Talk:KLAS-TV

opening comment

Now we are including photographers too?? I think this whole thing has gotten out of hand by including people who work at the station. --Ghettorichie01 03:28, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Howard Hughes connection

There actually was a TV Guide article about Hughes buying it. He had requested all-night movies, was told it wasn't profitable, so Hughes bought the station and plowed his own money into keeping it on the air all night. The station provided him with a list of available movies, and he'd select them while one was playing. Newspapers didn't provide schedules in advance, obviously, so they called it "The Swinging Shift".

One time, Hughes couldn't make up his mind and the last movie was ending. The station finally went to black while waiting for Hughes to choose between two movies. Later, Hughes tried to buy CBS, but the FCC turned him down. Hughes apparently lost interest and stopped telling the station to run his choices, so the station stopped running all night long. After Hughes died, the station was one of the assets that was later sold off.

I threw out my 20-year collection of TV Guides a long time ago, so I no longer have the article. GBC 06:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Revert of 08/18/2008

I removed the following code from the article, as much of it was technical, unencyclopedic, or unsourced. Please consider removing the technical details that the average reader won't understand, remove opinionated statements, and provide sources for claims of how the station operated in the early days. Other than the technical details, I fould it to be interesting reading myself.

It is hard to believe that the station went on the air live, with interviews and an afternoon cooking program where the local clubs presented cooking demonstrations.

Videotape recorders didn't become available until after 1957. The station had 3 General Electric Cameras, and when ready to show films one camera was rolled into position to focus on the film chain of two projectors with a mirror prism, to combine the output of the two projectors. A slide chain with a flying spot scanner provided 35 mm advertisment, and test pattern presentations. There were two transcription 16" turntables available for musical interloods, or accompliment for when only the test pattern was on the air. Programming started at about 4:30 PM until about 11:00 PM at that time. The original studio was a very small building south of the present location, with the antenna tower at the SE corner of the building. The original antenna was an RCA turnstyle cut for Channel 13 until the proper antenna could be obtained. Occasional failures like any electronic equipment occurred, and the station would be off the air for a few days to obtain repair parts. There were no solid state equipment in those days, and with vacuum tube in all the equipment, failure was normal panic. Mistakes happened on Air, and it was just laughed away. One camera pedistal would occasionally scrape the floor, embarressing the staff. But it was early TV and fun to be part of the staff in 1953-54. It was originally a ABC affiliate. Occasionally the transmitter would flash and go off the air, without any apparent reason, investigation later proved that Titanium dust was getting in from the air ventilation and in to the transmitter chambers with high voltage on componants. When the dust was sufficient, flash, and the dust was gone, so when you tried to see why it arced, the cause was gone.

dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:32, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

ANTENNA DIRECTION

I am trying to point my out side antenna for best reseption of channel 8.I live in the North East by the air base.Thank you.My email address is DWIGHTMOXIE@YAHOO.COM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.52.54.127 (talk) 18:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

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Hello @Mvcg66b3r. Can you clarify what you mean by "No article, no listing"?  AJFU  (talk) 15:15, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

AJFU, If there is no Wikipedia article on a staff member, he/she should not be included in the current/former on-air staff section. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 15:44, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Is there a guideline that says that? The only thing I could find was Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Television stations task force#Article structure, which simply reads that a station article should include "information on its personalities, past and present". Also, Paula Francis and George Knapp do have their own articles. Dave Courvoisier, however, does not have an article but is still mentioned here, not that I object to his inclusion. He, like the others, was a longtime anchor, and that's supported by a reliable source, as the others were. As long as there are sources, shouldn't that be enough?  AJFU  (talk) 16:54, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

@Mvcg66b3r, do you have any other comments on this? Do you still object to the edit?  AJFU  (talk) 13:54, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I have restored the edit and expanded it with additional sources. I also renamed it as "Notable news staff" to make it clear that the section is not meant to list everyone who has ever worked there.  AJFU  (talk) 15:47, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Bob Lazar

Could he enlighten me as to how these alien crafts traveled from?? and ended up crashing so many crafts here? How did these brilliant beings make such mistakes?????. Thanks Hugh Lantzy.Proud Veteran. 2601:544:C100:A8B0:7153:2B1B:A040:7CAE (talk) 19:09, 24 December 2023 (UTC)