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wnPueblo Station?h-KTSC-TV GoesverS(w, On the Ai.IC|^ Pueblo's Southern Colorado State College public broadcast-. ing station, KTSC-TV (Channel C( 8) is on the air. 111I *t o Original plans for the tele- ^ of I vision station were made by of-nd ficials at SCSC during 1964. In al. January of 1965 the original ap-;ed plication for the station was me submitted to the FCC. At this seti time plans called for first build-;as ing a low power TV station S1mt; which would reach only Pueblo aj ip- County.* iprsamSt-Wlbe?cr A fund raising drive was con-an ducted within the Pueblo com- pr-fd munity which collected more sp than $50,000 to help get the sta-'re tion on the air. KOAA-TV in tilt;10' Pueblo donated the use of a sur- sp plus tower and transmitter to c‘h the college for the new station’s groruse. stie-12n-However, changes in regula- P'c tions and freezes in federal urfunds prevented the station w,(s going on the air as originallyiplanned. College officials finallyiniutdecided to abandon plans for ,u ncj the lower power station and to ^ r put a full power TV station on ; the air. This decision meant til- arirto ing a new application with the er-FCC and requesting more funds 111 at from the Department of Health st Education and Welfare to fi- SP nance the construction. How- ,r'edever, the decision saved the col- arlege the cost of two sets of tele-morn-he vision equipment since much of •r. the lower power equipment V( could not be converted to use S1:cj with the full power station.ofly In June of 1969. the Dcpart-il. ment of Health, Education ande , A'stks Welfare announced a grant of t- $3.38.000 to SCSC to begin con-struction of the TV station. vc KOAA-TV agreed^ / U 1 i ’St)run Northeast of Pueblost could share its transmitting y a facilities on Bafulite Mesaw. ScDuring its initial period of j( programming the station will be S( on the air from fi to If) p.m pMonday through Friday As the moperation is developed, the station will also present programson Sundae evenings as well asinstructional programs designed for use in classrooms throughout its viewing area. The new lc station is part of the Public l-s Television Service affiliate ofari the Corporation for PublicBroadcasting.Southern Colorado State Col- of ze is now the only college in anaethe state with an “on-the-air” o[. televison station. SCSCs public hi 'r radio station KTSC FM began' ( I '1 operation- in October I97u 1 tICP»'
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Fri, Feb 05, 1971
Page 4
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Clipped by
Sammi B.
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