KTXL originally signed on the air on October 26, 1968, as an independent station on UHF channel 40, licensed to Sacramento, and was originally owned and operated by the Camellia City Telecasters. Shortly after it became one of the original charter Fox affiliates on October 9, 1986, Camellia sold KTXL to Renaissance Broadcasting, who would later be acquired by Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting (whose parent company Tribune Company jointly owned The WB with Time Warner, now Warner Bros. Discovery) for $1.13 billion on July 7, 1996.
This logo was later revived to commemorate its 40th anniversary in 2008.
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery. 2Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%. 3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 5Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Currently a repeater for WWLP. 9Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.