In 2005, Griffin Communications acquired KWBT to extend its Tulsa audience reach by offering programming targeted to younger adult demographics. The station, now known as KQCW, signed on the air September 12, 1999, as KWBT. The CW network was formed when the WB network merged with the UPN network the same year Griffin assumed ownership. News On 6 airs a live newscast on The Tulsa CW each weekday from 9-10p.