It was owned by the Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company as a semi-satellite of fellow ABC affiliate KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs.
The station had full production facilities in Grand Junction; however, much of the programming was fed via hundreds of miles of microwave links from KRDO.
In 2006, News-Press & Gazette Company announced the purchase of KJCT along with KRDO-TV and KRDO radio from Pikes Peak Broadcasting.
However, despite The CW being available locally, Denver's KWGN-TV, which has been on cable for decades in Grand Junction, is still available through two low-powered repeaters in the area.
The KGBY-LD call sign was then placed by Chang on the construction permit formerly known as K10QV-D at Palm Springs, California, which he had purchased earlier in the year.
In July 2011, KJCT overtook its competitors to become the top rated station in the coveted 25–54 demographic in all weekday newscasts.