12/17/2003 - PBS affiliate goes digital

Texas Tech's educational TV station, KTXT-TV Channel 5 (Cox Cable Channel 4), has launched digital service to the viewers of the South Plains.

"This is a major step for public broadcasting on the South Plains," said Pat Cates, general manager for the station. KTXT-TV's digital signal will be broadcast over channel 39 and will require a digital receiver to tune in to the programming.

KTXT-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service affiliate for the South Plains.

The Federal Communications Commission mandated the digital transition and all TV stations are to be fully digital by 2006. TV manufacturers will be required to include digital tuners in most of their new models starting in 2004.

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