Talk:KLAS-TV

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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)

[edit] 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)