 KVAW formerly carried programming from Telemundo, HTVN as a network-owned station, and later from Mas Musica, the predecessor of the station's latest network, Tr3́s, and Multimedios Televisión.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted to Juan Wheeler, Jr., a permit on June 29, 1989 to construct a new television station that would serve Eagle Pass on UHF channel 16.The station signed on June 15, 1991; Wheeler applied for a license for the station on June 14, 1991, which was not granted until January 1996.