After airing local news breaks at launch, KVDA began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast in February 1990. At one point, it was the only such newscast, as competitor KWEX-TV had dropped its late evening news for financial reasons. After initially debuting a call-in program, Línea Directa, at 5 p.m., it was replaced with a full-on early newscast in 1994. Ratings were generally low, particularly for the 10 p.m. news once KWEX returned to the time slot. As a result, in January 1997, the 10 …