In January 1994, the station dropped its weekday morning children's programs, moving them to afternoons upon the launch of a morning newscast; by 1995, KUSI began dropping many of these shows (which were scattered among other local outlets) and added more court, talk and reality shows, mirroring the scheduling format used by Los Angeles independent station KCAL-TV during that time period. The cartoons and recent off-network sitcoms were moved to a weaker station, KTTY (channel 69, now Fox affiliate KSWB-TV), which became a charter affiliate of The WB in January 1995. On January 16 of that year, KUSI gained a network affiliation when it became San Diego's original outlet of the upstart United Paramount Network (UPN). At the same time, KFMB-TV lured the Padres from KUSI under a new radio and television contract.