{{Short description|Television station in Las Vegas}} {{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{for|the airport in Huntsville, Alabama, assigned the ICAO code KHSV|Huntsville International Airport}} {{Hatnote|This article covers channel 21 in Las Vegas before and after the 2014 facility swap. For information on KSNV and predecessors using this technical facility, see KSNV.}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KHSV | logo = KHSV 21 2018.webp | logo_alt = A white numeral 21 in an orange-and-red shiny pearl encased in a silver ring. Beneath is the call sign "KHSV-TV" in gray, with the right half of the V stylized and in a red-orange gradient, and "Las Vegas, NV" in smaller font in gray. | logo_upright = .75 | image = | image_alt = The MeTV logo with the words Las Vegas beneath | image_upright = .75 | branding = MeTV Las Vegas | digital = 2 (VHF), applied for 23 (UHF)<ref name="khsvchanges">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f917529300b017542201233209a&id=25076f917529300b017542201233209a|title=Channel Substitution/Community of License Change|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=November 27, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> | virtual = 21 | translators = K26NP-D Overton | affiliations = {{ubl|'''21.1:''' MeTV|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | airdate = {{Start date|1984|07|31}}{{efn|Of KRLR on channel 21. The technical facility used by KHSV today traces its origins to KSNV.}} | location = Las Vegas, Nevada | country = United States | callsign_meaning = {{ubl|Howard Stirk Holdings (station owner)|Las Vegas}} | former_callsigns = {{ubl|KRLR (1984–1995)|KUPN (1995–1998)|KVWB (1998–2006)|KVMY (2006–2016)}} | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 21 (UHF, 1984–2009)}} | owner = Howard Stirk Holdings | licensee = Channel 33, Inc. | former_affiliations = {{ubl|Independent station (1984–1995)|UPN (1995–1998)|The WB (1998–2006)|MyNetworkTV (2006–2014)|Antenna TV (2014–2016 on 21.1, 2016–2024 on 21.4)|Heroes & Icons (2016–2022, now on 21.2)}} | erp = {{ubl|27.7 kW|1,000 kW (application)<ref name="khsvchanges"/>}} | haat = {{convert|386|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 69677 | coordinates = {{Coord|36|0|31|N|115|0|20|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = FCC }}
'''KHSV''' (channel 21) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network MeTV. KHSV is owned by Howard Stirk Holdings and broadcasts from Black Mountain, near Henderson.
Channel 21 went on the air as KRLR, the second independent station for Las Vegas, on July 31, 1984. Initially reliant on music videos, it broadened its mix of programming and sports soon after launch. KRLR became an affiliate of UPN at its launch in January 1995 and changed its call sign to KUPN. However, after Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired the station in 1997, poor relations between Sinclair and UPN led the company to change affiliations to The WB in 1998, with the station switching its call sign to KVWB shortly thereafter. Sinclair then began managing and later owning the former WB affiliate, KFBT (channel 33). Between 2003 and 2006, both stations aired local newscasts powered by the company's News Central.
In 2006, when The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, Sinclair first signed a group deal for the rival MyNetworkTV service for KVWB before acquiring the rights to The CW for KFBT. To reinforce its new network identity, KVWB again changed its call sign to KVMY.
Sinclair agreed in 2014 to acquire KSNV, the NBC affiliate, from the Intermountain West Communications Company. However, since Sinclair already owned two Las Vegas stations, it opted to merge the three stations onto the two licenses it already owned. In late 2014, Sinclair switched the technical facilities and licenses of KSNV and KVMY while absorbing the MyNetworkTV programming onto a subchannel of KVCW. The former KSNV license and facility, now under the KVMY call letters, was then sold to Howard Stirk Holdings and renamed KHSV.
==History== ===KRLR and KUPN=== In 1980, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated four applications for comparative hearing to determine who would be the first to build and operate a television station on the ultra high frequency (UHF) band in Las Vegas. The applications came from DRES Media of Las Vegas, led by the Scott and Foremaster families; Alden Communications, a California firm which also filed for channels in Seattle and Portland, Oregon; Broadcast West Inc., based in North Las Vegas; and Channel 21 Corporation, whose principals were two New Jersey businessmen.<ref name="Var780726">{{Cite news|page=50|title=3 Firms File For Never-Used UHF In Vegas, Awaiting STV|work=Variety|date=July 26, 1978|id={{ProQuest|1286034263}} }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/operator-vegas-uhf-station-be-chosen/paiysuhymazspshmgopcslrwxonuekbv_ip-10-166-46-114_1701023821678|page=11A|date=August 8, 1980|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=Operator of Vegas UHF station to be chosen}}</ref> Three of the applications had been filed in 1978, anticipating a possible boom in subscription television broadcasting.{{r|Var780726}}
Under DRES Media ownership,{{r|LVRJ840612}} the station began broadcasting on July 31, 1984,<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=KVWB|title=Television Factbook|date=2006|page=A-1425}}</ref> as KRLR. It originally broadcast as "Vusic 21", devoting most of its time to music videos; KRLR management boasted that theirs was the first 24-hour music video station in the country, though the format was also an aid to getting the station on the air in short order.<ref name="LVRJ840612">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/music-video-trend-hits-lv/azafkzqegqmgbzrgpscjcaxlshdxvzey_ip-10-166-46-165_1701024032222|title=Music video trend hits LV|page=4B|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=June 12, 1984}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/vusic-21-lv-future-television-now/ibcluynrtqejqdlfddkrxziiajchasxl_ip-10-166-46-103_1701024083593|date=July 29, 1984|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|pages=1E, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/vusic/frqaiqrojnwjzbwjpwyqagsuvgndnobu_ip-10-166-46-100_1701024143498 2E]|title=Vusic 21 in LV: The future of television is now|first=Merry Lynn|last=Starling}}</ref> Over the course of the next year, the independent station transformed its schedule into a broader mix of entertainment programming by acquiring movies and syndicated programs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/local-programming-what-las-vegas-viewers-can-expect-fall/kkyacnuevguansneljttlkcobwvhmrlv_ip-10-166-46-152_1701024286956|first=Merry Lynn|last=Starling|date=September 22, 1985|pages=1E, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/local/licwmqslxmzgerxnywqpxuzcfbgmvonq_ip-10-166-46-155_1701024218873 14E]|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=Local programming: What Las Vegas viewers can expect for fall}}</ref> The first notable exception to the music video format came months after signing on, when the station signed for rights to air telecasts of Las Vegas Americans indoor soccer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/americans-reveal-tv-package/lqfnfjuufjphvjoqygqiyzwnfwnrkrdc_ip-10-166-46-80_1701024456180|page=1D|first=Joe|last=Cross|title=Americans reveal TV package|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=October 5, 1984}}</ref> Sports played a key role in the station's schedule in the late 1980s; channel 21 broadcast a partial-season package of UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball and selected UNLV football games,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/unlv-basketball-gets-extensive-tv-coverage-1986-1987-season/uolbhivrvtpvtvaakzbxtryaibsvxtiy_ip-10-166-46-102_1701024587963|first=Joe|last=Burchick|page=2C|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=UNLV basketball gets extensive TV coverage for 1986-1987 season|date=September 18, 1986}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/floundering-unlv-football-telecasts-get-weak-reception/mxrxkuqmnjvrvyrbiuvywbygoxmxnaam_ip-10-166-46-174_1701024955473|page=3D|date=September 18, 1987|first=Rick|last=Spiritosanto|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=Floundering UNLV football telecasts get weak reception|archive-date=September 5, 2024|access-date=November 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905195734/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/floundering-unlv-football-telecasts-get-weak-reception/mxrxkuqmnjvrvyrbiuvywbygoxmxnaam_ip-10-166-46-174_1701024955473|url-status=live}}</ref> and it was also a heavy baseball broadcaster, featuring the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics on its schedule.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 12, 1989|title=Payroll checks avert walkout of KVEG radio employees|page=3C|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/payroll-checks-avert-walkout-kveg-radio-employees/zjorhxgpfnpfheunbatligrrhhiulutd_ip-10-166-46-152_1701026121519}}</ref>
Dennis Todd, a subcontractor for KRLR, was working on the station's Black Mountain tower on May 4, 1988, when the nearby Pacific Engineering and Production Company facility exploded. Todd was known to tape some of his work and had a video camera with him while on the tower. After the first blast, he began recording the unfolding disaster; he was flown with his camera to NBC in Burbank, California, from which his footage was fed to NBC affiliates nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/local-tv-covered-henderson-explosion-expanded-news/kizwbjoqceodjihjfgucfbtriodnvjrp_ip-10-166-46-73_1701025872949|title=Local TV covered Henderson explosion with expanded news|page=13D|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Carol|last=Cling|date=May 15, 1988|archive-date=March 6, 2024|access-date=November 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306100324/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/local-tv-covered-henderson-explosion-expanded-news/kizwbjoqceodjihjfgucfbtriodnvjrp_ip-10-166-46-73_1701025872949|url-status=live}}</ref>
As the first Las Vegas station on the UHF band, KRLR's promotion in tuning and antennas forged a path for two stations that followed it in the decade: KBLR-TV (channel 39) and KFBT (channel 33).<ref name="LVRJ890219">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/las-vegas-get-its-third-independent-tv-station/aqpukxjwlgvnjqqncnaxryuvxrywxiil_ip-10-166-46-151_1701022324982|pages=1F, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/station/tjpnofbbwjllppxofvyuugoxefsmpqyd_ip-10-166-46-174_1701022350794 6F]|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|first=Ken|last=White|date=February 19, 1989|title=Las Vegas to get its third independent TV station}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kfbt-tv-33s-investments-time-money-paying/clsrwgaigmbuiyyzmdvvxgychaqfvnod_ip-10-166-46-165_1701023048016|pages=1J, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kblr/ljmwsosqfdyylmxrqewftoebobfggfkr_ip-10-166-46-71_1701023085788 4J]|title=KFBT TV-33's investments of time, money paying off|first=Ken|last=White|date=September 22, 1991|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> However, in the ratings, it was a distant second to KVVU, one of the nation's strongest independent outlets.{{r|LVRJ890219}}
In 1993, DRES Media filed to sell KRLR to Las Vegas Channel 21 Inc., a company owned by Michael J. Lambert, for $4.875 million.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Broadcasting & Cable|id={{ProQuest|1014756293}}|page=84|title=Changing Hands|date=December 13, 1993}}</ref> The new ownership affiliated channel 21 with the new United Paramount Network (UPN) at its launch on January 16, 1995,<ref>{{Cite news|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=$100 mil buys Viacom Boston: Deal to acquire WSBK-TV helps boost UPN's coverage to 76% of U.S.|pages=3, 26|date=December 1, 1994|id={{ProQuest|2362016123}} }}</ref> and changed its call letters to KUPN on March 6 of that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/krlr-tv-changing-kupn/sfkygphgtsczysaqwsqyhlkszfttjowd_ip-10-166-46-147_1701026504795|date=March 3, 1995|page=9E|title=KRLR-TV changing to KUPN|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> Lambert more than recouped his investment by selling KUPN to Sinclair Broadcast Group for $87 million in 1997; the transaction represented the company's entry to a market where TV revenues had doubled within four years.<ref name="Balt970201">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-sinclair-group-buying/135819220/|date=February 1, 1997|pages=11C, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-sinclair-buying-las-ve/135819278/ 18C]|title=Sinclair Group buying KUPN-TV of Las Vegas: $87 million outlay provides entry into rapidly growing market|first=Bill|last=Atkinson|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sat -->
===KVWB and KVMY=== The purchase of KUPN came months before Sinclair's relationship with UPN frosted over. On July 21, 1997, Sinclair signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Time Warner, under which the group committed five of its UPN-affiliated stations to that network in 1998, with a sixth independent station to join in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=McClellan|title=WB woos and wins Sinclair|id={{ProQuest|1016966796}}|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-07-21.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=July 21, 1997|access-date=June 8, 2013|pages=4, 8|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111095533/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-07-21.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The high-profile move by Sinclair to move five stations from UPN to The WB, its direct competitor, led to a legal dispute between the companies. UPN sued Sinclair, alleging it had breached its affiliation contract by exiting it early.<ref name="Kans970809">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117728499/corporate-conflict-raises-doubts-about/|date=August 9, 1997|page=E-4|first=Aaron|last=Barnhart|title=Corporate conflict raises doubts about Channel 62-UPN union|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|location=Kansas City, Missouri|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 5, 2023|archive-date=March 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304022610/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117728499/corporate-conflict-raises-doubts-about/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> On January 14, 1998, Sinclair announced that KUPN would join The WB, taking the affiliation from KFBT, in a switch later postponed to March 1; KFBT did not pick up UPN, making it an independent station,<ref>{{Cite news|page=6E|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=KUPN-TV going from UPN to WB|date=January 14, 1998|id={{ProQuest|260031243}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|page=7D|first=Ken|last=White|title=KFBT-TV to return as an independent| work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=January 16, 1998|id={{ProQuest|260040713}} }}</ref> and a month later, Sinclair struck a deal to operate KFBT under a local marketing agreement.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sinclair Broadcasting strikes marketing deal with KFBT-TV|id={{ProQuest|260033787}}|date=April 2, 1998|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|page=3D}}</ref> Channel 21's call letters remained KUPN until changing to KVWB on May 27, 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|id={{ProQuest|260044407}}|page=9E|date=May 27, 1998|title=Channel 21 switches call letters to KVWB|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref>
The affiliation switch was beneficial for the station's ratings; in prime time, it saw a 150-percent increase between November 1997 and November 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Mediaweek|first1=Michael|last1=Freeman|first2=Megan|last2=Larson|title=WB outlets sweep up|date=November 30, 1998|page=5|id={{ProQuest|213616185}} }}</ref> In January 1999, Sinclair hired a news director with plans to debut an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast, the second in the market, for the fall television season;<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|page=5B|title=Channel 21 to launch 10 p.m. newscast|date=January 13, 1999|id={{ProQuest|260022518}} }}</ref> its launch was to be contingent on the station moving into new, {{convert|30000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} studios to be built in Summerlin.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Las Vegas Sun|date=January 13, 1999|title=Brief: Channel 21 plans hourlong newscasts}}</ref> The station instead programmed reruns of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' in the hour.<ref>{{Cite news|page=7E|date=July 29, 1999|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|title=KVWB-TV announces September changes|id={{ProQuest|260077708}} }}</ref> In November 1999, KVWB tied KVVU in sign-on to sign-off ratings for the first time in history.<ref>{{Cite news|title=KVBC-TV displays its dominance by winning the November sweeps|first=Ken|last=White|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|page=8B|date=December 18, 1999|id={{ProQuest|260056897}} }}</ref>
On October 13, 2003, Sinclair debuted local News Central hybrid newscasts for KVWB (at 10 p.m.) and KFBT (at 7 p.m.). As with others of its type, the newscasts combined local news coverage read by anchors in Las Vegas with national news and weather from Sinclair's corporate headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 15, 2003|work=Las Vegas CityLife|title=Meeting held to discuss state of student paper}}</ref> News Central wound down in March 2006; the KVWB newscast ceased on March 3 and was soon after replaced with one produced by NBC affiliate KVBC.<ref>{{Cite news|id={{ProQuest|203837997}}|first=Michele|last=Greppi|work=TelevisionWeek|title=News Central Slims Down|pages=3, 24|date=March 20, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-rethinks-news-mission-79299|date=March 17, 2006|title=Sinclair Rethinks News Mission|work=Broadcasting & Cable|first=Allison|last=Romano|archive-date=March 30, 2023|access-date=November 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330080705/https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-rethinks-news-mission-79299|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2006, The WB and UPN were shut down and replaced with The CW, which offered programming from both predecessor networks. However, Sinclair was late to sign an agreement with The CW.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seid |first=Jessica |date=January 24, 2006 |title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |website=CNN Money |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316043531/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=January 24, 2006 |title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017035638/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |url-status=live }}</ref> The news of the merger resulted in Sinclair announcing, two months later, that most of its UPN and WB affiliates, including KVWB, would join MyNetworkTV, a new service formed by the News Corporation, which was also owner of the Fox network.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/news-corp-unveils-my-network-tv-78935|title=News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=February 22, 2006|access-date=June 15, 2013|archive-date=April 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417165134/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php|url-status=live}}</ref> It was not until May 2 that an agreement was signed for KFBT and several other Sinclair-owned stations to join The CW.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Allison |date=2006-05-02 |title=Eight Sinclair Stations Sign On With CW |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/eight-sinclair-stations-sign-cw-39993 |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226001049/https://www.nexttv.com/news/eight-sinclair-stations-sign-cw-39993 |url-status=live }}</ref> To reinforce their new affiliations, KVWB and KFBT became KVMY and KVCW in June 2006, relaunching as "My LV TV" and "The CW Las Vegas" when the new networks debuted in September.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|id={{ProQuest|260218122}}|date=June 26, 2006|page=5E|title=TV stations change their call letters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|page=3A|title=Siegfried & Roy disappoint all|first=Norm|last=Clarke|work=Las Vegas Review Journal|date=June 12, 2006|id={{ProQuest|260211252}} }}</ref>
On May 15, 2012, Sinclair and Fox agreed to a five-year affiliation agreement extension for the station group's 19 Fox-affiliated stations until 2017. This included an option, that was exercisable between July 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013, for Fox parent News Corporation to buy a combination of six Sinclair-owned stations (two CW/MyNetworkTV duopolies and two standalone MyNetworkTV affiliates) in three out of four markets; KVMY and KVCW were included in the Fox purchase option, along with stations in Cincinnati (WSTR-TV); Raleigh, North Carolina (WLFL/WRDC); and Norfolk, Virginia (WTVZ).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/59463/sinclair-reups-with-fox-gets-wutb-option|title=Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option|work=TVNewsCheck|date=May 15, 2012|archive-date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509075210/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/59463/sinclair-reups-with-fox-gets-wutb-option|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2013, Fox announced that it would not exercise its option to buy any of the Sinclair stations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind/|title= Sinclair In An Acquisition State Of Mind|work=TVNewsCheck|date=February 6, 2013}}</ref>
===2014 license swap and sale to Howard Stirk Holdings=== On September 3, 2014, Intermountain West Communications Company announced that it would sell KSNV-DT, Las Vegas's NBC affiliate, to Sinclair for $120 million. As Sinclair already owned a duopoly in Las Vegas, it could not add a third license, the company planned to sell the license assets (though not the programming) of one of the three stations to comply with FCC ownership restrictions, with the divested station's programming being moved to the other stations.<ref name=tvnc-saletosinclair>{{cite news|title=Sinclair Buying KSNV Las Vegas For $120M |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/sinclair-buying-ksnv-las-vegas-for-120m/|access-date=September 3, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> On November 1, 2014, Sinclair began the process of realigning KSNV, KVCW, and KVMY. It moved the MyNetworkTV programming to a subchannel of KVCW and relocated KSNV's call letters, programming, and channel number to what had been KVMY. The KSNV technical facility then became KVMY, retaining virtual channel 21 but not the MyNetworkTV programming, and was sold to Howard Stirk Holdings, a company owned by conservative commentator Armstrong Williams.<ref name=fcc-saletohsh>{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=88afadc279f744fab49ac1b6063ebeb7&id=88afadc279f744fab49ac1b6063ebeb7 |website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=January 30, 2015|date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> The $150,000 purchase price primarily consisted of the transmission facility.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 4, 2015|title=Howard Stirk Acquires Sinclair's KVMY Las Vegas|first=Michael|last=Malone|work=Broadcasting & Cable|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/howard-stirk-acquires-sinclair-s-kvmy-las-vegas-137706|archive-date=May 18, 2022|access-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171544/https://www.nexttv.com/news/howard-stirk-acquires-sinclair-s-kvmy-las-vegas-137706|url-status=live}}</ref> The call sign on channel 21 changed to KHSV on March 7, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=69677|title= Call Sign History, KHSV|website=enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== KHSV-TV broadcasts from Black Mountain, near Henderson.{{r|FCC-LMS-69677}} The station's signal is multiplexed: {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of KHSV<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KHSV#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KHSV|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 21.1 | 720p || rowspan=9|16:9 || MeTV || MeTV |- ! scope = "row" | 21.2 | rowspan=8|480i || H & I || H&I |- ! scope = "row" | 21.3 | START || Start TV |- ! scope = "row" | 21.4 | get TV || Get |- ! scope = "row" | 21.5 | CATCHY || Catchy Comedy |- ! scope = "row" | 21.6 | MeToons || MeTV Toons |- ! scope = "row" | 21.7 | NTDwest || NTD America |- ! scope = "row" | 21.8 | QVC || QVC |- ! scope = "row" | 21.9 | Dabl || Dabl |}
===Analog-to-digital conversion=== The present channel 2 digital technical facility was built by KSNV, then KVBC, and activated on October 22, 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=KVBC-DT|page=A-1424|title=Television Factbook|date=2006}}</ref>
Pre-swap KVMY shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate; pre-swap KVBC did not follow suit on that date.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|agency=Associated Press|title=List of TV stations ending analog broadcasts|date=February 17, 2009|work=NBC News|access-date=March 20, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052115/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|url-status=live}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22; similarly, when KVBC shut down, its signal continued on channel 2 prior to the 2014 swap.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |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 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{facebook|KHSVTV}}
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