 In 1990, Elba sold KQTV, along with WRBL in Columbus, Georgia and WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana, to TCS Television Partners for $58 million.Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired the station in 1997.Nexstar announced on June 13, 2016, that it would sell KQTV and four other stations to Heartland Media, through its USA Television MidAmerica Holdings joint venture with MSouth Equity Partners, for $115 million.