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==Format== In its heyday, KTXT-FM was one of the most powerful college radio stations in the United States, operating with 35,000 [[watt]]s of power.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/paper870/documents/63o5r6wo.pdf |title=2007-2008 Advertising Ratebook |access-date=2008-09-13 |newspaper=[[The Daily Toreador]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509064009/http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/paper870/documents/63o5r6wo.pdf |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> As a college radio station with an [[Alternative music (disambiguation)|Alternative music]] format, KTXT-FM broadcast a wide range of [[music genres]], including [[Dance music|dance]], [[modern rock]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]/[[hip hop]], and Texas country music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governor.state.tx.us/music/directory/radio/radio-college/|title=Texas College Radio Stations|access-date=2008-09-13|publisher=Texas Music Office}}</ref> One of the best known blocks of KTXT programming was 10{{nbsp}}pm Friday until 7{{nbsp}}am Saturday from 1989 to 1993. The 10{{nbsp}}pm{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}am block featured a program called "Shockwaves". Originally created by Craig Crafton (aka "3C") in 1988 Shockwaves featured a variety of then cutting edge techno, trance, rave, ragga, electro, ambient and house music. Crafton left the area a couple of years later and Shockwaves was then hosted full-time by Jeff Wros (aka DJ Piccadilly) who, by then, had been working under Crafton in the co-host capacity. In the final years the show added an extra hour as well as co-host Daniel Alanzo (aka DJ Daniel Dub), who became the resident house music DJ. The show ended December 13, 1993. Other late night programs included "Megahertz," a heavy metal program with the tagline, "It doesn't just hurt, it Megahertz." Weekday daytime programming included the listener request show "Power Lunch." From 1992 to 1994, the 1{{nbsp}}am{{snd}}4{{nbsp}}am block was the Midnight Maniacs with Moon Doggie (Daniel Light), Master Poe (Ben Hight), Ice Troy (Troy Hollers) and Mr. Todd (Mr. Todd). This show was full of antics, great alternative music, call-ins, prizes and even an early-morning pizza delivery to one lucky listener. Then it was Shaggy and his one-man fan club keeping things going until 7 am. (Light and Hight would later have success as the Cable Ace award-winning producers and hosts of the show "Generation X". Hight who has gone on to work with numerous Lubbock stations and is now currently with TownSquare Media Lubbock station KZII FM 102.5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://1025kiss.com/show/boleo/|title = Boleo}}</ref>) From October 2009 until June 30, 2012, KTXT's programming was all via satellite, consisting of PRI's "The TakeAway" during weekday morning drivetime, BBC World Service programming during the mid-day and afternoon, and music from the Jazz Satellite Network during overnights. 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!" Or one from the 1980s, "You're all the way to the left at 88.1 KTXT-FM". As of July 1, 2012 KTXT-FM returned to the Lubbock airwaves with the students of Texas Tech University at the helm. KTXT-FM is once again an alternative/college format, with minimal breaks for station identification
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