the insolvent American Savings and Loan in Stockton. AnchorMedia then sued Narragansett for allegedly withholding information and taking away key employees. The immediate task facing AnchorMedia management was one of procuring a new facility, as the Arden Way site had become overcrowded and insufficient for KOVR's needs. Outlet had bought land in Natomas for a potential new studio site, but Narragansett sold the parcel; Anchor began scouting property in West Sacramento. In late 1990, the new $8 million, facility opened, featuring two studios as well as a helipad for the station's news helicopter. River City and Sinclair ownership; affiliation switch to CBS In 1994, Continental Broadcasting—the former AnchorMedia—was purchased by River City Broadcasting, a St. Louis-based owner of television and radio properties. The three ABC affiliates owned by Anchor represented River City's first major network affiliates. River City would find itself navigating an affiliation switch. Amid a major national realignment, the A. H. Belo Corporation and ABC renewed their agreement for Belo's ABC-affiliated stations in Dallas and Norfolk, Virginia, including the move of ABC's Sacramento affiliation to the higher-rated KXTV. As a result, KOVR aligned with CBS. The switch took place on March 6, 1995. Uniquely for the market, KOVR would adopt an early prime schedule and air weeknight CBS programming from 7 to 10 p.m. instead of from 8 to 11 p.m. At the time, KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, programmed on a similar basis (abandoning the practice in 1998), and KCRA-TV had done so with NBC programming between 1991 and 1993. The early prime move was designed to help KOVR's ratings by airing its late news for one hour at 10 p.m. and counterprogramming the 11 p.m. newscasts with The Late Show with David Letterman. For the seventh time in 16 years, KOVR was sold again in 1996 when River City Broadcasting was acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group of Baltimore. In 2001, KOVR gained attention when it landed a "local exclusive" interview, conducted by reporter Jodi Hernandez with congressman Gary Condit regarding the Chandra Levy murder case; Condit appeared the same evening on ABC, in an interview with Connie Chung. CBS ownership By 2004, Sinclair was eyeing the creation of duopolies in as many markets as possible and seeking to sell stations in markets where it had no feasible options to create one. One of those markets was Sacramento. As a result, Sinclair agreed to sell