in the late 1960s or early 1970s, the station applied for and received a construction permit for an increase to 18,500 watts at , proposing the ktxt tower. this was extended a number of times, because of changes in plans, changes in budgets (which mostly the station did not have) and the discovery (after the big lubbock tornado of 5-11-1970) or realization that the tower was too light and too damaged to carry the additional weight and wind load of the bigger fm station antenna. in late 1978, the station relocated to the 98th and university tower owned by ray moran interests (101.1 ktez in those days, now ch 34 kjtv).