1980
KBSD - TV was originally formed as Instructional Television (ITV) in 1980 with a single studio that was used as a video production facility. The original funding of ITV was secured from a three-year federal bilingual grant and was used to produce El Arco Iris.

1983
After the grant expired, the district used local funds to continue the ITV operation of producing instructional videos that were now used by the entire district.

1989
In 1989, KBSD - TV secured a local channel on the cable television system and began its programming with an electronic bulletin board and free programs available from a variety of sources that included both government and private sources.

1990's
As the station grew, KBSD began to produce a higher percentage of its programming and its staff increased to include a scriptwriter, photographers, video editors, production technicians, clerical personnel and a station administrator.

1997
KBSD-TV Facilities were moved from the orgional site at Central Middle School to the Technology section at Gladys Porter High School.

1998
With the addition of media technology programs in the district curriculum, KBSD assumed the duty of a lead instructor for students in these programs. During the school year, KBSD instructs and mentors students at its studios in videography, editing, scriptwriting and broadcast engineering. KBSD staffers work shoulder to shoulder with students in all phases of station operation with a goal of preparing students to continue their education in their pursuit of a media technology career.

2001
In the spring, KBSD-TV upgraded its outgoing signal from a standard copper coaxial cable to fiber optics to meet the challenge of modern technological demands.

2002
KBSD-TV incorporated a computer assisted automated transmission system that allows the station to transmit programming during the weekends instead of just relying on the electronic bulletin board. KBSD-TV initiated phase one of making an equipment transition from analog to digital protocol.

2003
A modified phase two of the original digital transition was initiated. This upgraded some of the digital equipment in the areas of production and transmission. The number of VCRs was doubled in the transmission system

2004
With the addition of the new digital video equipment, KBSD-TV increased its local studio and field digital productions and program playback capabilities. The secondary non-linear editing was re-established.

2005
Two new non-linear editing systems were obtained to replace an obsolete non-linear editor and to upgrade and existing non-linear editor. Preliminary tests were conducted to utilize BISD’s network to video stream programming from remote areas of the district.

2006
A new character generator unit was incorporated in the manual and automatic transmission system that will improve our programming transmission and our electronic bulletin board. The first live transmission via video streaming from a remote area was conducted.

2007
Phase one of making a transition into the high definition digital camera system will be initiated.