The two stations share studios on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro; KVYE's transmitter is located atop Black Mountain.

[2] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit on August 3, 1989, to build a television station licensed in El Centro.

[11][12] On March 15, 1998, Entravision Communications (which operated KVYE under a local marketing agreement) bought station licensee La Paz Wireless Corporation for $700.000.

[15] The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2007, and was granted a license on January 29, 2010.

[18] The station's digital signal is multiplexed: KVYE shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009,[20] the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.