affiliated with UATV and remained an affiliate of that network until it ceased operations in 2006. When White Knight Broadcasting (owner of WZUP) sought to extend its signal over the air in 2002, it purchased the channel 19 allocation from Jenkins to broadcast WZUP (rechristened KZUP) over the air; Jenkins moved KBTR to channel 41 during that time as well, a channel he licensed but had not used. During April 2003, Cox Communications removed the station from the cable lineup in favor of KPBN-LP, ironically a station launched from one of KBTR's former translators, yet Jenkins was able to lobby again to keep the station on cable. Most of the former translator stations now broadcast other programming. K65EF is now WBRL, Baton Rouge's CW affiliate; W19AW is KZUP, an independent station in Baton Rouge; K07UJ is now KPBN-LD, a sportsman channel affiliated with America One and several other sportsman networks; W39AT became WSTY-LP (channel 23), a My Family TV affiliate for Hammond; K13VE is currently silent. In 2005, Jenkins and Great Oaks Broadcasting sold the station to Veritas Broadcasting Company, who also purchased WSTY-LP in Hammond. In late Summer 2007, Veritas Broadcasting, sold the station to the Manship family, owners of WBRZ and The Advocate newspaper in order to concentrate on running WSTY-LP. This secured the station's place on area cable systems, since the Manships now had the option to require cable systems to carry WBTR as part of the must-carry compensation for carrying WBRZ. KBTR continues to broadcast syndicated reruns and local programming catered to the Baton Rouge market. From 1991 until 2013, Baton Rouge Today, a news program covering local and state issues, has aired on the station. This program won 1st place as the Best Community News Program in the U.S. from the Community Broadcasters Association. WBTR also airs sporting events from St. Amant High School in Ascension Parish and the Southland Conference, as well as Newsbeat and Sports Showtime from LSU's Tiger TV, and rebroadcasts of WBRZ's News 2 newscast. In September 2012, the station took a secondary affiliation with This TV, which was previously on a subchannel of WVLA. This TV programming mostly airs overnight during the week, while it had aired nonstop on WVLA 33.2 previously. In August 2017, KBTR began simulcasting WBRZ's news and weather channels on 41.2 and 41.3, respectively and in September 2017, WBRZ removed the weather feed from channel 2.3,