 The station was listed as an American Independent Network affiliate as of July 1996.ATN Network, Inc. changed the station's calls to KTVP-LP in September 1997 and transferred the station to Hispano Television Ventures, Inc. (HTV), later called Hispanic Television Network Inc., in October 1999 as part of HTV's acquisition of ATN Network, Inc. HTV placed their new network, Hispanic Television Network (HTVN), on KTVP-LP, but facing financial difficulties, Hispanic Television Network Inc. sold the station to Mako Communications LLC in August 2001.In 1998, KNXV-TV was granted a permit to construct their digital facilities on channel 56, which forced KTVP-LP to move to a new channel.