 Universal Communications was acquired by the Gannett Company as part of Gannett's purchase of the Evening News Association in 1986.Gannett had owned the "Tucson Citizen" since 1977, and FCC regulations of the time forced Gannett to sell KOLD along with KTVY (now KFOR-TV) in Oklahoma City and WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama to Knight Ridder Broadcasting after just one month of ownership.The News-Press & Gazette Company acquired KOLD in 1989, when Knight Ridder bowed out of broadcasting.