KTXT-FM
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| Broadcast area | Lubbock, Texas |
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| First air date | 1953 |
| Frequency | 88.1 FM MHz |
| Format | College rock, eclectic |
| Callsign meaning | K TeXas Tech |
| Owner | Texas Tech University |
KTXT 88.1 FM, also called KTXT-FM, 88.1, or The Couch, is a college radio station playing alternative music, housed and licensed by Texas Tech University through the Department of Student Media and based in Lubbock, Texas, USA.
88.1 FM claims to be one of the most powerful student-run radio stations in the United States, transmitting roughly 35,000 watts of power to Lubbock and the surrounding South Plains of West Texas. As a college radio station, KTXT is non-commercial, non-profit. KTXT-FM is not to be confused with KTXT-TV, the PBS station of the same call letters, also owned by Texas Tech. 88.1 FM broadcasts around the clock, all year long. Every single employee, from the station manager to the sub-DJs, are all students, usually working at the radio station around their class schedules.
Some of the one-liners used by many of KTXT's DJs include: "Lubbock's Only Alternative", "The Couch", "Keep it locked to the left" and "Music your parents warned you about!"
88.1 has, since the early 1990s, has offered an eclectic mix of alternative programming ranging from oldies to house/trance, rock, country and indie.
In February 1999, 88.1 became the first Lubbock FM station to broadcast on the Internet via a live audio feed, and currently runs streaming audio from their own in-house server. (Currently under maintenance.)
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By frequency: (FM) | 88.1 | 89.1 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 90.9 | 92.7 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 99.5 | 100.3 | 101.1 | 102.5 | 103.5 | 104.3 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.5
(AM) | 580 | 790 | 950 | 1090 | 1230 | 1340 | 1420 | 1460 | 1530 | 1590
By callsign: | KAIQ | KAMY | KAMZ | KBAH | KBTE | KBZO | KCLR | KDAV | KEJS | KFMX | KFYO | KJAK | KJDL | KJTV | KKAM | KKCL | KKLU | KLLL | KLVT (AM) | KLVT-FM | KLZK | KMMX | KOHM | KONE | KQBR | KRBL | KRFE | KSTQ | KTXT | KVOP | KXTQ | KZII
