KLAS-TV

:For the real-life CBS affiliate on channel 8, see on Wikipedia.
 (channel 2) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, serving Southern Nevada as a network outlet of CBS. Owned by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station's studios are located on Channel 2 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.
KLAS is one of two stations that are owned by the "big five" networks, alongside Central-owned KCNC (channel 7).
==History==
===Early history===
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 second television station. The station was originally owned by Las Vegas Television Inc. as an affiliate of CBS, run by Hank Greenspun, owner of the Las Vegas Sun.
Billionaire and aviation magnate Howard Hughes enjoyed staying up late and watching television, and he wanted KLAS to broadcast all night for him to watch. Hughes also requested the station to play more films about airplanes and cowboys. He eventually decided to purchase the station so he could have it operate as he wanted. Greenspun sold the station to Hughes Tool Company on March 30, 1968. After Hughes' death in 1976, the station was held in an outside trust for another two years until 1978, when it was sold to CBS Inc.
===Since 1996===
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.
==Programming==
===Sports programming===
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). By virtue of CBS holding the rights to the game, KLAS was the local broadcaster of Super Bowl LVIIIat Allegiant Stadium.
===News operation===
KLAS-TV presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6+1⁄2hours 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 2 does not produce a Saturday edition of its morning newscast, Good Day Las Vegas, 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 KVGC discontinued using the branding, and used it until late 2009, when it adopted the 2 News branding. In the early 1980s, the station's newscasts were branded as NewsCenter 2, 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 KVGC (channel 5, now KSNV) in January 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.
On October 10, 2018, channel 2 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====
KLAS has won more than 100 awards for its news coverage, including investigative documentaries about the American Mafia and UFOs. In 1986, United Press International awarded it "Best Newscast in America". As of 1992, it frequently dominated ratings in local newscasts. In 2011, KLAS received 19 nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, eclipsing its rival news stations. Channel 2 has been the ratings leader in the Las Vegas market for many years. However, rivals KERI, KLRJ and KSNV have eroded ratings for KLAS' newscasts over the years.
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is multiplexed:
 Subchannels of KLAS-TV
Channel	Res. 	Aspect	Short name	Programming
2.1 	1080i	16:9 	KLAS-DT 	CBS
2.2 	480i 	16:9 	StartTV 	Start TV
2.3 	480i 	16:9 	Dabl 	Dabl
2.4 	480i 	16:9 	MeTV 	MeTV
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