It served as a translator of Fox affiliate KXVA (channel 15) which is owned by Tegna Inc. KIDZ-LD's transmitter was located at KXVA's studios in the Bank of America Building on Chestnut Street in downtown Abilene; master control and some internal operations for KXVA and KIDZ-LD were based at the facilities of sister station and fellow Fox affiliate KIDY on South Chadbourne Street in San Angelo.
On October 30, 1991, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Sage Broadcasting Corporation to build low-power television station K54DT, to serve Abilene, Texas on UHF channel 54.
When UPN launched in 1995, K54DT began carrying select programs from that network also, including Star Trek: Voyager.
[4] The choice seemed natural, as Sage Broadcasting Corporation had had a working relationship with Fox in Abilene for nearly 15 years.
[7] On October 26, 2012, the station surrendered its Class A status to the FCC, and changed its call sign to KIDZ-LD.