During its waning years under Clear Channel ownership, KLRT started a full-fledged news department. On March 28, 2004, the station debuted a nightly hour-long prime time newscast at 9:00 p.m. In 2007, it began airing two half-hour newscasts at 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. each weeknight. On January 18, 2010, KLRT debuted a weeknight 10:00 p.m. newscast, which competed against longer-established 10:00 p.m. newscasts on KARK, KTHV and KATV (channel 7) (fellow Fox affiliate and Tulsa sister station KOKI also launched a 10 p.m. newscast on that date).