The two stations share studios on Lower Meadow Drive in Bend; KBNZ-LD's transmitter is located in the city on Awbrey Butte west of US 97.

In October 2008, KOIN owner New Vision Television announced plans to convert KBNZ into a locally-focused CBS affiliate.

News personnel based at KBNZ began to contribute two to four local stories each day to air on KOIN broadcasts.

It had been planned that as KBNZ grew, a fully produced local newscast originating from Central Oregon would be introduced.

[3] With the ownership change, contact information for this station as well as listings for reporter Brittney Hopper and photographer Brandon Anderchuk were removed from the KBNZ section of KOIN's website.

[5] In April 2016, Zolo Media announced the debut of a local news program to air on both KBNZ and KOHD starting on May 2, 2016, called Central Oregon Daily.