 Originally, KFBB-DT was to be on channel 39, but in June 2001, the FCC agreed to change the allocation to channel 8, and granted the permit to construct digital facilities on March 14, 2002.By the end of April 2002, the station was already on the air  and was licensed on November 1, 2002.The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.