From its sign-on on August 15, 1997,[3] until 2006, KBCB aired a mix of independent/ImaginAsian programming targeted towards the Vancouver area and southwestern British Columbia, Canada, in addition to news from European international broadcasters until the early 2000s decade, bearing the name World Television to reflect the international mix of programming carried on the station.
[8] On October 17, 2014, Fox announced that it had reached a deal to maintain its affiliation with KCPQ through July 2018—agreeing to a reverse compensation arrangement.
[1] The sale was completed on April 30,[13] and KBCB became the third station in the Seattle market to be owned and operated by a religious organization (alongside KTBW-TV and KWDK).
[14] Having gone dark since the sale, channels 24.3 and 24.4 began transmitting again in March 2022, carrying Newsmax TV and Shop LC, respectively.
The station's signal is multiplexed: KBCB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on February 17, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12).