 The station was originally granted its construction permit on July 23, 1996; on September 16, it was assigned the call letters KAQR.On October 1, 1997, the station changed its call letters to KBCC; on March 27, 1998, channel 10 took on the KMTF call sign.On August 15, 1998, the station started broadcasting as the local Fox affiliate; KMTF also had a secondary affiliation with UPN.