KJTV-TV
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| KJTV-TV | |
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| Lubbock, Texas | |
| Branding | FOX 34 |
| Slogan | "It's News at Nine. At ten, it's history." |
| Channels | 34 (UHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Ramar Communications |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Former callsigns | KJAA |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1981-86) |
| Website | www.fox34.com |
KJTV-TV is the Fox affiliate serving Lubbock, Texas, owned by Ramar Communications. It broadcasts on channel thirty-four/ KJTV was a charter station for its network, having broadcasted the network since its launch in 1986. It broadcasts on UHF analog channel 34 and digital 34.1, with a low-powered sister station on KJTV-CA channel 32 (digital 34.2), which operates as a local weather channel.
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[edit] History
KJTV was launched as independent station KJAA in 1981. In 1986, it switched to Fox as one of its charter stations, and on 16 August 1985, it became KJTV. In 2000, KJTV launched a local newscast at 9pm using a virtual set (which is also used for news on KXTQ-CA), while on 2 October of that year, KJTV added a -TV suffix to its call letters. The station's studios also house MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYL-LP, The CW affiliate KLCW-TV, Telemundo affiliate KXTQ-CA, and four radio stations (1 on AM and 3 on FM). KJTV's transmissions emanate from a 950 foot tower with an effective radiated power of 1 million watts for its digital signal.
There was another channel 34 TV station in Lubbock back in 1967. KKBC-TV (owned by the KB Company (Chester and Clarance Kissell) went on air from a control room and transmitter at the tallest downtown building. They had aproximately 25 kw of visual power from an antenna about 320 feet above average terrain. The station signed on with a few films, some network programs not used by channel 11 (mainly an NBC station) and channel 13 (Mostly CBS but some ABC) and Mike Douglas. Local engineer Alvie Ivey built the facility from used equipment gathered from stations in the region.
Soon after channel 34 signed on, a station on channel 28 signed on with much better facilities. KSEL-TV had 2MW of power, and an 875' tower, was located in south Lubbock near other station's towers, and had support from sister stations KSEL (AM) and KSEL-FM. This provided the impetus to move KKBC to a taller location with greater power.
New owners took over channel 34 and a taller tower was built at 98th and University Avenue. Local station 99.5 KWGO-FM rented a spot on the tower as it was going up. The improved KKBC-TV developed a power of more than 4MW. KSEL still had the lead. They obtained the full time ABC affiliation, and ch 34 affiliated with Spanish International Network (by bicycled tapes) and changed calls to KMXN-TV. The station continued until sometime in 1973. Legend has it that the board of directors met at the station, assessed their shaky financial footing, and ordered the station shut down on the way out. The film on the air was interupted, and the station signed off. The license was returned to the FCC for cancellation.
The tower and land was later acquired by the Ray Moran interests for use by a radio station they were starting called 101.1 KTEZ. After a few years' operation, it decided to file for a new channel 34 license using the old tower, feed line, and antenna. That was granted in 1980-81 and KJAA-TV (later KJTV) signed on.
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 Weather bulletin on KJTV |
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| Broadcast television in the Lubbock market (Nielsen DMA #147) | ||
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KTXT 5 (PBS) - KCBD 11 (NBC) - KLBK 13 (CBS) - KPTB 16 (GLC) - KLCW 22 (The CW) - K24GP 24 (Multimedios) - KAMC 28 (ABC) - KUPT 29 / KMYL-LP 14 (MNTV) - KGLR-LP 30 (FamilyNet) - KJTV 34 (FOX) - K38HP (Ind.) - K42FX 42 / K46HM 46 (PBS) - K44HH (TBN) - KXTQ-CA 46 (TMD) - K48GB (Ind.) - KBZO-LP 51 (UNI) - K67HQ (INSP) |
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XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KDFW 4 (Dallas) - KIDY 6 (San Angelo) - KTBC 7 (Austin) - KCIT 14 (Amarillo) - KFOX 14 (El Paso) - KXVA 15 (Abilene) - |
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*XHRIO is licensed in Matamoros, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers on the US side of the Rio Grande. |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas | |
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