KASN

{{for|the airport in Alabama assigned the ICAO code KASN|Talladega Municipal Airport}}

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KASN

| city = Pine Bluff, Arkansas

| location = Pine Bluff–Little Rock, Arkansas

| country = United States

| branding = The CW Arkansas

| logo = KASN 2024.svg

| logo_alt = The CW network logo in red-orange with the word "Arkansas" in black below it.

| logo_size = 150px

| digital = 34 (UHF)

| virtual = 38

| affiliations = {{ubl|38.1: The CW|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}

| owner = Mission Broadcasting

| operator = Nexstar Media Group

| sister_stations = KLRT-TV, KARK-TV, KARZ-TV

| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|6|17|p=y|br=y}}

| former_callsigns = KJTM-TV (1986–1988)

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 38 (UHF, 1986–2009)|Digital: 39 (UHF, 2002–2018)}}

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|Independent (1986, 1990–1995)|Fox (1986–1990)|UPN (1995–2006)}}

| callsign_meaning = "Arkansas State Network"

| erp = 1,000 kW

| haat = {{convert|589.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 41212

| coordinates = {{coord|34|26|31|N|92|13|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website = {{URL|https://www.fox16.com/the-cwarkansas}}

}}

KASN (channel 38) is a television station licensed to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States, serving the Little Rock area as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting alongside Fox affiliate KLRT-TV (channel 16); the two stations are operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group, which holds a majority stake in The CW and also owns NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KARZ-TV (channel 42). The stations share studios at the Victory Building on West Capitol Avenue and South Victory Street (near the Arkansas State Capitol) in downtown Little Rock; KASN's transmitter is located at the Redfield Tower, {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} west of Redfield in unincorporated Grant County.

Channel 38 was established by TVX Broadcast Group in June 1986 as KJTM-TV, the second independent station in the Little Rock market and was the Fox affiliate for central Arkansas from 1986 to 1990. It struggled to compete with KLRT-TV, the original independent in the market. TVX sold the station in 1987, and it was renamed KASN in January 1988. Ultimately, KASN lost the Fox affiliation to KLRT-TV after a protracted struggle; beginning in 1992, KLRT handled certain sales, marketing and operational functions for channel 38. KASN affiliated with UPN in 1995 and The CW in 2006. Both stations were sold to Mission Broadcasting in 2012 in conjunction with consolidation with the city's Nexstar stations.

History

=KJTM-TV: Early years=

The construction permit for channel 38 in Pine Bluff was filed for on January 14, 1983, and granted on May 18 of that year to Pine Bluff Broadcasting Inc. This company represented the merger of two applicants: one headed by siblings A.{{nbsp}}G. Kasselburg and Chloee Poag and American Satellite & Television of Gainesville, Florida.{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-03-07-OCR-Page-0118.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|id={{ProQuest|963242472}}|page=122|date=March 7, 1983|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052650/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-03-07-OCR-Page-0118.pdf|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-05-30-OCR-Page-0070.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=70|date=May 30, 1983|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124000852/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-05-30-OCR-Page-0070.pdf|url-status=live|id={{ProQuest|1014705032}} }} }} Pine Bluff Broadcasting was unable to arrange financing to build the station. As a result, on March 14, 1985, Pine Bluff Broadcasting sold 80 percent of the construction permit, bearing the call sign KMJD-TV, to Virginia Beach–based Television Corp. Stations (subsequently renamed TVX Broadcast Group) for $200,000; the FCC granted approval of the purchase on May 15.{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-03-25-OCR-Page-0082.pdf|id={{ProQuest|1014716166}}|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=82|date=March 25, 1985|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052642/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-03-25-OCR-Page-0082.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-06-03-OCR-Page-0108.pdf|id={{ProQuest|1014728373}}|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=108|date=March 7, 1985|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052648/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-06-03-OCR-Page-0108.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Going against the trend|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-08-19-OCR-Page-0038.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=38|date=August 19, 1985|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108022148/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-08-19-OCR-Page-0038.pdf|url-status=live|id={{ProQuest|963246973}}}}

In December 1985, TVX announced its plans for channel 38. Under new KJTM-TV call letters,{{efn|TVX's station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had been WJTM-TV for TVX executives John Trinder and Tim McDonald from 1980 to 1984, when it changed its call sign to honor an employee killed by a gunman.{{Cite news|work=Greensboro News & Record|page=C3|date=June 7, 1984|first=Julie|last=Gilberto|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/faced-dangerous-gunman-station-workers-acted-heroically/ihcypwyijryfmfomgldcnxckfkcejezx_wma-gateway020_1679118621762|title=Faced with dangerous gunman, station workers acted heroically; Call letters would be memorial|access-date=March 22, 2023|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322075253/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/faced-dangerous-gunman-station-workers-acted-heroically/ihcypwyijryfmfomgldcnxckfkcejezx_wma-gateway020_1679118621762|url-status=live}}}} it would operate as an independent station, the market's second after KLRT-TV, with studios in the Little Rock area and in Pine Bluff.{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-uhf-tv-station-central-arkansas-set-broadcast-april-kjtm-tv-have-studios-pine-bluff-lr/nvucxpdusqrtujzwforrktmnetdwvybc_wma-gateway016_1678739162026|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=December 11, 1985|pages=1C, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/station/suaknttkzcjxpcbclijhkizxumontyct_wma-gateway001_1678739179437 2C]|first=Bob|last=Sharpe|title=New UHF TV station in central Arkansas set to broadcast in April: KJTM-TV to have studios at Pine Bluff, LR}}{{efn|A third independent station, KRZB-TV in Hot Springs, went on the air in February 1986. Its signal did not reach Little Rock.{{cite news|work=The Sentinel-Record|title=KRZB goes on the air at 5 p.m. today|page=10|date=February 7, 1986|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/krzb-goes-air-5-pm-today/dsxlyxmhoacujoakydwqrfelkfllkpzt_wma-gateway010_1678087934440|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307015243/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/krzb-goes-air-5-pm-today/dsxlyxmhoacujoakydwqrfelkfllkpzt_wma-gateway010_1678087934440|url-status=live}} It closed down in March 1988.{{cite news|pages=1-A, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/krzb/buravysvypjyqtbjpnekbktkkzgxrbqe_wma-gateway016_1678088189519 7-A]|title=Company plans tower construction, transmitter boost: Station KRZB to shut down operations, lay off employees|first=Mark|last=Gregory|work=The Sentinel-Record|date=March 30, 1988|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/station-krzb-shut-down-operations-lay-employees/xxdtjhxiucpudcrastohnymxivounbgc_wma-gateway003_1678088142416|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010129/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/station-krzb-shut-down-operations-lay-employees/xxdtjhxiucpudcrastohnymxivounbgc_wma-gateway003_1678088142416|url-status=live}}}} Construction of the new station's tower at Redfield, midway between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, was beset by a shortage of guy wire{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/pb-station-makes-plans-sign/abcvskngkduxhhudqayzmzpkrlhvmpjz_wma-gateway020_1678739247188|page=4B|first=Jim|last=Nichols|title=PB station makes plans to 'sign on'|work=Arkansas Democrat|date=April 6, 1986|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318053821/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/pb-station-makes-plans-sign/abcvskngkduxhhudqayzmzpkrlhvmpjz_wma-gateway020_1678739247188|url-status=live}} and later by persistent rains that thwarted attempts to start on three consecutive Mondays. TVX sent postcards to the local news media featuring a story about the station's efforts to go on air being thwarted by the rain and a drawing of ducks around an unfinished tower, declaring that the rain was "why ducks like Arkansas".{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/and-thats-why-ducks-arkansas/ltirvqvyhwnpxejclwomgqobncmtbgwg_wma-gateway004_1678142984048|first=Jan|last=Meins|page=7F|work=Arkansas Democrat|date=June 15, 1986|title='...And that's why ducks like Arkansas'|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318053824/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/and-thats-why-ducks-arkansas/ltirvqvyhwnpxejclwomgqobncmtbgwg_wma-gateway004_1678142984048|url-status=live}}

KJTM-TV finally began broadcasting on June 17, 1986.{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kjtm-air-last/brxxxlwndbnzhwtejujzgnjjqlzjqbud_wma-gateway020_1678143025695|page=5B|title=KJTM on the air at last|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=June 18, 1986|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318053836/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kjtm-air-last/brxxxlwndbnzhwtejujzgnjjqlzjqbud_wma-gateway020_1678143025695|url-status=live}} A month later, the station scored a coup over its established competitor when it beat out KLRT-TV to become the region's Fox affiliate upon the network's October 1986 startup.{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/channel-38-chosen-4th-network-affiliate/enjgzxxsebmgtfxpwtndztppwqzqpipa_wma-gateway016_1678739377985|first=Paul|last=Johnson|pages=1C, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kjtm/snkmldrdkuquftxmlrrbefhvtzqkakvt_wma-gateway020_1678739395339 3C]|title=Channel 38 is chosen '4th network' affiliate|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=July 23, 1986}} Despite this, KLRT-TV continued to remain the leading independent station in the Little Rock market.{{r|ArkG871208}}{{efn|Fox affiliates continued to be considered independent stations for a number of years after Fox launched, particularly as Fox did not program a full seven-night schedule early on.{{Cite news|page=43|title=INTV ponders Fox factor, future venue|work=Broadcasting|date=December 31, 1990|id={{ProQuest|1014741394}} }} The Fox owned-and-operated stations did not leave the trade association for independent stations, INTV, until 1992.{{Cite news|title=Fox O&O's out of INTV|first=Joe|last=Flint|pages=5–6|work=Broadcasting|date=March 9, 1992|id={{ProQuest|1014745589}} }} }}

=KASN: Loss of Fox affiliation=

Amid a shift by TVX to operating in markets larger than Little Rock, TVX put KJTM-TV up for sale. It initially reached an agreement to sell to Detroit-based Barden Communications; the $6 million transaction was terminated in late March 1988.{{cite web|id={{ProQuest|1014725332}}|title=Changing Hands|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-12-07-OCR-Page-0101.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=87|date=December 7, 1987|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052639/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-12-07-OCR-Page-0101.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/channel-38-purchased-detroit-cable-firm/ooxwybqvszatswuapaafxactdpecmkeu_wma-gateway018_1678739930706|pages=1C, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/sale/bhrjvawcstsnvcgdgxzzzvwyqhwxywsy_wma-gateway020_1678739961609 2C]|first=Paul|last=Johnson|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=December 8, 1987|title=Channel 38 purchased by Detroit cable firm}}{{Cite news|first=Leroy|last=Donald|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/6-million-sale-price-kjtm/mbwurdukqubgxsgqhvecbazoeamyzruk_wma-gateway008_1678740308900|page=1C|work=Arkansas Gazette|title=$6 million sale price of KJTM|date=May 7, 1988|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318053831/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/6-million-sale-price-kjtm/mbwurdukqubgxsgqhvecbazoeamyzruk_wma-gateway008_1678740308900|url-status=live}} By this time, the Pine Bluff studio had been closed, with all operations being handled from studios in Little Rock along Interstate 30.{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/uhf-battle-lines-being-drawn/xjlluecdrqjbdhswwyaxkdajhfyvsehd_wma-gateway018_1678086625447|pages=1B, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/uhf/cdyinzamfvwujlliynzngjmlqsrbzstv_wma-gateway012_1678086792958 2B]|first=Jerry|last=Dean|title=UHF battle lines being drawn|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=January 25, 1988|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010142/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/uhf-battle-lines-being-drawn/xjlluecdrqjbdhswwyaxkdajhfyvsehd_wma-gateway018_1678086625447|url-status=live}}

After the Barden transaction failed to materialize, TVX sold the station to Evanston, Illinois–based MMC Television Corp. (principally owned by Paula Baird Pruett) for $6 million; the sale received FCC approval on June 15, 1988.{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1988/BC-1988-05-16.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|pages=69–70|date=May 16, 1988|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|id={{ProQuest|1014726635}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704113606/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1988/BC-1988-05-16.pdf|url-status=live}} Paula Pruett's husband, Steven, was a former Arkansan, and their company ran Fox affiliate WMSN-TV in Madison, Wisconsin.{{r|ArkG880507}} The station's call letters were changed to KASN (for "Arkansas State Network") on October 15, 1988.{{cite web|title=For the Record|id={{ProQuest|1016928633}}|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-10-17-OCR-Page-0080.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|page=82|date=October 17, 1988|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052656/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-10-17-OCR-Page-0080.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kjtm-change-letters-kasn/csxcyeftdsboctcakusdcggbumflbusy_wma-gateway013_1678124378988|work=Arkansas Democrat|page=2D|date=October 7, 1988|title=KJTM to change letters to KASN|access-date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010148/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kjtm-change-letters-kasn/csxcyeftdsboctcakusdcggbumflbusy_wma-gateway013_1678124378988|url-status=live}}

In September 1989, KLRT-TV management announced that Fox programming would be moving to channel 16, which caught KASN management off guard. The two stations had been in discussions about channel 16 acquiring channel 38's Fox affiliation and most of its programming inventory, with KASN likely to fill its broadcast day with home shopping or other content, though nothing had been finalized.{{Cite news|pages=1D, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/klrt/pmcmqfalfudpbwchgnhvfzbmkjolqrrj_wma-gateway011_1678125235561 8D]|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/lr-station-hunting-fox-klrt-seeks-programming-assets-kasn/xcuthjygzbjoltbqbnkoctkczgwvlcta_wma-gateway014_1672868467244|first=Becki|last=Moore|title=LR station hunting Fox: KLRT seeks programming, assets of KASN|work=Arkansas Democrat|date=September 6, 1989|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010151/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/lr-station-hunting-fox-klrt-seeks-programming-assets-kasn/xcuthjygzbjoltbqbnkoctkczgwvlcta_wma-gateway014_1672868467244|url-status=live}} On September 27, however, KLRT management decided to pull out of the deal; KLRT-TV general manager Steve Scollard reportedly notified MMC that the asset sale would not be moving forward in a letter faxed to station management.{{cite news |last=Meins |first=Jan |date=January 29, 1990 |title=Slicing the pie thin |volume=7 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=3 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Slicing+the+pie+thin%3B+independent+TV+advertising+shares+already+are...-a08943621 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105134020/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-8943621.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |id={{Gale|A8943621}}}}{{cite news |last=Rengers |first=Carrie |date=February 18, 1991 |title=Life in the Fox lane |volume=8 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=7 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Life+in+the+Fox+lane.-a010812583 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105134011/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10812583.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |id={{Gale|A10812583}}}}{{r|ArkD891017}} Fox shifted back to KASN after 42 days under a separate contract that MMC and Fox struck during the asset negotiations, which reverted the affiliation rights to KASN if the proposed asset merger was not completed by October 21, 1988.{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kasn-tv-regains-fox-affiliation-lost-rival/gjibhritkctmydidxvcioyeonjscgxbm_wma-gateway011_1672868688503|pages=1D, 8D|first=Becki|last=Moore|work=Arkansas Democrat|title=KASN-TV regains Fox affiliation lost to rival|date=October 17, 1989|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010128/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kasn-tv-regains-fox-affiliation-lost-rival/gjibhritkctmydidxvcioyeonjscgxbm_wma-gateway011_1672868688503|url-status=live}}

Fox changed hands again on April 28, 1990, when the network moved its programming to KLRT on a full-time basis. Little Rock became one of several markets in the South where the Fox affiliation moved during the course of 1990; three of the four cases, including Little Rock, involved former TVX stations losing Fox.{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/fox-makes-it-official-programming-moving-kasn-klrt/byoedlkebylcjdkesmtzmkifvsthcrzp_wma-gateway013_1672868927657|first=Paul|last=Johnson|work=Arkansas Gazette|date=April 12, 1990|title=Fox makes it official: Programming moving from KASN to KLRT|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010219/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/fox-makes-it-official-programming-moving-kasn-klrt/byoedlkebylcjdkesmtzmkifvsthcrzp_wma-gateway013_1672868927657|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|pages=1, 134|title=Stations find new life after Fox affiliation|first=Alan|last=Salomon|work=Electronic Media|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_televisionweek_1991-01-07_10_2_0/page/n3/mode/2up?q=WXMT|date=January 7, 1991}} After learning that KASN would lose its Fox affiliation for good, MMC Television filed a lawsuit against LRCA with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois over the failed merger, alleging civil conspiracy, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and fraud. MMC Television claimed the asset merger was a deliberate effort by KLRT management to "dismantle" KASN, while LRCA asserted that MMC misrepresented its actions and concealed KASN's financial difficulties in the suit.{{r|arbiz-foxlane}}{{r|arbiz-slicing}}

After acquiring KLRT-TV earlier in the year, Clear Channel purchased the non-license assets of KASN in July 1991, leasing them back to Pruett in a move that cleared KASN's debts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/texas-firm-buy-assets-kasn/oshpdwtoucayvjyrqaicybiynybrorpa_wma-gateway001_1678130349259|pages=1D, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kasn/habfhxaglikbiaiymiesinhvsiugxuom_wma-gateway002_1678142233547 3D]|work=Arkansas Democrat|first=Steve|last=Kuykendall|title=Texas firm to buy assets of KASN|date=July 26, 1991|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010120/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/texas-firm-buy-assets-kasn/oshpdwtoucayvjyrqaicybiynybrorpa_wma-gateway001_1678130349259|url-status=live}} Operations of KASN were consolidated into KLRT's studios on Markham Street.{{Cite news|title=Everybody's Business: Clear Channel buys old Sam's Club, will consolidate operations|page=G2|first=Leroy|last=Donald|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=February 7, 1999}} The next year, Mercury Broadcasting, a company owned by Van H. Archer III, acquired KASN itself in exchange for the assumption of $14.3 million in debt.{{Cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-02-03.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 3, 1992|id={{ProQuest|1014743591}}|page=55|title=For the Record|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131024126/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-02-03.pdf|url-status=live}} Clear Channel then entered into a joint sales agreement (JSA) that September, allowing it to handle advertising and promotional services for KASN.{{cite magazine|id={{Gale|A13519990}} |last=Foisie |first=Geoffrey |date=March 1, 1993 |title=Independents network for survival |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-03-01.pdf#page=23 |volume=123 |magazine=Broadcasting & Cable |issue=7 |pages=11–12, 39–41, 43 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226031337/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-03-01.pdf#page=23 |url-status=live }} The JSA was amended into a standard local marketing agreement (LMA) on January 1, 1995.{{cite magazine |last1=McConnell |first1=Chris |last2=Brown |first2=Sara |date=March 1, 1993 |title=FCC finds 70 in-market LMAs |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-08-11-OCR-Page-0007.pdf |magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|id={{ProQuest|225329149}} |page=39 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052636/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-08-11-OCR-Page-0007.pdf |url-status=live }}

=UPN affiliation=

On January 16, 1995, KASN became a charter affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN) as part of a 1994 affiliation deal for four stations owned by Clear Channel and Mercury.{{cite web|title=Par nabs 4 more in web race|url=https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/par-nabs-4-more-in-web-race-117739/|first=Jim|last=Benson|periodical=Variety|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=January 25, 1994|access-date=December 4, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093108/http://variety.com/1994/tv/news/par-nabs-4-more-in-web-race-117739/|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|title=The Paramount Network Clears Four More Affiliates; Memphis, Tulsa, Little Rock and Mobile Latest to Join|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+PARAMOUNT+NETWORK+CLEARS+FOUR+MORE+AFFILIATES%3B+MEMPHIS%2C+TULSA%2C+...-a014738880/|agency=PRNewswire|publisher=Chris-Craft/United Television|via=The Free Library|date=January 25, 1994|access-date=December 4, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105132008/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=THE+PARAMOUNT+NETWORK+CLEARS+FOUR+MORE+AFFILIATES+MEMPHIS+TULSA+LITTLE+ROCK+AND+MOBILE+LATEST+TO+JOIN&searchType=Article¤tPage=0&orderBy=|archive-date=November 5, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Paramount, Warner Bros. vie for affiliates|id={{ProQuest|225342709}}|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/94-OCR/BC-1994-01-31-Page-0008.pdf|first=Mike|last=Freeman|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=World Radio History|page=8|date=January 31, 1994|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629112716/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/94-OCR/BC-1994-01-31-Page-0008.pdf|url-status=live}}

After the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Clear Channel acquired five local FM stations in 1996 and 1997;{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite magazine|title=Changing Hands|id={{ProQuest|1505605225}}|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-03-11-OCR-Page-0036.pdf|volume=126|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|issue=11|via=World Radio History|page=36|date=March 11, 1996|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224055751/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-03-11-OCR-Page-0036.pdf|url-status=live}}|{{cite magazine|title=In Brief|id={{ProQuest|1014762631}}|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-05-20-OCR-Page-0092.pdf|volume=126|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|issue=22|via=World Radio History|page=58|date=May 20, 1996|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105134035/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18306728.html|archive-date=November 5, 2012}}}}{{cite magazine|title=Changing Hands|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-05-05-OCR-Page-0051.pdf|volume=127|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|issue=19|page=91|date=May 5, 1997|id={{ProQuest|1285750478}}|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224055755/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/97-OCR/BC-1997-05-05-OCR-Page-0051.pdf|via=World Radio History|url-status=live}} upon the legalization of duopolies in December 1999, it purchased KASN and three other stations outright in a deal worth $11.6 million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|11663000|1999}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite magazine|title=Changing Hands|url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/99-OCR/BC-1999-12-20-OCR-Page-0089.pdf|volume=129|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|issue=52|page=59|date=December 20, 1999|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126054920/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/99-OCR/BC-1999-12-20-OCR-Page-0089.pdf|via=World Radio History|url-status=live|id={{ProQuest|1014773488}} }}|{{cite magazine|title=Changing Hands|url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/00-OCR/BC-2000-01-10-OCR-Page-0066.pdf|volume=130|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|issue=2|page=64|date=January 10, 2000|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052650/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/00-OCR/BC-2000-01-10-OCR-Page-0066.pdf|via=World Radio History|url-status=live|id={{ProQuest|1014784968}}}}}}{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Lance |date=December 13, 1999 |title=Clear Channel Plays Duopoly |volume=16 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=50 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58414916.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135011/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58414916.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |id={{Gale|A58414916}}}} A combined radio/television studio facility for Clear Channel's Little Rock stations, dubbed the "Clear Channel Metroplex", opened in March 2001 in West Little Rock;{{cite news |date=March 20, 2000 |title=Million Dollar Metroplex; Clear Channel Communications Inc. buys studio |volume=17 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=12 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Million+Dollar+Metroplex.-a061372988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105134949/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61372988.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |id={{Gale|A61372988}}}}{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Lance |date=January 29, 2001 |title=Outtakes |volume=18 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=5 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Outtakes.-a070659859 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |id={{Gale|A70659859}} |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052641/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Outtakes.-a070659859 |url-status=live }} the National Bank of Arkansas purchased KLRT and KASN's former Markham Street studios in 2003 for redevelopment.{{cite news |last=Henry |first=John |date=June 2, 2003 |title=NBA buys building in West Little Rock |volume=20 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=22 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/NBA+buys+building+in+West+Little+Rock.+(Inside+Business).-a0102920423 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |id={{Gale|A102920423}} |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052638/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/NBA+buys+building+in+West+Little+Rock.+(Inside+Business).-a0102920423 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Waldon |first=George |date=September 22, 2003 |title=Broadcast buy |volume=20 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=38 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Broadcast+buy.-a0109447135 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |id={{Gale|A109447135}} |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224052641/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Broadcast+buy.-a0109447135 |url-status=live }}

In 2003, management with KLRT and KASN fought Nielsen Media Research over an issue it believed was leading to ratings misstatements for channel 38. It ascribed precipitous ratings declines for some of its syndicated shows to an undersampled Black audience in the Little Rock designated market area; this most severely affected sitcoms with primarily Black casts like Moesha and The Hughleys, which went from pulling nine to twelve percent of the marketplace to a zero share.{{Cite news|work=Arkansas Business|first=Carl D.|last=Holcombe|id={{Gale|A107122763}}|title=Ratings war|date=July 28, 2003}} The Media Rating Council, which accredits television ratings, agreed with the station's contention that the Black audience was undersampled in the May 2003 survey but did not discard the ratings.{{cite news|title=Ratings war II|work=Arkansas Business|first=Carl D.|last=Holcombe|id={{Gale|A107122844}}|date=August 11, 2003}}

=CW affiliation=

In January 2006, UPN and The WB announced they would merge that fall to form The CW.{{cite news|title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/|first=Jessica|last=Seid|website=CNNMoney.com|publisher=Time Warner|date=January 24, 2006|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316043531/https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/|url-status=live}} Clear Channel affiliated three stations with the network that April, in Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, and KASN in Little Rock.{{cite web|title=Clear Channel Adds Three More to The CW|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/clear-channel-adds-three-more-to-the-cw/|date=April 19, 2006|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224051548/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/clear-channel-adds-three-more-to-the-cw/|url-status=live}} KASN affiliated with The CW when that network launched on September 18.{{cite news|title=A clear choice|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+clear+choice.-a0145474096|first=Lance|last=Turner|newspaper=Arkansas Business|publisher=Arkansas Business Publishing Group|date=April 24, 2006|access-date=February 23, 2022|id={{Gale|A145474096}}|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224051546/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+clear+choice.-a0145474096|url-status=live}}

KLRT and KASN were included in the sale of Clear Channel's television station portfolio to Newport Television, controlled by Providence Equity Partners, for $1.2 billion on April 20, 2007 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|1200000000|2007}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}). The sale was made so Clear Channel could refocus around its radio, outdoor advertising and live event units.{{cite web |date=April 20, 2007 |title=Providence Buys Clear Channel TV for $1.2B |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/providence-buys-clear-channel-tv-for-1-2b/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307024830/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/providence-buys-clear-channel-tv-for-1-2b/ |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |website=TVNewsCheck}}{{cite press release|title=Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners|url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943|publisher=Clear Channel Communications|date=April 20, 2007|access-date=November 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425161056/http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943|archive-date=April 25, 2007}} The sale received FCC approval on December 1, 2007; after settlement of a lawsuit filed by Clear Channel owners Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital against Providence to force the deal's completion, consummation took place on March 14, 2008.{{cite web |last=Dunbar |first=John |date=December 2, 2007 |title=FCC OKs Clear Channel TV sale with changes |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3942156&page=1 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |via=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053227/http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3942156&page=1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Megan |date=March 14, 2008 |title=Clear Channel says completes TV sale for $1.1 bln |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clearchannel/clear-channel-says-completes-tv-sale-for-1-1-bln-idUSN1444375720080315 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202152935/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clearchannel/clear-channel-says-completes-tv-sale-for-1-1-bln-idUSN1444375720080315 |url-status=live }}

As part of a liquidation of Newport Television's assets, Nexstar Broadcasting Group purchased KLRT and KASN in a 12-station deal worth $285.5 million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|285500000|2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}}) on July 19, 2012.{{cite web|title=Newport Sells 22 Stations For $1 Billion|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/60876/newport-sells-22-stations-for-1-billion|website=TVNewsCheck|date=July 19, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2012|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308212139/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/60876/newport-sells-22-stations-for-1-billion|url-status=live}} Due to Nexstar already owning KARK-TV and KARZ-TV, KLRT and KASN were subsequently resold to Mission Broadcasting for $59.7 million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|59700000|2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}){{Cite news |last=Knable |first=Kate |date=July 23, 2012 |title=Ohio company to purchase LR TV stations |volume=29 |work=Arkansas Business |issue=30 |id={{Gale|A299259330}}}}{{cite web|title=Notice of Transfer of Control|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1508059.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211035321/https://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1508059.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 11, 2024|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=December 10, 2012}} with Nexstar effectively taking over both stations under a new LMA, continuing a business practice established between the two otherwise separate companies.{{Cite news |last=Knable |first=Kate |date=August 6, 2012 |title=The shrinking media landscape |volume=29 |work=Arkansas Business |issue=32 |id={{Gale|A300344190}}}} The creation of a four-station cluster in the same market resulted in substantial downsizing on January 3, 2013, with 20 employees from KLRT and KASN dismissed along with eight KARK–KARZ staffers;{{cite news |last=Knable |first=Kate |date=January 29, 2013 |title=Almost 30 Lose Jobs at KARK, KLRT as TV Owners Consolidate |volume=30 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=5 |url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/90480/at-least-25-lose-jobs-at-kark-klrt-as-tv-owners-consolidate |access-date=January 29, 2013 |id={{Gale|A319802961}} |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131114724/http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/90480/at-least-25-lose-jobs-at-kark-klrt-as-tv-owners-consolidate |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=January 30, 2013 |title=Significant Layoffs at KLRT-KARK Little Rock |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/significant-layoffs-klrt-kark-little-rock-43879 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |website=Broadcasting & Cable |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224055748/https://www.nexttv.com/news/significant-layoffs-klrt-kark-little-rock-43879 |url-status=live }} this included general manager Chuck Spohn, who was replaced with management from KARK and KARZ.{{cite news |date=January 4, 2013 |title=Updated: Mission Closes $60M Deal for KLRT, KASN; Chuck Spohn Out as General Manager |newspaper=Arkansas Business |url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/89968/mission-closes-60m-deal-on-klrt-and-kasn-spohn-out-as-gm?page=1 |access-date=January 4, 2013 |archive-date=January 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108112434/http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/89968/mission-closes-60m-deal-on-klrt-and-kasn-spohn-out-as-gm?page=1 |url-status=live }} KLRT and KASN concurrently moved from the Clear Channel Metroplex to KARK–KARZ's studios at the Victory Building in Little Rock's downtown.{{r|ab-klrtkarkmerge}}{{cite news |last=Knable |first=Kate |date=February 4, 2013 |title=The Mission and Nexstar puzzle: Nexstar, Mission Separate Companies in Eyes of FCC Despite Appearances |volume=30 |newspaper=Arkansas Business |issue=5 |url=https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/90586/nexstar-mission-separate-companies-in-eyes-of-fcc-despite-appearances |access-date=February 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327084346/http://www.arkansasbusiness.com:80/article/90586/nexstar-mission-separate-companies-in-eyes-of-fcc-despite-appearances |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |id={{Gale|A319802978}}}}

Technical information

=Subchannels=

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable" \|+ Subchannels of KASN{{cite web\|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KASN\|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KASN#station\|website=RabbitEars\|access-date=July 15, 2021\|archive-date=August 15, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815025506/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KASN#station\|url-status=live}} ! scope = "col" \| Channel ! scope = "col" \| Res. ! scope = "col" \| Aspect ! scope = "col" \| Short name ! scope = "col" \| Programming
scope = "row" \| 38.1 \| 1080i \|\| 16:9 \|\| KASN-HD \|\| The CW
scope = "row" \| 38.2 \| rowspan=4\|480i \|\| 4:3 \|\| Rewind \|\| Rewind TV
scope = "row" \| 38.3 \| rowspan=3\|16:9 \|\| ION \|\| Ion Television
scope = "row" \| 38.4 \| Defy \|\| Ion Plus
scope = "row" \| 38.5 \| Grit \|\| Grit

class="wikitable"

|+ Subchannels of KASN{{cite web|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KASN|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KASN#station|website=RabbitEars|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815025506/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KASN#station|url-status=live}}

! scope = "col" | Channel

! scope = "col" | Res.

! scope = "col" | Aspect

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

scope = "row" | 38.1

| 1080i || 16:9 || KASN-HD || The CW

scope = "row" | 38.2

| rowspan=4|480i || 4:3 || Rewind || Rewind TV

scope = "row" | 38.3

| rowspan=3|16:9 || ION || Ion Television

scope = "row" | 38.4

| Defy || Ion Plus

scope = "row" | 38.5

| Grit || Grit

=Analog-to-digital conversion; spectrum repack=

KASN signed on its digital signal on UHF channel 39 on September 4, 2002. The station shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 38, on February 17, 2009, the original deadline for American full-power television stations to transition exclusively to digital broadcasts (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 39, continuing to use virtual channel 38.{{cite web|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=March 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}

As a part of the broadcast frequency repacking process following the 2016–17 FCC incentive auction, KASN relocated its digital signal to UHF channel 34 on November 30, 2018.{{cite web|title=NAB Spectrum Repacking Clearinghouse|url=http://www.nab.org/repacking/clearinghouse.asp|publisher=National Association of Broadcasters|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620145450/http://www.nab.org/repacking/clearinghouse.asp|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Four television stations in central Arkansas will change their broadcast frequencies this fall.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/24/channels-for-4-stations-to-change-20180/|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|publisher=WEHCO Media|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224045733/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/24/channels-for-4-stations-to-change-20180/|url-status=live}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.fox16.com/the-cwarkansas The CW Arkansas]

ASN

Category:The CW affiliates

Category:Rewind TV affiliates

Category:Ion Television affiliates

Category:Ion Plus affiliates

Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986

Category:Nexstar Media Group

Category:1986 establishments in Arkansas

Category:TVX Broadcast Group