On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW. KUWB's sale to Clear Channel became contingent on the ability of the station to secure the CW affiliation. In April, Clear Channel announced plans to affiliate KUWB with The CW, and nearly two weeks later, CW and KUWB announced the official affiliation agreement. As a result, the sale of the station was able to be completed.