branding kttz channel 5 channels digital 39 uhf virtual 5 psip subchannels 5.1 pbs 5.2 create affiliations pbs since 1970 owner texas tech university first air date october 16 1962 1962 10 16 1 call letters meaning texas tech sister station s kttz fm ktxt fm former callsigns ktxt tv 1962 2012 former channel number s analog 5 vhf 1962 2009 former affiliations net 1962 1970 transmitter power 890 kw height 143 m facility id 65355 transmitter coordinates 33 34 55.2 n 101 53 26.6 w 33.582000 n 101.890722 w 33.582000 ; 101.890722 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website kttz.org kttz tv virtual channel 5 uhf digital channel 39 is a public broadcasting service pbs member public television station for lubbock texas . the station is owned by texas tech university where the station is housed . contents 1 history and facilities 2 honors 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 previous logo 5 see also 6 external links 7 references history and facilities edit an open circuit noncommercial educational television station licensed by the federal communications commission ktxt tv began broadcasting on october 16 1962 . 1 the station is located on the southwestern part of campus of texas tech university near the 817 foot broadcast tower . its mission is to serve the public interest convenience and necessity and satisfy all federal regulations relating to its staffing operation and funding ; to support all aspects of the university with special emphasis given to curricula and cultural contributions ; and to make a positive contribution to university community relations throughout the south plains . ktxt tv also referred to as south plains public television began digital transmission in the fall of 2002 . 2 ktxt has broadcast solely digitally since 4 30 pm february 5 2009 ; as the channel 5 analog transmitter had failed less than two weeks before the scheduled end of analogue broadcasting the approximately 25 000 cost of repair could not be justified . 3 the station s former analog channel 5 was added to the fcc table of allotments in 1952 as a commercial channel . plains broadcasting company newspaper interests behind amarillos globe and news newspapers and kgnc a f t and the lubbock texas avalanche and journal and kfyo a f received a construction permit for channel five in 1953 . the station planned to locate on then rural land at 74th street and college now university avenue . that site is today used for klbk tv and virtual sister station kamc tv . the kfyo tv owners had their hands full with their first station in amarillo kgnc tv now kamr on channel 4 . by 1957 amarillo had three operating tv stations . kfyo realized the difficulty of making money with a third station in a city then smaller and younger than amarillo . they allowed the kfyo tv cp to go to seed . in the late fifties and early sixties there were occasional rumbles that someone would file for channel 5 on a commercial basis . the locally based owners of lubbock stations kcbd tv joe bryant and kdub tv dub rogers stepped in and offered to assist texas tech college with starting a station to operate on a non commercial basis . each pledged 25 000 dollars and the donation of various equipment . ktxt tv signed on from a converted building the former agriculture pavilion and a 452 foot tower located at the new studios . the station installed a six bay rca antenna used dual 1 5 8 feed lines and a 500 watt rca tt 500bl transmitter for an erp of about 2 500 watts visual . in 1966 a grant bought the station a tt 6el transmitter which raised power to 25 700 watts . in 1982 83 the station received a donated 817 foot tower former kamr tv amarillo tower and 12 bay antenna . this allowed the station to raise power to 60 600 visual . a harris transmitter was installed in 1984 and the station converted to btsc stereo tv audio operation . on january 15 2012 ktxt tv changed its call letters to kttz tv . honors edit in 2007 ktxt tv was awarded a silver telly award for the first season of its original series storytellers & musicmakers . the 13 part music interview show is hosted by lubbock native singer and songwriter kenny maines member of the maines brothers band and uncle to dixie chicks lead singer natalie maines . it features various regional musicians and industry insiders talking about west texas musical influence on the rest of the world . 4 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 5.1 1080i 16 9 kttz hd main kttz tv programming pbs 5.2 480i 4 3 kttz dt create analog to digital conversion edit kttz tv as ktxt tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 5 at 4 30 p.m. on february 5 2009 four months before most full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate on june 12 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 39 . 6 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 5 . previous logo edit see also edit kttz fm ktxt fm external links edit kttz tv official web site query the fcc s tv station database for kttz biafn s media web database information on kttz tv references edit a b texas tech university archives departmental and campus records texas tech university archives departmental and campus records http lubbockonline.com stories 021009 loc 386586348 . shtml ktxt tv wins award for original programming news rabbitears tv query for kttz dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . v t e television stations in the greater lubbock levelland area stations kttz 5.1 pbs 5.2 create kfmp lp 6 ind kcbd 11.1 nbc 11.2 this tv 11.3 grit klbk 13.1 cbs 13.2 laff kptb 16.1 glc kdkw ld 21.1 mundomax klcw 22.1 cw 22.2 mntv 22.3 tmd k24gp multimedios ktgb lp 26.1 insp kamc 28.1 abc 28.2 escape 28.3 bounce tv kupt kmyl ld 29.1 14.1 mntv kjtv cd 32.1 news weather 32.2 weathernation tv kjtv 34.1 fox 34.2 news weather k44hh tbn kxtq cd 46 tmd klbb ld 48.1 metv 48.2 h & i 48.3 movies kylu lp 49 mtv2 kbzo ld 51.1 uni defunct kglr lp 30 fn k38hp ind. texas broadcast television areas by city abilene sweetwater amarillo texas panhandle austin hill country beaumont port arthur corpus christi dallas fort worth north texas ciudad acu a del rio eagle pass el paso west texas houston laredo lubbock south plains midland odessa permian basin rio grande valley san angelo san antonio sherman ada ok texarkana shreveport la tyler longview east texas victoria waco bryan brazos valley wichita falls lawton ok v t e pbs member stations in texas kacv 2 amarillo kttz 5 lubbock kuht 8 houston klrn 9 san antonio kamu 12 college station kcos 13 el paso kera 13 k44gs 44 dfw wichita falls kedt 16 corpus christi klru 18 austin kpbt 36 odessa kmbh 38.2 harlingen knct 46 belton see 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chancellor s spurs texas a & m football rivalry tcu football rivalry conferences border intercollegiate athletic association southwest conference big 12 conference media the daily toreador 89.1 kttz fm kttz tv 5.1 pbs 5.3 pbs hd 88.1 ktxt fm la ventana texas tech administrative law journal texas tech sports network texas tech university press people alumni olympians sportspeople faculty university presidents texas tech alumni association campus landmarks lubbock lake landmark museum of texas tech university national ranching heritage center riding into the sunset texas technological college historic district branches abilene amarillo fredericksburg highland lakes junction buildings administration building agricultural pavilion city bank auditorium dairy barn student life citibus fight raiders fight goin band from raiderland the matador song traditions history of texas tech university double t guns up the masked rider raider red miscellaneous texas tech university independent school 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