29-400: KJTV may refer to: KJTV-TV , a television station (channel 35, virtual 34) licensed to serve Lubbock, Texas, United States KJTV-CD , a low-power television station (channel 33, virtual 32) licensed to serve Lubbock-Wolfforth, Texas, United States KTTU (AM) , a radio station (950 AM) licensed to serve Lubbock, Texas, United States, which held
58-434: A local marketing agreement (LMA) with Mission Broadcasting . The two stations share studios on University Avenue in south Lubbock, where KLBK-TV's transmitter is also located. The station began its broadcasting operation as KDUB-TV, founded by the late television pioneer W. D. "Dub" Rogers, Jr, putting the station on the air for the first time on November 13, 1952. It was the first commercially licensed television station in
87-675: A shared services agreement . Concurrently, Gray would acquire KJTV's sister station KLCW (and its accompanied low-power stations) for $ 10 million. The sale was completed on December 31. Starting with the 1989–90 season, KJTV became the exclusive broadcaster of Southwest Conference athletics for Lubbock and the South Plains; prior to the fall of 1989, it had split broadcast rights with KCBD. Occasionally, however, KJTV did produce its own sports telecasts. Namely, in September 1986, Texas Tech 's football team traveled to Miami to take on
116-548: A television station in Lubbock, Texas , United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside Wolfforth -licensed low-power , Class A news-formatted independent station KJTV-CD (channel 32). SagamoreHill maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television , owner of NBC affiliate KCBD (channel 11) and Wolfforth-licensed CW+ affiliate KLCW-TV (channel 22), for
145-482: A Wednesday night airing of a Western film that usually had a local sponsor (e.g., KLLL-FM ); and a prime time movie aired most weeknights at 7 p.m., not unlike other Fox affiliates in the Central Time Zone during these years. On October 19, 2020, Ramar announced that it would sell KJTV to SagamoreHill Broadcasting for $ 5 million. Gray Television (owner of KCBD) would provide services to KJTV through
174-638: A few films , some NBC and CBS programs declined by KCBD and KLBK-TV , and The Mike Douglas Show . 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 (now ABC affiliate KAMC ) had 2 megawatts of power, an 875-foot (267 m) tower located in south Lubbock near other station's towers, and had support from sister stations KSEL (950 AM, now KTTU ) and KSEL-FM (93.7, now KLBB-FM ) (both of which, ironically, are today sister stations to KJTV-TV). This provided
203-773: A medium to small-sized market. Over the next few years, Rogers signed on KPAR-TV in Abilene (now KTXS-TV ), KEDY-TV in Big Spring (now KCWO-TV ) and KVER-TV in Clovis, New Mexico (now KVIH-TV, a satellite of KVII-TV in Amarillo ). These stations made up the West Texas Television Network, the first regional television network in the United States. Originally the station also carried ABC as
232-572: A radio station the company was starting, KTEZ (now KONE ). After a few years' operations, Ramar decided to file for a new channel 34 license using the old tower, feed line, and antenna. That was granted around 1980–81, and on December 11, 1981, KJAA was launched as an independent station . On August 16, 1985, the station became KJTV (the KJTV call letters were previously used by KCIT , now the Fox affiliate in nearby Amarillo ), and on October 9, 1986, it joined
261-450: A result, KCBD's weekday morning newscast, Daybreak Today , was given another hour at 7 a.m. while cutting back on Good Day Lubbock to just two hours from 8 to 10 a.m. Also, the 9 p.m. newscast was renamed KCBD NewsChannel 11 at 9:00 on Fox 34 . The station's digital signal is multiplexed : KJTV-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in
290-478: A result. The case was settled in what was then described as a "distress sale", in which Grayson's stations were broken up and sold to minority-controlled groups (nowadays known as historically-underutilized groups) at a reduced price. The parameters of such a sale were defined by this sell-off. As a result, KMOM and KWAB were transferred to a Hispanic-controlled group, while KLBK and KTXS went to Prima, Inc. (whose principals were African American). The other stations in
319-893: A secondary affiliation until 1969 when KSEL-TV (now KAMC ) became the local primary ABC affiliate. The station also carried an affiliation with DuMont during the early 1950s. Grayson Enterprises (named for Sidney Grayson but after 1964 not owned) assumed ownership of KDUB-TV and KPAR-TV in 1961 and changed KDUB's call letters to the current KLBK-TV. Over the years, Grayson acquired several other stations, including KVKM-TV in Monahans (later KMOM and now KWES-TV ). However, Grayson Enterprises ran into license renewal trouble in 1968, 1971, 1974, and 1977 for some of its stations. These stations were accused of fraudulent billing, program and transmitter log fabrication, main studio violations, failure to make required technical tests, and other issues. The stations had their renewals deferred and hearings ordered as
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#1732800761304348-623: Is also located. KJTV-TV was a charter Fox affiliate, having broadcast the network since its launch on October 9, 1986. It was also the flagship television property of locally owned Ramar Communications until late 2020 (see below). Channel 34 first appeared in 1967 as KKBC-TV, owned by the KB Company (Chester and Clarance Kissell), operating from a control room and transmitter at the tallest downtown building. It had approximately 25 kilowatts of visual power from an antenna about 320 feet (98 m) above average terrain. The station signed on with
377-696: Is still in use to this day. To give South Plains viewers a sense of familiarity, they lured former KAMC anchor Jeff Klotzman away from KNXV-TV in Phoenix to anchor the newscasts. In recent years, Klotzman anchored the weekday newscasts alongside former KLBK and KOSA-TV newsman Kurt Kiser. However, Klotzman retired after the February 28, 2019, newscast after the Lubbock Independent School District hired him as part of their community relations department. As he had also retired from
406-660: The 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 interrupted, and the station signed off. The license was then returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The tower and land were later acquired by Ramar for use by
435-529: The University of Miami (Florida) . Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson provided color commentary; for many Cowboy fans across the South Plains, it was a welcome sign, as the Cowboys would post their first losing season since 1964 . The Red Raiders could not deliver on the possibility that they could establish themselves as a national power, as Texas Tech lost 61–11. Since 1994 , it has been
464-812: The 6 p.m. newscast to a full hour. On June 17, 2013, the station became the third news operation in Lubbock to begin broadcasting all newscasts in high definition. On that day the station debuted its newly constructed sets, updated branding and image and a new state of the art weather graphics system from WSI. In August 2013, KLBK debuted a new half hour lifestyle show called Trends & Friends , weeknights at 5 p.m. From 1988 through 1990, Michael Sommermeyer served as evening news anchor at KLBK. After leaving KLBK, he moved across town to KCBD and served as that station's consumer reporter before leaving KCBD in 1992. However, Sommermeyer's claim to fame arguably came almost two decades after his stint at KLBK, as he served as
493-478: The South Plains' broadcaster of National Football Conference games . Prior to 1994 , KLBK aired NFC games, including those of the Dallas Cowboys. In 2000, KJTV launched a local newscast at 9 p.m. using a virtual set (which was also used for news on KXTQ-LP). Concurrent with their inauguration of a new news department and the first one in Lubbock in more than 30 years, they also introduced a new logo, which
522-490: The United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35, using virtual channel 34. KLBK-TV KLBK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Lubbock, Texas , United States, affiliated with CBS . It is owned by Nexstar Media Group , which provides certain services to ABC affiliate KAMC (channel 28) under
551-796: The West Texas Network were sold to other owners. Woods then sold KLBK plus three of its stations— KARD in West Monroe, Louisiana , KDEB-TV (now KOZL-TV ) in Springfield, Missouri , and WTVW in Evansville, Indiana —to Banam Broadcasting, a subsidiary of BankAmerica in 1993. In 1995, Banam sold KLBK, along with KARD, WTVW, and KDEB-TV, to Petracom Broadcasting. KLBK was acquired in late 2003 as part of Nexstar Broadcasting Group 's purchase of Quorum Broadcasting. The station updated its logo and news set on February 1, 2007, dropping
580-442: The call sign KJTV (AM) from 2000 to 2024 KGET-TV , a television station (channel 17) licensed to serve Bakersfield, California, United States, which held the call sign KJTV-TV from 1969 to 1978 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
609-430: The channel number from its branding (since KLBK is carried on different channels on different television platforms). KLBK is one of the few stations in the country to sign off (along with KAMC), doing so early Saturday mornings at 2:35 a.m. and on Sunday mornings at 1:05 a.m., returning to the air at 5:30 a.m. These stations airs a weather loop during overnight periods. KLBK's news coverage centers around
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#1732800761304638-404: The city of Lubbock and across the South Plains region of West Texas. The station produces over 17 hours of news content each week. Newscasts air at 6 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays. Saturday night newscasts air at 6 and 10 p.m. Only one newscast airs on Sunday nights at 10 p.m. The station recently dropped the 5 p.m. weekday afternoon newscast in 2012 and expanded
667-417: The courts information officer for Clark County, Nevada , during the robbery trial of former NFL star O. J. Simpson . The station's signal is multiplexed : KLBK-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which
696-586: The fledgling Fox Broadcasting Company as one of its charter stations. For a time, the station secondarily aired programming from the Prime Time Entertainment Network . On October 2, 2000, KJTV added a -TV suffix to its call letters. For a time in the early 1990s, the station aired LIVE! with Regis and Kathie Lee (now Live with Kelly and Mark ). Prior to the Fox network beginning seven-nights-per-week programming in 1993, locally produced programming included The Cowboy Picture Show ,
725-415: 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 KWGO-FM (now KQBR ) rented a spot on the tower as it was going up. The improved KKBC-TV developed power of more than 4 megawatts. However, KSEL still had the lead, as it obtained a full-time ABC affiliation, while channel 34 affiliated with
754-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KJTV&oldid=1241536738 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KJTV-TV KJTV-TV (channel 34) is
783-434: The provision of certain services. KJTV-TV is also sister to four other low-power stations owned by Gray— MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYL-LD (channel 14), Snyder -licensed Heroes & Icons affiliate KABI-LD (channel 42), Class A Telemundo affiliate KXTQ-CD (channel 46), and MeTV affiliate KLBB-LD (channel 48). The stations share studios at 98th Street and University Avenue in south Lubbock, where KJTV-TV's transmitter
812-421: The station's news directorship, chief meteorologist Matt Ernst replaced him in said capacity. On October 1, 2008. KJTV launched a morning newscast titled Good Day Lubbock that, as of 2018, airs from 5–9 a.m. weekday mornings. KJTV discontinued its virtual set in 2008 and again in 2017. In 2010, KJTV launched the now-canceled Ag Day Lubbock , a daily local newscast covering agricultural issues complementing
841-433: The syndicated farm news show Ag Day , which preceded it. In 2012, KJTV added three hours of news and information from 6–9 p.m. on Fox 34 News Now , 32.1 KJTV-CD/34.2 KJTV-TV. On June 27, 2022, KCBD officially took over all aspects of KJTV's newscasts, including changing the name over to KCBD NewsChannel 11 on Fox 34 . This came after KCBD moved into KJTV's studios at 98th Street and University Avenue in south Lubbock. As
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