The two stations share studios on South 14th Street in western Abilene; KRBC-TV's transmitter is located on Texas State Highway 36 in neighboring Callahan County.

The station was owned by the Ackers family, who had bought the construction permit from Harte-Hanks Communications a few months earlier, along with KRBC radio (1470 AM, now KYYW).

In 2005, Nexstar completed the consolidation of the KTAB operations into the older, larger KRBC building at 4510 South 14th Street in Abilene.

The computerized and automated master control facility not only operates KRBC and KTAB in Abilene, but also sister Nexstar/Mission stations KLST and KSAN-TV in San Angelo.

During a January 14, 2007 ice storm, KRBC's transmission tower collapsed, taking the station's analog signal off the air for 13 hours.

A microwave link on the tower which helped provide programming to KLST and KSAN in San Angelo was also destroyed in the collapse.

The site is maintained with content produced by both stations, and serves as a community portal to Abilene and the surrounding areas.

On February 2, 2013, KRBC began broadcasting its local newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition with a new set, logo, and graphics, becoming the second station to make the switch.

[10] The station's signal is multiplexed: Installation of full-power digital transmitters for both KRBC-DT and KTAB-DT was completed in October 2007.

The disagreement began with KRBC/Mission/Nexstar requesting 10 cents per subscriber for KRBC to be carried on the Cox Cable system in the Abilene area.

Due to the dispute, Cox eventually dropped KRBC from its system, which caused many city residents to purchase an antenna for their homes to pick up the station's analog signal for NBC programming.