KFXP went dark on July 1, 2013 following the end of its lease on its transmission tower; a new lease on the tower cannot be negotiated until the completion of an ownership change for the tower. The time brokerage agreement with KPVI-DT was also terminated as of the preceding day; it had been slated to expire on July 16. KFXP had begun showing a still announcing the shutdown on June 24, 2013. On January 31, 2014, Compass Communications reached a deal to sell KFXP, along with two commonly-owned low-power stations in Beaumont, Texas, to Abraham Telecasting Company, however, the sale fell through. On June 12, 2015, Compass agreed to sell KFXP to Buckalew Media for $450,000. The sale was completed on October 30; on November 9, Buckalew changed the station's call letters to KVUI. Buckalew then announced that it would relaunch KVUI by December 1 as a MeTV affiliate; the station also intends to air some local programming.