Local College Radio Shut Down Without Warning

KTXT-FM, the radio station of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, was shut down indefinitely by the administration on Wednesday December 8th, the last day of the fall semester. Student execs were not informed of this decision until moments before the plug was pulled, mid-song.

88.1 KTXT has been a TTU tradition and a vital cultural resource of this city for 47 years. I am a student at this university, and I must say the circumstances imply one of the shadiest series of goings-on I have yet observed from a famously profit-driven administration. Citing budget cuts, the university, which is experiencing a SURPLUS of several million dollars reportedly (will cite for certain when I find the link), is drowning over five million dollars into a leisure pool for the recreation center, something that has absolutely nothing to do with educational experience. Texas Tech has striven for years to be taken seriously by the rest of academia; a culturaly enhancing, locally relevant resource like college radio looks a little bit more something that belongs at a university than a glorified wading pool.

Resistant is being organized; there is a show at Jakes Sports Cafe on 50th and Slide tonight, and while emails and phone calls are flooding the university admin system daily. We need KTXT, and the students will not let this go down without a fight.

-Red

Everyone needs to go here:

Save KTXT

And here:

Facebook Save KTXT Group

On Local and national News:

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There is also Danger Bird Blog