The two stations share studios on Armstrong Street in San Angelo; KSAN-TV's transmitter is located north of the city on SH 208.

New owner Lewis O. Seibert decided against building KGKL-TV, believing San Angelo was unable to support two stations.

In justifying his decision to surrender the permit, Seibert was skeptical that the San Angelo trading area, as large as Ohio, could be adequately reached by a TV station.

[13] Shortly after the ownership change took effect on March 31, 1998, Sunrise began planning to split KACB-TV off as a separate station with local news for San Angelo and facilities on Southwest Boulevard.

Mission typically contracted with Nexstar Broadcasting Group for shared services and did so in Abilene, where that company owned CBS affiliate KTAB-TV.