 During the station's first years it would be named as "Univision 39 K39AB" because it served as a translator for KFTV.Univision later moved the frequency to channel 31 in 1998 and it was renamed KABE-LP.It served as a repeater for KSUV-LP and was co-branded as "KSUV Univision 39 & KABE 31".