would revert to KASN if the proposed asset merger fell through by October 21, 1988, the network's programming changed hands twice between the two stations (initially airing on channel 16 for just 42 days in September and October 1988) before settling on the higher-rated KLRT full-time on April 1, 1990. At least half of KASN's approximately 40 employees were laid off, many of whom were rehired by MMC after the deal's sudden collapse. MMC Television subsequently filed a lawsuit against LRCA and Scollard with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging civil conspiracy, misappropriation of trade secrets, business relationship interference, breach of contract and fraud in what the company claimed was an effort by KLRT management to "dismantle" KASN; KLRT ownership countered that MMC misrepresented the actions and had concealed KASN's financial issues in the suit. On November 12, 1991, San Antonio–based Mercury Broadcasting Co. purchased KASN for $14.3 million. The purchase received FCC approval on December 24, 1991, and was finalized on January 31, 1992. After the two stations settled their lawsuit over the aborted 1988 asset sale, in September 1992, another San Antonio company, Clear Channel Television, which had purchased KLRT the year prior, entered into a joint sales agreement with Mercury Broadcasting to handle advertising and promotional services for KASN. Additionally, KLRT began providing programming and other administrative services for KASN under an amended local marketing agreement on January 1, 1995; at that time, KASN transferred its operations into KLRT's offices on Markham Street and Bowman Road in southwestern Little Rock. 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. Alongside UPN prime time programming, KASN—which concurrently began branding as "UPN 38"—carried some first-run syndicated programs, recent and classic off-network sitcoms and drama series, movies in prime time and on weekends, and a blend of syndicated cartoons and live-action children's shows. During its later years with UPN, KASN phased out many of its classic sitcom reruns, in favor of offering more talk, reality and court shows in daytime and more recent sitcoms and first-run and off-network drama series in the evening; Shop at Home Network programming was also carried overnights from 1:00 to 6:00 a.m. until that network ceased broadcasting on June 22, 2006. Some KASN promotions from 1998