Its studios are located in Downtown Tulsa and shares a transmitter with television station KTPX-TV in Mounds, Oklahoma.

KSTM flipped to country in March 1993 and changed calls to KCKI as "Kick99".

[3] On June 26, 2018, parent company E. W. Scripps announced that it would sell KXBL - along with its sister stations, KBEZ, KFAQ, KHTT, and KVOO to Griffin Communications.

[4] Griffin began operating the stations under a local marketing agreement on July 30, and completed the purchase October 1; the company already owned CBS affiliate KOTV-DT and CW affiliate KQCW-DT.

[5] KXBL originated a daily midday program with country music star and area native Joe Diffie, which aired until his death.