KRNS-CD (channel 46) is a low-power, Class A television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network UniMás.
The two stations share studios on Wells Avenue in Reno; KRNS-CD's transmitter is located on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580/US 395/US 395 ALT in unincorporated Washoe County.
In December 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Pappas Telecasting a permit to move the station to UHF channel 68.
Pappas also obtained a Class A license for KUVR-LP, granted March 25, 2002, giving the station a measure of protection during the switchover to digital television that was beginning.
[4] The newscast was canceled on March 11, 2008, when KAZR's news department (which was shared with sister station KREN) was closed due to poor advertising revenues.
Pappas cited "the extremely difficult business climate for television stations across the country" in papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware.
Problems that led to bankruptcy included poor performance of The CW network, its former involvement with Azteca América, and preparations for the 2009 analog shutdown.
This acquisition made both KREN and KAZR/KRNS sisters to former Univision affiliate KNVV-LP (channel 41, which switched to TeleFutura [now UniMás] around the same time).