This allowed co-channel KRJT 100.7 to relocate from Bowie to Highland Village as KLTY (now KWRD-FM), a rimshot of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
In doing so, KPXI became the sister station to co-owned KWRD in Henderson, which Hanszen purchased from former Tyler City Councilman Jerry Russell.
On September 12, 2018, the license transfer of KPXI was granted by the Federal Communications Commission from Hanszen Broadcasting to the Board of Supervisors at Louisiana State University after the two parties reached a deal for L.S.U.
As a result of the sale of KPXI, former sister station KWRD returned to its heritage country format, along with its FM translator at 98.5 MHz.
Completion of the license transfer took place on October 11, 2018, with KPXI dropping the longtime call letters associated with the facility to the current KTYK, which is representative of the programming targeting the cities of Tyler and Kilgore.