KLAS, the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas owned by Nexstar, is hosting Countdown to 2017, a live special featuring music and fireworks from the rooftops of seven Las Vegas hotels and casinos, on Saturday night, New Year Eve, starting at 9. The New Year’s Eve Special will be hosted by KLAS news anchors, Brian Loftus […]
KLAS, the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas owned by Nexstar, is hosting Countdown to 2017, a live special featuring music and fireworks from the rooftops of seven Las Vegas hotels and casinos, on Saturday night, New Year Eve, starting at 9.
The New Year’s Eve Special will be hosted by KLAS news anchors, Brian Loftus and Kirsten Joyce.
The three-and-a-half hour program will originate at the Hard Rock Café, and will feature live reports from other locations throughout Las Vegas, where more than 300,000 people are expected to ring in the New Year.
“Last year at midnight, more than 98,000 Las Vegas viewers tuned into KLAS’s Countdown to 2016 special to ring in the New Year,” said Lisa Howfield, KLAS general manager.
“This year we are excited to expand this must-see event to reach eleven additional Nexstar markets across the country and to bring the Las Vegas celebration into the homes of thousands of new viewers.”
The additional markets include KASW (CW) Phoenix (DMA 12); KUCW (CW) Salt Lake City, Utah (DMA 34); KGPE (CBS) Fresno, Calif. (DMA 54); KWKT (Fox/Estrella) Waco, Texas (DMA 87); KTSM (NBC/Estrella) El Paso, Texas (DMA 92); KGET (NBC/CW) Bakersfield, Calif. (DMA 126); KAMR (NBS) Amarillo, Texas (DMA 131); KMID (ABC) Midland-Odessa, Texas (DMA 145); KJTL (Fox) Wichita Falls, Texas (DMA 147); KHMT (Fox) Billings, Mont. (DMA 167); and KGJT (MNT) Grand Junction, Colo. (DMA 185).
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