It's no where near as bad as it used to be. They now have a direct feed from KATV-DT into Dish and DirecTV racks.
KATV is still inferior in PQ compared to KARK-DT, KLRT-DT and KTHV-DT, of course. It gets fuzzy for a few seconds every 10 minutes or so... kinda strange. But... it's better...