KLAR-LP

KLAR, virtual channel 16, is an independent low-powered digital broadcasting station serving the Laredo, Texas market. It is owned and operated by Syndicated Programming LLC. Its studios are located on Shiloh Tower in north Laredo, and its transmitter is located in La Ladrillera in central Laredo. KLAR tramsmitter was formerly located near FM 3338 (Rancho Penitas West, TX)
== History ==
KLAR first went on the air in 2006 on channel 68 as K68LD and was owned by Border Media LLC. K68LD would broadcast SMPTE color bars as it was still under a construction permit. In June 2006, it provisionally changed it call letters to KLPR in order to match its sister radio station KLPR-FM, which was also owned by Border Media at the time. The station would later broadcast audio from KLPR-FM along with its call sign and a rotating color screen.
===Switch To MyNetworkTV===
In October 2006, KLPR was sold to Sage Communication Group. This purchase involved the conversion of KLPR into a MyNetworkTV affiliate. This was the first time a MyNetworkTV affiliate had been established in Laredo. The call letters would be switched back to K68LD. K68LD would start carrying MyNetworkTV programming on October 5, 2006. 
===Purchase by Syndicated Programming LLC===
In May 2007, K68LD would go through its third change in a year after MyNetworkTV affiliation would move to KXOF-TV, which was purchased by Entravision. The station would be off-the-air for almost a month until Syndicated Programming LLC obtained the license to the channel. After its purchase, K68LD became an independent station.  The channel was rebranded as "The Block" and started to air its current format of sitcom shows and movies. In May 2008, a year after its purchase, K68LD would change its call letters to KLAR, which stands for LARedo. On its 10th anniversary, KLAR would once again rebrand from "The Block" to simply "KLAR 68", along with a new logo. The Block branding is still used during some of the programming throughout the day. 
==Programming==
KLAR programming primarily consists of sitcoms and movies. KLAR programming also consists of educational programs provided by the United Independent School District on Saturday mornings, as well as their high school graduation ceremonies, and religious programming on Sunday mornings. Informercials are shown late at night and the station signs off at 3:00 AM. The following programs currently air on KLAR:
*Two and a Half Men
*The Office
*Parks and Recreation
*George Lopez
*Everybody Hates Chris
*The Big Bang Theory
*Undercover Boss
*Hardcore Pawn
*Kitchen Nightmares
*The King Of Queens
*Malcolm In The Middle
*Cash Cab
*To Catch A Predator
*Bordertown: Laredo
*Family Guy
*Club De Cuervos
*Forensic Files
*Storm Stories
*Maury
*The Eric Andre Show
*VICE Documentaries
*Somos Laredo!
*Waco
====Sports Programming====
KLAR has for many years transmitted local high school football games, usually on Friday nights, under the "Friday Night Lights" slogan. Since the return of the Tecos de Los Dos Laredos baseball to Laredo, KLAR broadcasts every home and away games of the team in Spanish. Starting with the 2019-20 season, KLAR also broadcasts every game of the San Antonio Rampage hockey team. This marks the first time an American Hockey League team has its complete season broadcast in an OTA station. KLAR was formerly the official broadcaster of the Laredo Bucks, from the Central Hockey League, as well as the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
== Digital Television ==
Digital Channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
16.1 	1080i	16:9 	KLAR-LP 	Main KLAR programming/The Block
16.2 	480i 	16:9 	Calient 	XHNLO-FM audio
16.3 	480i 	4:3 	SOMOS 	Public Access Channel
16.6 	480i 	4:3 	WXK26 	Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge cameras/CBP WPMQ285 1610 AM Audio
Subchannels
A video signal, along with low frequency audio that was coming from the same source, a billboard on the Laredo - Nuevo Laredo border, was seen and heard on a KLAR subchannel (16.12) sometime during 2007. Live stream from cameras at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge along with U.S. Customs & Border Protection 1610 AM audio, with occasional interference from WXK26 NOAA Weather Radio during weather alerts, is broadcasted on 16.6 subchannel. Activations from the Emergency Alert System are also shown on this channel.
==Logos==
My68.png|MyNetworkTV logo used in 2006
Theblk2.png|Logo used under "The Block" branding
Category:Laredo, Texas
Category:Texas
Category:Former MyNetworkTV affiliates
Category:2006
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2006
Category:Independent television stations