The station is owned by Good News Broadcasting Network, Inc. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain.

The station began with an original construction permit for K69FM (channel 69), granted to Broadcasting Systems of Phoenix on August 19, 1988.

In the meantime, Aloha Partners has not launched its proposed service to Public Safety,[3] and K53GF remained on the air on analog channel 53 until May 2010.

[4] On October 27, 2008, the station filed for special temporary authorization (STA) to continue broadcasting the analog signal until 2009.

The station's signal is multiplexed: K38IZ-D airs a mix of locally produced shows, public domain movies and paid programming in Spanish.