 The school board sold the station to KSMQ Public Media, a community group, in 2004

While much of the station's programming comes from PBS (which the station has been a member station since its inception), the station features additional programming supplied by numerous sources, including the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and American Public Television (APT).In the mid-2000s, the station signed on its digital signal on UHF channel 20 from the Ostrander tower shared by Fox affiliate KXLT-TV (channel 47).KSMQ produces a wide variety of local content, including a weekly arts program, "Off 90"; "On Q", a weekly public affairs program; and the agricultural educational program "Farm Connections".