On January 21, 1990, KYES signed on as an independent station owned by Firewood Communcations.
1995–1999
SVG NEEDED
In 1995, channel 5 began affiliating with UPN and also carried The WB on a secondary basis until "KWBX" was launched in 1998.
1999–2002
SVG NEEDED
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2002–2004
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2004–2006
SVG NEEDED
2006–2017
SVG NEEDED
In 2006, the station became a MyNetworkTV affiliate as KIMO (channel 13, now known as KYUR) was selected to become a CW affiliate on a digital subchannel. In 2015, Gray Television announced that it would purchase channel 5 and its relay stations, the sale was completed the following year.
2017–2020
SVG NEEDED
July–August 2020
SVG NEEDED
On July 31, 2020, Gray purchased the CBS affiliation rights in Anchorage as well as all non-license assets of its previous affiliate KTVA (channel 11) from GCI Communications.
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2020–2021
SVG NEEDED
KAUU
2021–present
LOGO MISSING
In 2021, CBS programming moved to KYES-LD and KTUU-DT5 as part of a major transmitter upgrade. As a result, channel 5 began carrying MyTV programming on its primary subchannel.
