The station was once owned by the family of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and still carries his initials as its call letters.

She improved the station by hiring new on-air talent, found commercial sponsors, kept all the financial accounts, and maintained the facility.

[4] (In later years, the president and Lady Bird's children ran the radio stations, while she remained chairman.)

[7] The new company was a merger of LBJ Broadcasting, which by this point also owned KAJZ, with Sinclair Telecable's two stations in the market: KROX-FM and KGSR.

In 2003, the Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications acquired the controlling stake in the stations;[9] the $150 million sale, completed on July 1, marked the Johnson family's exit from broadcasting.

In June 2019, Emmis announced that it would sell its controlling stake in the Austin cluster back to Sinclair Telecable for $39.3 million.

Its "local licks live" series started in 1989 and has showcased dozens of popular Austin musicians.