KASN
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| KASN | |
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| Pine Bluff / Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Branding | CW Arkansas |
| Slogan | That's Entertainment |
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| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC (Newport Television License 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 channel number(s) | Analog: 38 (1986-2009) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1986, 1990-1995) Fox (1986-1990) UPN (1995-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 590 m |
| Facility ID | 41212 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 34°26′31.1″N 92°13′3.8″W / 34.441972°N 92.217722°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 digital signal 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, then owned by Equity Broadcasting (now KARZ-TV, operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, owner of local NBC affiliate KARK-TV), 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' Newport Television.[1] The group deal was consummated on March 14, 2008.
[edit] Logo gallery
 KASN's UPN logo until September 2006. |
Current CW logo. |
[edit] References
- ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners. Press release. http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
[edit] Website
- CW Arkansas (KASN's CW website)
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KASN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KASN-TV
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