among the earliest broadcast equipment used included a 5,000-watt gates fm-5h2 transmitter donated by pat patillo (old and longtime chief engineer of ktxt-tv), new feed line, and an eight-bay antenna. the old frequency of 91.9 could not be used for a very high power level because it would conflict with the use of another channel assigned to lubbock (102.5) that was open for applications in those days. the new frequency used was 88.1. this proved to be a good news/bad news combination. sister station ktxt-tv was carried on cable television on channel 6 where the sound frequency is about 87.7 mhz. at some locations near the new fm tower, there was ktxt-fm audio heard where the ktxt-tv sound should have been. the fm operated at reduced power for a time as negotiations between the sister stations went on.