Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas United States |
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City | Pine Bluff |
Branding | The CW Arkansas |
Slogan | Dare to Defy (also CW network slogan) |
Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 38 () |
Subchannels | 38.1 The CW |
Affiliations | The CW (2006-present) |
Owner |
Mission Broadcasting (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.) |
Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
First air date | June 17, 1986 |
Call letters' meaning |
Arkansas State Network |
Sister station(s) |
KLRT-TV, KARK-TV, KARZ-TV |
Former callsigns | KJTM-TV (1986–1988) |
Former channel number(s) |
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Former affiliations |
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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 |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.cwarkansas.com |
KASN, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 39), is a CW-affiliated television station serving Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, that is licensed to Pine Bluff. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate KLRT-TV (channel 16); Nexstar Media Group, which owns NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KARZ-TV (channel 42), operates KLRT and KASN under a shared services agreement.
All four stations share studio facilities located on West Capitol Avenue in Downtown Little Rock, one block east of the Arkansas State Capitol; KASN maintains transmitter facilities located near Redfield. On cable, KASN is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 7 in standard definition and digital channel 236 in high definition.
The station first signed on the air on June 17, 1986, as KJTM; it originally operated as an independent station, before becoming the market's original Fox affiliate on October 6, 1986. The station was originally owned by MMC Television Corporation.