On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. Television unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced they would merge The WB and UPN into a new singular network, The CW. In turn, Fox owner News Corporation announced the creation of MyNetworkTV for those stations left out in the cold due to The CW merger. KBCA, which held The WB affiliation a mere six months prior to the announced CW merger, was a perfect match and was announced as the Alexandria affiliate of The CW, which commenced operations on September 18, 2006.