KMYS originally signed on the air on November 6, 1985 as KRRT, an independent station owned and operated by the TVX Broadcast Group.
KRRT ID 1985
1986–1993[]
1990–1993
1990–1993 with byline
1990–1993 (Print)
Alternate ID (Mid 80s)
Used from a sign-off (1988).
KRRT became one of the original charter Fox affiliates on October 9, 1986. Paramount Pictures purchased a stake in TVX in two phases from 1989 to 1991, which would later become the Paramount Stations Group.
1993-1994[]
SVG NEEDED
1994-1995[]
SVG NEEDED
1995–1998[]
SVG NEEDED
KRRT switched affiliation from Fox to UPN as a charter O&O station when it launched on January 16, 1995, while the Fox affiliation was moved to KABB. During this logo's run, Paramount/Viacom would sell the station to Jet Broadcasting which would operate the station under a LMA with River City (owners of KABB). River City was later sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1996. Glencairn, Ltd (now Cunningham Broadcasting, a partner company of Sinclair) would purchase KRRT in 1998.
1998–2006[]
SVG NEEDED
KRRT switched affiliation from UPN to The WB on January 25, 1998, as part of a greater deal between KRRT's owners, Sinclair and the network itself. UPN was then moved to secondary with KMOL (channel 4, now WOAI-TV).
KMYS[]
2006–2010[]
SVG NEEDED
In 2006, it was selected to be the San Antonio affiliate of MyNetworkTV and the call letters changed to KMYS on June 19, 2006.
2010–2021[]
On August 30, 2010, the station became the area's affiliate for The CW after its charter San Antonio affiliate, KCWX took over MyNetworkTV.
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 4Owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. and operated by Sinclair under a LMA. 5Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair. 6Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 7Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 8Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 9Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair. 10Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. 11Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. 12Owned by Waitt Broadcasting, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA. 13Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA. 14Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 15Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 16Owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture of Sinclair and Entertainment Studios. 17Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 18Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 19Owned by Sinclair and operated by Jukin Media. 20Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.