KASN

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KASN
Pine Bluff, Arkansas / Little Rock, Arkansas
Branding	CW Arkansas
Channels	38 (UHF) analog, 39 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	1986
Call letters meaning	K Arkansas State Network
Former affiliations	Independent (1986, 1990-1995), FOX (1987-1990), UPN (1995-2006)
Website	cwarkansas.com

KASN ("CW Arkansas") is a CW affiliate serving Little Rock and central Arkansas. It is licensed to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is co-owned with Fox affiliate KLRT by Clear Channel Communications. Its transmitter is located at Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield near Redfield, Arkansas.

KASN signed on the air on June 17, 1986 as an independent station, KJTM. It joined FOX in 1987, but lost the affiliation to KLRT in 1990. The FOX affiliation would change hands three times between the two stations before settling on its current Little Rock station. KASN became a UPN affiliate and a sister station to KLRT by 1995. The channel affiliated with The CW Television Network on September 18, 2006, as local WB affiliate KWBF — owned by Equity Broadcasting — opted to affiliate with My Network TV.

In addition to its primary programming from UPN and locally-produced programming, KASN previously aired content from the Shop at Home Network daily from 1 a.m. through 6 a.m. The programming was discontinued on the network's final day of broadcasting, June 22, 2006. [1]

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including KASN, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm.

[edit] Logo gallery

KASN's UPN logo until September 2006.

Current CW logo.

[edit] Website

• CW Arkansas (KASN's CW website)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KASN