Claim: Originally owned by William T. Brown, Burton C. Boatwright, and Robert E. Reno, KWTC was sold to Inland Empire Broadcasters in the late 1980.
Evidence: The station first signed on in 1947 as KWTC. Originally owned by William T. Brown, Burton C. Boatwright, and Robert E. Reno — doing business as Mojave Valley Broadcasting Company — it broadcast at a power of 250 watts at all hours. In late 1980, Mojave Valley Broadcasting sold KWTC and its sister station KWTC-FM (93.5 FM) to Inland Empire Broadcasters — headed by Howard N. Fisher, owner of KPRO in Riverside, California — for $385,000.