KASN

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KASN
Ksan cw.gif
Pine Bluff / Little Rock, Arkansas
Branding CW Arkansas
Channels Analog: 38 (UHF)

Digital: 39 (UHF)
Affiliations The CW
Owner Newport Television, LLC
First air date June 17, 1986
Call letters’ meaning Arkansas
State
Network
Sister station(s) KLRT-TV
Former callsigns KJTM-TV (1986-1988)
Former affiliations independent (1986, 1990-1995)
Fox (1986-1990)
UPN (1995-2006)
Transmitter Power 5000 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 590 m (both)
Facility ID 41212
Transmitter Coordinates 34°26′31.1″N, 92°13′3.8″W
Website www.cwarkansas.com

KASN ("CW Arkansas"), is an affiliate of The CW Television Network in Little Rock, owned by Newport Television in a duopoly with Fox affiliate KLRT 16. Its transmitter is located near Redfield.

The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 38 and its digital signal broadcasts on UHF channel 39.

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[edit] History

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 MyNetworkTV.

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 April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners.[1]

[edit] Logo gallery

KASN's UPN logo until September 2006.

Current CW logo.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.

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Broadcast television in the Little Rock-Pine Bluff market  (Nielsen DMA #57)

KETS 2 / KEMV 6 / KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KARK 4 (NBC) - KATV 7 (ABC) - KTHV 11 (CBS) - KHUG 14 (unknown) - KLRT 16 (Fox) - KVTN 25 / KVTH 26 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN) - KJLR 28 (AMG) - KKAP 36 (DAY) - KASN 38 (The CW) - KWBF 42 (MNTV) - KKYK-DT 49 / KKYK-CA 20 (RTN) - KLRA 58 (UNI)

Defunct broadcast stations
KLEP 17 (Edu. Ind.)
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CW Network Affiliates in the state of Arkansas
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Arkansas