[1] In May 1997, Woodrow Michael Warren applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new Class A broadcast radio station.
In their August 2002 request to the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent, station management cited financial issues as the reason for the lack of broadcast activity.
[10] The station returned to the air briefly on the evening on August 17, 2004, from temporary facilities after the work crew installing the new antenna system was forced from the area by an infestation of killer bees.
[13] In February 2009, Woodrow Michael Warren reached an agreement to sell KWTR to Sierra Communications, Inc., for a reported $350,000 in cash.
[18] In their application for special temporary authority to remain silent, KWTR management cited the loss of "electric and other utilities" at the licensed transmitter site as the reason they halted broadcast operations.
This proved short-lived as "severe lightning and tornado activity" struck Reagan County and the station's transmission system was damaged.
[20] Citing "a lack of qualified personnel" to install the repaired equipment, KWTR management applied for an extension to their authority in February 2011.