In 2005, the station rebranded again, strangely enough, to "CBS42 K-EYE" (under the "CBS Mandate") to reflect its CBS ownership and for cable subscribers to avoid confusion with San Antonio's CBS outlet KENS-TV, seen on VHF analog channel 5.
On February 7, 2007, CBS agreed to sell seven of its stations to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., for $185 million.