Steel City declared bankruptcy in 1962, and KTUX fell silent on October 24 of that year.
The Gunter Corporation bought KPUB in 1982 and renamed it KGMQ, the first of nine license assignments for the frequency in a 14-year span.
[3] On October 1, 2022, KAVA began operations under a Time Brokerage Agreement with Kix Broadcasting.
Latino Communications was selling the station and its translator K298CG to Kix, led by longtime southern Colorado announcer Dave Moore, for $159,000.
[6] The sale to Kix Broadcasting was consummated on January 6, 2023 and the call sign change to KIXD took place on February 16, 2023.