news programming for Fox-affiliated sister station KLRT-TV. Between the two stations, the news operation produces about 53½ hours of news programming each week. KARK also produces a Sunday morning political discussion program, Capitol View, as well as a weekly sports program Razorback Nation Pig Trail (which is produced in conjunction with Fort Smith–Fayetteville sister station KNWA), which airs Sundays after the 10:00 p.m. newscast. For many years, KARK had the top-rated newscasts in the Little Rock market. However, its ratings plummeted in the mid-1990s when the newscasts were changed to follow a tabloid format (which was toned down considerably compared to other television stations); as a result, ABC affiliate KATV took the news ratings lead in the market. Even with the decrease, KARK remained in second place through most of the latter half of the 1990s, before falling to third for a brief period in the early 2000s. KARK has since increased viewership for its newscasts and is now very competitive in the market. A significant aspect of its broadcasts presently is an emphasis of Arkansas-oriented content over national stories. In recent years, due to NBC's prime time struggles in the Nielsen ratings, KARK's newscasts have remained in third place for the most part although close enough to remain competitive with KATV, KLRT, and KTHV. Since the latter station was acquired by Nexstar in 2004 (one year after Nexstar acquired KARK), KARK and NBC-affiliated sister station KNWA-TV in Rogers have shared certain news resources; some reports filed by KNWA personnel are occasionally used during KARK's news broadcasts. In 2007, the two stations began co-producing a daily newscast titled Arkansas at Noon, with news anchors based in both Little Rock and Fayetteville. In September 2008, KARK began producing an hour-long prime-time newscast at 7 p.m. for sister station KARZ-TV (this resulted in that station airing MyNetworkTV programming one hour later (from 8 to 10 p.m.) than most other affiliates in the Central Time Zone). This expanded to include an hour-long extension of its weekday morning newscast (airing from 7 to 9 a.m., later cut to 7 to 8 a.m.), which debuted in August 2010. All KARK-produced news programming on KARZ was dropped in January 2013, shortly before Nexstar consolidated the news departments of KARK and KLRT-TV. At the beginning of the 2010–11 television season, Nexstar took the initial steps in upgrading the station's newscasts to high definition through the purchase of