor in 2008, after joining KLAS four years earlier as a helicopter reporter and also working as a fill-in and traffic anchor.<ref name=Roselli>{{cite news |last=Sieroty |first=Chris |title=Nevadan at Work: Channel 8 news anchor enjoys early morning shift |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/nevadan-at-work-channel-8-news-anchor-enjoys-early-morning-shift/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> Roselli was considered one of Las Vegas' prominent media figures.<ref name=Roselli/><ref name=Kats/> She left KLAS in 2012,<ref name=Kats>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Morning anchor Dayna Roselli leaves KLAS Channel 8 |url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2012/jun/12/morning-anchor-dayna-roselli-leaves-klas/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> when the station added two new anchors in an effort to increase morning ratings. The effort ultimately failed to produce a notable change in the ratings, and one of the new anchors, Shauna Khorrami, was fired after eight months.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Khorrami's out as Channel 8 anchor |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/khorramis-out-as-channel-8-anchor/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Knox |first=Merrill |title=Morning Anchor Shauna Khorrami Out at KLAS |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/morning-anchor-shauna-khorrami-out-at-klas/85528/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Adweek |date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> |
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Waddell retired in 2012, after spending 32 years with KLAS. Waddell had become the longest-serving news anchor in Las Vegas.<ref name=Waddell/><ref>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Gary Waddell is retiring from KLAS, but don't expect him to fade to black |url=https://nl.newsbank.com |website=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=June 2, 2020 |date=July 10, 2012 |url-access=subscription |via=NewsLibrary}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Waddell's exit leads changes at KLAS-TV |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/waddells-exit-leads-changes-at-klas-tv/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Waddell has long, storied TV career |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/waddell-has-long-storied-tv-career/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> Francis left KLAS in 2016 to retire as well,<ref name=Francis/><ref>{{cite news |last=Sebelius |first=Steve |title=Happy retirement to a real broadcast pro |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/steve-sebelius/happy-retirement-to-a-real-broadcast-pro/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Christopher |title=It's Paula Francis' last night at KLAS-TV |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/its-paula-francis-last-night-at-klas-tv/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> and was replaced by Valdez.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Christopher |title=Denise Valdez to replace retiring Paula Francis at Channel 8 |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/denise-valdez-to-replace-retiring-paula-francis-at-channel-8/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=February 27, 2016}}</ref> Courvoisier retired in 2017. He had anchored news in the Las Vegas market for 27 years. But he came out of retirement to return as a morning anchor at KTNV-TV starting in August 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/christopher-lawrence/dave-courvoisier-leaves-channel-8-but-dont-say-retirement/|title=Dave Courvoisier leaves Channel 8, but don't say 'retirement'|date=2017 |
Waddell retired in 2012, after spending 32 years with KLAS. Waddell had become the longest-serving news anchor in Las Vegas.<ref name=Waddell/><ref>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Gary Waddell is retiring from KLAS, but don't expect him to fade to black |url=https://nl.newsbank.com |website=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=June 2, 2020 |date=July 10, 2012 |url-access=subscription |via=NewsLibrary}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Waddell's exit leads changes at KLAS-TV |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/waddells-exit-leads-changes-at-klas-tv/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Waddell has long, storied TV career |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/waddell-has-long-storied-tv-career/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> Francis left KLAS in 2016 to retire as well,<ref name=Francis/><ref>{{cite news |last=Sebelius |first=Steve |title=Happy retirement to a real broadcast pro |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/steve-sebelius/happy-retirement-to-a-real-broadcast-pro/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Christopher |title=It's Paula Francis' last night at KLAS-TV |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/its-paula-francis-last-night-at-klas-tv/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> and was replaced by Valdez.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Christopher |title=Denise Valdez to replace retiring Paula Francis at Channel 8 |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/denise-valdez-to-replace-retiring-paula-francis-at-channel-8/ |access-date=June 2, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=February 27, 2016}}</ref> Courvoisier retired in 2017. He had anchored news in the Las Vegas market for 27 years. But he came out of retirement to return as a morning anchor at KTNV-TV starting in August 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/christopher-lawrence/dave-courvoisier-leaves-channel-8-but-dont-say-retirement/|title=Dave Courvoisier leaves Channel 8, but don't say 'retirement'|date=December 9, 2017|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Tedd Florendo and Sherry Swensk are the channel's [[weather presenter]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipinos are anchors too |url=https://nl.newsbank.com |website=Las Vegas CityLife |access-date=June 2, 2020 |date=October 5, 2006 |url-access=subscription |via=NewsLibrary}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Norm |title=Warm response for weatherman |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/warm-response-for-weatherman/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Eck |first=Kevin |title=Tedd Florendo Returns to Las Vegas |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/tedd-florendo-returns-to-las-vegas/129101/ |website=Adweek |access-date=May 25, 2020 |date=September 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sherry Swensk |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/author/sherry-swensk/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=KLAS}}</ref> |
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==Technical information== |
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| 8.1 || [[1080i]] || rowspan="4"|[[16:9]] || CBS || Main KLAS-TV programming / [[CBS]] |
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| rowspan="3"|[[480i]] || [[4:3]] || Antenna || [[Antenna TV]] |
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| 8.3 || SP Grid || [[Dan Abrams#SportsGrid|SportsGrid]] |
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| rowspan = 3 | 480i || rowspan = 3 | 16:9 || TBD || [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] ([[KVCW]]) |
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In 2010, KLAS launched a second subchannel affiliated with [[MeTV]]. As of June 2013, the station launched another subchannel, this time with [[Movies!]]. [[Ion Television]] began airing on 8.4 in 2017 and was replaced by [[Circle (TV network)|Circle]] in April 2021 and Rewind TV on November 1, 2021. In January 2022, Movies! was replaced by SportsGrid. On June 1 of that year, MeTV moved to [[KHSV]] resulting in Rewind TV |
In 2010, KLAS launched a second subchannel affiliated with [[MeTV]]. As of June 2013, the station launched another subchannel, this time with [[Movies!]]. [[Ion Television]] began airing on 8.4 in 2017 and was replaced by [[Circle (TV network)|Circle]] in April 2021 and Rewind TV on November 1, 2021. In January 2022, Movies! was replaced by SportsGrid. On June 1 of that year, MeTV moved to [[KHSV]] resulting in Rewind TV moving to DT2, and Shop LC took its place on DT4. In October 2022, SportsGrid was replaced by [[Get (TV network)|Get]]. On May 1, 2024, Antenna TV was added to DT2, being moved from another station, displacing Rewind TV to subchannel 8.3, which replaced [[Get (TV network)|Get]] as a result. |
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===Analog-to-digital conversion=== |
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KLAS-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[ |
KLAS-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 8, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition 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,<ref>[http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=9797310&nav=menu102_2 Channel 8 Viewers Have More Time to Prepare for Digital], KLAS-TV, February 5, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 8. |
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*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37523|3=K06DM-D}}''' [[Panaca, Nevada|Panaca]] |
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|| [[Caliente, Nevada|Caliente]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37522|3=K09FL-D}}'''|| 9 || 0.014 kW || {{convert|-159|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 37522 || {{coord|37|37|17.9|N|114|30|31.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K09FL-D}} || [https://lincolncountynv.org/departments/television-district/ Lincoln County TV District No. 1] |
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|| [[Ely, Nevada|Ely]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|72241|3=K24GY-D}}'''|| 24 || 0.796 kW || {{convert|1007|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 72241 || {{coord|39|9|44.7|N|114|36|35|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K24GY-D}} || rowspan=2|[http://whitepinetv.com/ White Pine Television District #1] |
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|| [[Ely, Nevada|Ely]]<br>[[McGill, Nevada|McGill]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|72241|3=K17NT-D}}'''|| 17 || 3.549 kW || {{convert|270|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 72241 || {{coord|39|15|52.8|N|114|53|38.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K17NT-D}} |
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|| [[Laughlin, Nevada|Laughlin]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|35043|3=K22DR-D}}'''|| 22 || 1.63 kW || {{convert|679|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 35043 || {{coord|35|14|57.2|N|114|44|35.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K22DR-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]] |
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|| [[Lund, Nevada|Lund]]<br>[[Preston, Nevada|Preston]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|72249|3=K25PX-D}}'''|| 25 || 3.549 kW || {{convert|305|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 72249 || {{coord|39|14|38.7|N|115|0|10.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K25PX-D}} || [http://whitepinetv.com/ White Pine Television District #1] |
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|| [[Overton, Nevada|Overton]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|43319|3=K18IP-D}}'''|| 18 || 1.8 kW || {{convert|134|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 43319 || {{coord|36|41|8.7|N|114|31|12.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K18IP-D}} || [https://www.moapavalleytv.com/ Moapa Valley TV Maintenance District] |
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| rowspan=2|[[Pahrump, Nevada|Pahrump]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|67417|3=K24BY-D}}'''|| 24 || 0.283 kW || {{convert|-43|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 67417 || {{coord|36|12|28.8|N|115|58|38.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K24BY-D}} || [[Pahrump, Nevada|Pahrump]] |
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||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|48806|3=K30PR-D}}'''|| 30 || 7.3 kW || {{convert|1072|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 48806 || {{coord|35|57|21.8|N|115|29|45.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K30PR-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]] |
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|| [[Panaca, Nevada|Panaca]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37523|3=K06DM-D}}'''|| 6 || 0.06 kW || {{convert|613|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 37523 || {{coord|37|27|33.8|N|114|27|59.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K06DM-D}} || rowspan=2|[https://lincolncountynv.org/departments/television-district/ Lincoln County TV District No. 1] |
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|| [[Pioche, Nevada|Pioche]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37530|3=K09FJ-D}}'''|| 9 || 0.014 kW || {{convert|249|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 37530 || {{coord|37|55|22.1|N|114|27|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K09FJ-D}} |
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|| [[Ruth, Nevada|Ruth]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|72238|3=K03DS-D}}'''|| 3 || 0.002 kW || {{convert|-33|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 72238 || {{coord|39|16|26.7|N|114|59|15|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K03DS-D}} || [http://whitepinetv.com/ White Pine Television District #1] |
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|| [[Ursine, Nevada|Ursine]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37525|3=K09FK-D}}'''|| 9 || 0.027 kW || {{convert|-93|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 37525 || {{coord|37|59|0.3|N|114|13|29.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K09FK-D}} || [https://lincolncountynv.org/departments/television-district/ Lincoln County TV District No. 1] |
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|| [[Kingman, Arizona|Kingman, AZ]]||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|43406|3=K31PI-D}}'''|| 31 || 2.15 kW || {{convert|855|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 43406 || {{coord|35|6|37|N|113|52|57.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K31PI-D}} || [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave County]] Board of Supervisors |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | Channel 8; 8 News Now |
| Programming | |
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| History | |
First air date | July 8, 1953 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| ABC (secondary, 1953–1957) | |
Call sign meaning | Las Vegas (also the IATA code for Harry Reid International Airport) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35042 |
| ERP | 30.1 kW |
| HAAT | 609.1 m (1,998 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°56′45.1″N 115°2′38.3″W / 35.945861°N 115.043972°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KLAS-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated community of Winchester (though with a Las Vegas mailing address), and its transmitter is located on Mount Arden in Henderson.
History
[edit]![[icon]](/https/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion with: further information on KLAS' station history. You can help by adding to it. (October 2010) |
Early years
[edit]KLAS-TV initially broadcast a test pattern for two weeks, beginning on July 8, 1953. The station went on-air on the evening of July 22, 1953, becoming Nevada's first television station.[2][3] The station was originally owned by Las Vegas Television Inc., run by Hank Greenspun, owner of the Las Vegas Sun. KLAS 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) affiliated with the network in December 1957.[citation needed]
Billionaire and aviation magnate Howard Hughes enjoyed staying up late and watching television, and he wanted KLAS to broadcast a full 24-hour/7-day-a-week schedule. Hughes also requested the station to show more Westerns and films about aviation. He eventually decided to purchase the station so he could have it operate as he wanted (though under his ownership, continuing to run CBS programming as scheduled and expected if preempted, most of the time).[4] Greenspun sold the station to Hughes Tool Company on March 30, 1968.[5] 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).
Since 1996
[edit]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. On April 6, 2000, the first scheduled high definition network broadcasts in Las Vegas began on KLAS-TV's digital signal.
On January 30, 2008, Landmark announced its intention to sell KLAS, along with its other television station WTVF in Nashville.[6] No suitable buyer for KLAS was found until Landmark took most of its properties off the market in October 2008 due to the economic recession. KLAS and WTVF remained under Landmark ownership for more than four years.
On September 4, 2012, Journal Broadcast Group (owners of one of KLAS-TV's local rivals, ABC affiliate KTNV-TV) announced that it would purchase WTVF for $215 million. The sale was finalized on December 6.[7] 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.[8] The sale was completed on February 13, 2015.[9]
On January 29, 2016, shortly prior to Super Bowl 50, KLAS was dropped from Cox Communications due to a retransmission consent dispute with Nexstar across nine markets. As a contingency plan, Cox announced on February 3, 2016, that it would offer a free preview of ESPN Deportes (which was broadcasting the game in Spanish) over the Super Bowl weekend, and encouraged viewers to listen to the English radio broadcast along with it. The next day, KLAS was restored after Cox reached a new deal with Nexstar.[10][11]
Programming
[edit]Sports programming
[edit]In 2020, Nexstar and KLAS were named the official television partners of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders. Along with carrying the bulk of the team's games as part of the NFL on CBS, KLAS carries preseason games and team-produced ancillary programming (such as The Silver & Black Show).[12] By virtue of CBS holding the rights to the game,[13] KLAS was the local broadcaster of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium.
News operation
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KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6+1⁄2 hours each weekday, two hours on Saturdays and 3+1⁄2 hours on Sundays); in addition, the station formerly produced an additional five hours of local newscasts for its second subchannel (with one hour each weekday). Although channel 8 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, 8 News Now: Good Day, the station does produce a newscast which airs for 3 hours weekday mornings from 4 to 7 a.m. and on Sunday mornings for an hour at 5:30 a.m. and a half-hour at 8 a.m., since channel 8 airs CBS Saturday Morning. The evening news runs at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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 from KOLO-TV in Reno. 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 Eyewitness News at 10 on UPN. 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, this time 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 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 and traffic divisions; some jobs related to the station's Internet operations were also removed as the station's web operations moved onto Nexstar's Lakana platform. The station's news helicopter was also discontinued.[14][15][16][17]
On October 10, 2018, channel 8 began producing an hour-long weeknight 9 p.m. newscast for its second digital subchannel, making it the only television station in Las Vegas to air a local newscast in that timeslot. The newscast was later canceled.
Reception
[edit]KLAS has won more than 100 awards for its news coverage,[18] including investigative documentaries about the American Mafia and UFOs.[3] In 1986, United Press International awarded it "Best Newscast in America". As of 1992, it frequently dominated ratings in local newscasts.[18] In 2011, KLAS received 19 nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, eclipsing its rival news stations.[19] Channel 8 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for many years. However, rivals KTNV, KVVU and KSNV have eroded ratings for KLAS' newscasts over the years.
Notable news staff
[edit]Bob Stoldal joined KLAS as a reporter and anchor in 1967, before becoming the network's news director in 1970.[20] Sue Lowden joined KLAS as a reporter in 1978, and later became an anchor.[21] Gary Waddell became an anchor in 1980.[22] Lowden departed the station in 1987,[21] and Paula Francis joined as an anchor the following year. George Knapp has also been a longtime anchor for the station.[23] Polly Gonzalez joined KLAS in 1994,[24] becoming the first prime-time Hispanic anchor in Las Vegas.[25]
In 2002, Stoldal was named as vice president of news, overseeing operations for KLAS while retaining his position as news director.[20] Dave Courvoisier, a former anchor for KVBC, was hired as a KLAS anchor in 2003.[26][27][28] Gonzalez worked as a KLAS anchor until her death from an auto accident in 2005.[29] She was widely remembered,[30][31][32][33] and a memorial park was later opened.[34][35] Gonzalez was replaced by Denise Valdez as anchor.[36]
Stoldal retired in 2008, as he felt the timing was right considering Landmark Communications' intentions to sell KLAS.[37][38][39] Dayna Roselli became a fulltime morning anchor in 2008, after joining KLAS four years earlier as a helicopter reporter and also working as a fill-in and traffic anchor.[40] Roselli was considered one of Las Vegas' prominent media figures.[40][41] She left KLAS in 2012,[41] when the station added two new anchors in an effort to increase morning ratings. The effort ultimately failed to produce a notable change in the ratings, and one of the new anchors, Shauna Khorrami, was fired after eight months.[42][43]
Waddell retired in 2012, after spending 32 years with KLAS. Waddell had become the longest-serving news anchor in Las Vegas.[22][44][45][46] Francis left KLAS in 2016 to retire as well,[23][47][48] and was replaced by Valdez.[49] Courvoisier retired in 2017. He had anchored news in the Las Vegas market for 27 years. But he came out of retirement to return as a morning anchor at KTNV-TV starting in August 2020.[50] Tedd Florendo and Sherry Swensk are the channel's weather presenters.[51][52][53][54]
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CBS | CBS |
| 8.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Antenna | Antenna TV |
| 8.3 | 16:9 | Rewind TV | Rewind TV | |
| 8.4 | Shop LC | Shop LC | ||
| 33.3 | 480i | 16:9 | TBD | TBD (KVCW) |
| 33.4 | ThisTV | This TV (KVCW) | ||
| 33.5 | Stadium | The Nest (KVCW) |
Broadcast on behalf of another station
In 2010, KLAS launched a second subchannel affiliated with MeTV. As of June 2013, the station launched another subchannel, this time with Movies!. Ion Television began airing on 8.4 in 2017 and was replaced by Circle in April 2021 and Rewind TV on November 1, 2021. In January 2022, Movies! was replaced by SportsGrid. On June 1 of that year, MeTV moved to KHSV resulting in Rewind TV moving to DT2, and Shop LC took its place on DT4. In October 2022, SportsGrid was replaced by Get. On May 1, 2024, Antenna TV was added to DT2, being moved from another station, displacing Rewind TV to subchannel 8.3, which replaced Get as a result.
Analog-to-digital conversion
[edit]KLAS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, the official date on 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,[56][57] using virtual channel 8.
Translators
[edit]- K09FL-D Caliente
- K24GY-D Ely
- K17NT-D Ely & McGill
- K31BI-D Kingman, AZ
- K22DR-D Laughlin
- K25PX-D Lund & Preston
- K18IP-D Overton
- K24BY-D Pahrump
- K30PR-D Pahrump
- K06DM-D Panaca
- K09FJ-D Pioche
- K03DS-D Ruth
- K09FK-D Ursine
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