On September 1, 2016, KTRV joined Ion Television as an affiliate. The station had announced on August 31 that it would become an Ion affiliate by October 1; in the announcement, Block Communications chairman Allan Block said that "the timing was right to move to a more immersive network." While MyNetworkTV programming initially continued to air in prime time as a secondary affiliation, it was removed in early 2017. On March 2, 2017, the MeTV affiliation moved to KNIN-TV digital subchannel 9.2, replacing Heroes & Icons (which resulted in a programming realignment that saw the H&I affiliation move to KRID-LD 22.3)