KJTV-TV
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KJTV-TV (channel 34) is a
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).
History
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
Soon after channel 34 signed on, a station on channel 28 signed on with much better facilities. KSEL-TV (now
New owners took over channel 34 and a taller tower was built at 98th and University Avenue. Local station KWGO-FM (now
The tower and land were later acquired by Ramar for use by 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,[when?] 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 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).[2] Prior to the Fox network beginning seven-nights-per-week programming in 1993, locally produced programming included The Cowboy Picture Show, 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
Sports programming
Starting with the 1989–90 season, KJTV became the exclusive broadcaster of
Since
News operation
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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 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 the station's news directorship, chief meteorologist Matt Ernst replaced him in said capacity.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
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 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.[citation needed]
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 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.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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34.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
FOX34 | Main KJTV-TV programming / Fox |
34.2 | 480i | FOX34NN | Fox 34 News Now (KJTV-CD) | |
34.3 | ION | Ion Television |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KJTV-TV shut down its analog signal, over
See also
- KUPT (TV)
- KLCW-TV
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KJTV-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "University Daily". Texas Tech University. October 30, 1990. p. 4.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, October 20, 2020, Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Ramar sells Lubbock TV stations to SagamoreHill, Gray". Fox34.com. Ramar Communications. October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, October 20, 2020, Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, January 5, 2021, January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Kurt Kiser". www.fox34.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
- ^ William Kerns (October 8, 2000). "KJTV to debut nightly newscast". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – via LubbockOnline.com.
- ^ "Jeff Klotzman". www.fox34.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016.
- ^ University Daily (TTU), October 30, 1990, p. 4.
- ^ "Jeff Klotzman announces retirement from FOX34". www.fox34.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Jeff Klotzman signs off from FOX34". www.fox34.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KJTV". rabbitears.info.
- ^ "Lubbock Avalanche Journal". Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.