On January 21, 1990, KYES signed on as an independent station owned by Firewood Communcations.
1995–1999[]
SVG NEEDED
In 1995, channel 5 began affiliating with UPN and also carried The WB on a secondary basis until "KWBX" was launched in 1998.
1999–2002[]
SVG NEEDED
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2002–2004[]
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2004–2006[]
SVG NEEDED
2006–2017[]
SVG NEEDED
In 2006, the station became a MyNetworkTV affiliate as KIMO (channel 13, now known as KYUR) was selected to become a CW affiliate on a digital subchannel. In 2015, Gray Television announced that it would purchase channel 5 and its relay stations, the sale was completed the following year.
2017–2020[]
SVG NEEDED
July–August 2020[]
SVG NEEDED
On July 31, 2020, Gray purchased the CBS affiliation rights in Anchorage as well as all non-license assets of its previous affiliate KTVA (channel 11) from GCI Communications.
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2020–2021[]
SVG NEEDED
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2021–present[]
LOGO MISSING
In 2021, CBS programming moved to KYES-LD and KTUU-DT5 as part of a major transmitter upgrade. As a result, channel 5 began carrying MyTV programming on its primary subchannel.
