 Once the sale was approved by the FCC in April 1997, 3ABN immediately applied for a license for the station, which was granted June 20, 1997.In April 1997, the FCC released its list of full-service digital television allotments, and K57GO found itself between allotments for KTBC-TV in Austin on UHF channel 56 and KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) in San Antonio on UHF channel 58, which increased the potential for interference on channel 57.In addition, the FCC wanted to move stations out of the 700 MHz band, which included stations on UHF channel 52 and above.