On August 12, 2019, a purchase agreement was announced that would see KCOS sold to Texas Tech University for a token amount of $1,000, due to the El Paso Public Television Foundation struggling to fundraise throughout the decade. All local personnel will remain in place under the new ownership, which would see it become a sister station to Lubbock's KTTZ-TV, KTTZ-FM and KTXT-FM. The sale was completed on September 30, 2019.
