KTBU

===Tegna's "Quest" (2020–present)===
On January 21, 2020, [[Tegna Inc.]] agreed to acquire KTBU for $15 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1814881&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=28324|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> The sale was completed on March 24, 2020, making KTBU a sister station to Tegna's [[CBS]] affiliate [[KHOU]].<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101816521&formid=905&fac_num=28324 Consummation Notice]</ref> Three days later, KTBU's main channel flipped to the Tegna-owned [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]] multicast network,<ref name="questonktbu" /> and eventually KTBU's operations were moved into KHOU's studios near [[Uptown Houston]].

Upon becoming a Tegna property, it was announced that KTBU would take over as the official local television partner of [[Major League Soccer]]'s [[Houston Dynamo]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barron|first=David|date=July 24, 2020|title=Dynamo to televise games on KTBU|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/dynamo/article/Dynamo-to-televise-games-on-KTBU-15431816.php|access-date=August 21, 2020|website=HoustonChronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref> KTBU may air CBS network programming should it be preempted by KHOU for long-form breaking news or severe weather coverage or other special programming. Its main role however, is serving as a UHF rebroadcaster for KHOU via its DT11 subchannel, allowing full-market access to the station for viewers who only have a UHF antenna.

On February 22, 2022, Tegna announced that it would be acquired by [[Standard General]] and [[Apollo Global Management]] for $5.4 billion. As a part of the deal, KTBU and KHOU, along with their [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] sister station [[KVUE]] and [[Dallas]] sister stations [[WFAA]] and [[KMPX]], would be resold to [[Cox Media Group]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Weprin|first1=Alex|last2=Szalai|first2=Georg|date=February 22, 2022|title=Local TV Giant TEGNA Sold to Private Equity Firms in Mega-Deal|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tegna-sale-private-equity-firms-1235097233/|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2022|title=WFAA and Houston, Austin TV stations expected to go to Cox Media in Tegna's $5.4 billion sale|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2022/02/22/wfaa-and-houston-austin-tv-stations-expected-to-go-to-cox-media-in-tegnas-54-billion-sale/|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=Dallas News|language=en}}</ref> The sale was canceled on May 22, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shields |first1=Todd |last2=Shah |first2=Jill R. |date=May 22, 2003 |title=Standard General's Tegna Takeover Dies After Money Goes |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/standard-general-s-tegna-takeover-doomed-after-money-dries-up |url-access=limited |access-date=May 22, 2023}}</ref>