National religious leaders heard on KYFQ include Chuck Swindoll, Adrian Rogers and Joni Eareckson Tada.
It was powered at 3,500 watts, enough to cover Tacoma and adjacent communities but not the larger Seattle radio market.
KBTC was sold to Public Radio Capital, which then leased the frequency to the University of Washington's college station, 90.3 KEXP.
On November 3, 2005, KEXP announced it was terminating operation on KXOT at the end of the calendar year due to a financial crunch.
[6] On January 7, 2013, the station returned to the air, from a new transmitter site on Gold Mountain, coupled with an increase in power to 23,000 watts.
The station aired the audio from Washington State's public affairs government television channel TVW.