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KTUD-CD is an UPN affiliate serving Las Vegas, NV and the Las Vegas Valley strip. Broadcasting on channel 13, KTUD-CD is owned and operated by Oakhurst Broadcasting. The station was launched in 1999 to become an UPN affiliate. The station left UPN in 2006 to become an independent. On October 10, 2013, The station went dark due to The Greenspun Corporation (the former owners) filling for bankruptcy. In March of the following year, Oakhurst Broadcasting purchased the license from bankruptcy court, and relaunched the station. KTUD then rejoined UPN and once again became an UPN affiliate

History
KTUD-CD was launched on February 12, 1999, and picked up the UPN affiliation. Initially owned by King Kong Broadcasting Inc., KTUD would go through a series of ownership changes before its acquisition by Greenspun from Venture Technologies Group.

The station struggled due to problems with local cable providers, as their low-power designation meant KTUD-LP was not bound by the FCC must-carry rules requiring cable coverage. Cox Communications refused to carry the station at first, but by November 2000 began to carry it on channel 13 after customer demand from Star Trek fans and ahead of UPN's coverage of the XFL football league featuring the Las Vegas Outlaws locally. DirecTV eventually also picked up the station, though Dish Network never did. The station's standing was severely affected by the January 2006 announcement that The WB was sold to Turner and UPN was given back to Viacom. KTUD-LP withdrew from negotiations with the CW on April 24, 2006. KTUD-LP was left to become an independent station in September 2006.

On September 18, 2009, KTUD-LD signed on its digital signal on channel 20.

The 2008 recession that heavily affected the Las Vegas Valley and slashed advertising revenue, and a lack of a network affiliation, eventually lead to the LLC behind KTUD-LP to file for bankruptcy protection in late February 2010, though no on-air operations were affected at the time.

On March 16, 2012, the station transferred its class A license over to their digital signal, with the call sign changing to KTUD-CD. Simultaneously, the analog license was cancelled by the FCC and the KTUD-CA call sign was deleted from the FCC's database.

New Ownership
On October 10, 2013, KTUD announced that it would leave the airwaves as of 11:59pm that evening due to insufficient advertising revenues; in addition, The Greenspun Corporation has been struggling as of late. Staffers for the station refused to elaborate on the station's closure. In 2014, Mako Communications announced it would purchase KTUD's license out of bankruptcy, though the transaction was never completed. On March 24, 2014, Oakhurst Broadcasting purchased the station out of bankruptcy. And a month later, KTUD-CD rejoined UPN. In January, 2015, KTUD launched it's prime time newscast.