to 2006 featured the "UPN Girls", a group of four women between the ages of 18 and 25, who also hosted the station's Saturday night movie showcase and made publicity appearances at local events; this concept was also used by the other Mercury and Clear Channel stations, such as KTFO in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On November 16, 1999, three months after the FCC began permitting ownership of two television stations in markets with at least eight full-power commercial stations, Clear Channel purchased KASN from Mercury outright in a four-station deal worth $11.663 million. The sale received FCC approved on March 9, 2000, and was finalized on May 2, resulting in KLRT and KASN becoming the first legal television duopoly in the Little Rock market. In March 2001, Clear Channel consolidated the operations of its Central Arkansas broadcasting properties—KLRT and KASN plus radio stations KDDK (100.3 FM), KMJX (105.1 FM), KMVK (106.7 FM), KOLL (94.9 FM), and KSSN (95.7 FM)—into the new Clear Channel Metroplex studio complex, a converted former retail development and Sam's Club store on Colonel Glenn Road (east of I-430) in West Little Rock. From 2002 to 2013, KASN also carried the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in lieu of CBS affiliate KTHV, which declined to air the annual special due to concerns by station management with its sexual content. As a CW affiliate On April 19, 2006, as part of a long-term deal that also involved sister stations WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and KUWB in Salt Lake City, Clear Channel announced that KASN would become the Little Rock charter affiliate of The CW, a joint venture of CBS Corporation and Time Warner (announced on January 24) that would initially feature programs originated on UPN and The WB as well as newer first-run series. KASN affiliated with The CW when that network launched on September 18, at which time the station rebranded as "The CW Arkansas", removing most on-air references to its over-the-air channel number. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its 35 television stations (including KASN and KLRT) to Newport Television, a holding company of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, for $1.2 billion, in order to refocus the company around its radio, outdoor advertising, and live event units. The sale received FCC approval on November 29, 2007; following the settlement of a lawsuit filed against Providence by new Clear Channel owners Thomas H.