In 1969, land was acquired on McClelland Peak near Virginia City, Nevada, for the construction of a tower.

[4] In 1988, Western Inspirational obtained a construction permit for the non-commercial 91.3 MHz frequency in Carson City.

It sold the existing 94.7 facility, which could be converted to commercial authorization, to Sapphire Broadcasting of Washington, D.C.,[5] The KNIS call letters moved to 91.3 when the frequency change occurred in October 1989;[6] the 94.7 frequency returned as a commercial station, KRWR, in June 1990.

[7][a] After previously growing with the installation of translators,[3] the network added a new high-power station with KCSP-FM 106.9 in Casper, Wyoming, in 1990.

Like in Carson City, Western Inspirational sold the commercial station and moved to a non-commercial frequency at 90.3 MHz in order to feed more translators.