Weekends feature shows on health, money, home repair, pets, technology, food and beer, including some paid programming.

Syndicated weekend programs include Rich DeMuro on Tech, The Kim Komando Show, At Home with Gary Sullivan and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham.

KTMS was an NBC Blue Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, game shows, soap operas, and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio".

[7] Nearly three years later, in September 1998, the 1250 AM frequency on which KTMS aired was sold for $1.6 million to Smith Broadcasting Group, Inc., owner of the local ABC television affiliate KEYT-TV (channel 3).

[8] Smith immediately launched a competing news-only format on 1250 with new call letters KEYT to match its TV sister station.

In January 2007, Clear Channel sold its six Santa Barbara stations, including KTMS, to Rincon Broadcasting LLC for $17.3 million.

Before becoming KTMS in 1998, KGUD attempted a number of formats, including religious programming, Broadway show tunes, and jazz, but none was successful.