in october 1950, two groups of students, one from sneed hall and the other from what was then called men's dorm iii (gordon hall) started building carrier-current radio transmitters. the first system was installed and operated from men's dorm iii (gordon hall) and preliminary tests conducted for a multi-dormitory system. a second system was built and installed in the basement of sneed hall. combining their efforts, they organize tech broadcasting system, and with sponsorship by texas tech vice president e. n. jones, they seek formal recognition as a campus student group. texas tech's first campus radio station, md2 (men's dorm ii), operates from the social director's office in the basement of sneed hall. the station broadcasts on 750 khz at a power of 25watts, with reception limited to sneed and west halls. initial programming consists of broadcasting music from records donated by students from sneed hall, and from local commercial station ksel. by march 1951, additional cabling is installed which expands the signal to seven of texas tech's then eight dormitories, drane hall being the exception as its student census was very low at the time. the station cannot be heard off-campus.