In 1986, the station was sold to Oklahoma City-based Griffin Communications, owners of longtime CBS affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City, who immediately set about solving the reception problem. It signed-on full-time satellite KFAA-TV in 1989 to provide a better signal in Fayetteville and the northern part of the market.
In 1986, the station was sold to Griffin Communications, owners of KWTV in Oklahoma City, who immediately addressed the reception problem by signing on satellite KFAA-TV in 1989 to improve the signal for Fayetteville and the northern part of the market.