The station was owned by Ted Austin, through licensee Southwest Montana Media LLC.
The station was assigned the KANA call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
[4] In December 2006, a deal was reached for KANA to be acquired by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald Davis, president/general manager) from Jim Ray Carroll as part of a three-station deal with a total reported sale price of $500,000.
Effective October 25, 2018, A.W.A.R.E., Inc. sold KANA to Ted Austin's Southwest Montana Media LLC for $25,000.
On August 21, 2023, Southwest Montana Media surrendered the licenses for KANA and translator K264CZ to the FCC, who cancelled them the same day.