The station was founded by International Christian Television, owned by the late Pete E. Meryl Warren III, who subsequently started KJLF-TV (channel 65, now UniMás affiliate KTFN) in June 1991. Warren and Alex Blomerth had been involved in a church outreach using a leased access channel on cable channel 8. The two partnered to sign on channel 14, broadcasting from the transmitter facilities and studios (located in an old church building at 3100 North Stanton Street) that were used by the cable channel.