On January 16, 2009, it was announced that several Pappas stations, including the license for KCWK, would be sold to New World TV Group, after the sale received United States bankruptcy court approval. In the interim, Fisher Communications announced that their CBS affiliates KIMA-TV/KEPR-TV would each launch CW subchannels on March 31, 2009 to fill KCWK's void. Central Washington Charter Communications viewers received KTLA from Los Angeles as a temporary replacement after KCWK went silent; Dish Network viewers also received KTLA.