[Minor revision–posted 5/21/25 (replaces 4/25/23 edition)]
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Operating Policy and Procedure

OP 30.01: KTXT-FM Radio

DATE: May 21, 2025

PURPOSE: The purpose of this Operating Policy/Procedure (OP) is to ensure understanding and standardized procedures concerning KTXT-FM radio.

REVIEW: This OP will be reviewed every two years after publication by the KTXT-FM General Manager with substantive revisions forwarded to the Dean of the College of Media & Communication and a full-time manager through Technology Services in the College of Media & Communication.

POLICY/PROCEDURE

KTXT-FM is licensed to Texas Tech University as a non-commercial, educational FM radio station, administered by the Texas Tech College of Media & Communication. As a federally licensed broadcast station, KTXT-FM operates at 88.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 35,000 watts serving Lubbock and the surrounding 60-mile radius of the South Plains. KTXT-FM is the official student radio station to serve as a public forum for the campus community of Texas Tech University while providing practical experience for all students regardless of their academic major. KTXT-FM seeks to inform, educate, and entertain its listeners while providing students working at the station a meaningful job experience and an outlet to showcase their academic experience. KTXT-FM is managed and staffed by students with oversight by a full-time manager through Technology Services in the College of Media & Communication.

OP Categories

• 01 Chancellor
• 02 Development
• 04 Audit Services
• 10 President
• 30 Academic and Student Affairs – General
• 32 Academic Policies – Faculty
• 34 Academic Policies – Students
• 36 Academic Programs
• 40 Equal Opportunity
• 48 Communication Services
• 52 Information Technology
• 60 Environmental Health and Safety
• 61 Facilities Management
• 62 Financial and Accounting
• 63 General Services
• 64 Graduate Programs (Faculty and Students)
• 65 Research Accounting
• 66 Libraries
• 67 Mail Services
• 68 Communications and Marketing
• 69 Payroll and Tax Services
• 70 Human Resources
• 72 Purchasing, Contracting, and Payables
• 73 Data Management
• 74 Research
• 76 Security
• 77 Student Services and Registrar
• 78 Traffic and Parking
• 79 Travel
• 80 Vehicles