KLRT FOX 16 News Little Rock AR Live Stream Weather and Sports Channel Online Stream. FOX KLRT TV 16 local breaking News update Channel Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Live Online Streaming. KLRT is a virtual channel 16. It is associated with Fox. The channel is certified in Little Rock, United States. KLRT FOX 16 is under the authority of Mission Telecasting. It is working as part of a duopoly with Pine Bluff-certified CW associate KASN. On satellite, KLRT FOX is accessible on Comcast Xfinity station 13.
On June 26, 1983, KLRT FOX 16 News made its first appearance as the first private channel. Not only this, but it was also the first new commercial television to sign on in Little Rock in 28 years. KATV ABC 7 News Little Rock made a debut in November 1955. In the beginning, FOX KLRT was regionally under the authority of Little Rock Communications Associates. It was run by Scollard Communications.
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During the early years of KLRT as being a private channel, its slogan was “Prime All The Time”. The symbol was a TV with the logo on the screen with arms and legs named Primetime. It spoke in a robot voice. Channel 16’s initial offices were situated on West Markham Street at the southeast corner of Bowman Road in the west of the city.
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In 1988, KASN News Little Rock made a deal to merge with KLRT-TV. This ended up in the Fox network association and syndicated production to KLRT. Under the deal, KASN News became an associate of the Home Shopping Network. All of sudden, KLRT News pull away from the merging contract with KASN. It informed that the channel by fax of its nullification of the deal on its part.
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Nevertheless, in April 1990, Fox chose to shift its network production to the higher-rated KLRT. Although, the deal was made so that KASN would keep on running its production as a Fox station. KASN owner MMC Television issued a lawsuit against KLRT owners LRCA/Scollard. It was because of the failed merger. It was claimed to be a civil scheme.
