The station was assigned the call sign KAIS on 1994-09-30. On 1994-11-14, the station changed its call sign to the current KBLD.[3]
In January 2009, CSN International reached an agreement to sell this station to. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 13, 2009, and as of May 6, 2009[update] ownership transferred to Calvary Chapel of Tri-Cities[4]