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 [REF].
On October 14, 2014, the FCC cancelled KTUD-CD's license due to the station having been silent for more than a year.