KNCH

KNCH

San Angelo, Texas
Broadcast area	Concho Valley
Frequency	90.1 MHz
Branding	Texas Tech Public Media
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange American Public Media
Ownership
Owner	Texas Tech University
Sister stations	Radio: KTTZ KTXT TV: KCOS KTTZ
History
First air date	1996 (1996)
Former call signs	KUTX (1995–2010)
Call sign meaning	C(K)oNCHo Valley
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9776
Class	C2
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	250 meters (820 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	31°35′21.6″N 100°31′1.4″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	knch.org

KNCH (90.1 MHz) is the National Public Radio station for the Concho Valley of west-central Texas. Licensed to San Angelo, it is owned by Texas Tech University and operated out of Texas Tech's campus in Lubbock.

The station first signed on in 1996 as KUTX, owned by the University of Texas as a sister station to KUT in Austin. Its arrival brought public radio to one of the few areas in the nation that didn't have a clear signal from a public radio station. The station was a straight simulcast of KUT, with no local programming.

In 2007, however, UT began discussions about selling KUTX to Texas Tech. At the time, Angelo State University was in the process of joining the Texas Tech University System, and UT officials thought KUTX would be a perfect complement. The sale closed in December 2009. Texas Tech officially took control in April 2010 and changed the callsign to the current KNCH. Texas Tech transitioned the format news blended with classical music.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 9776 (KNCH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KNCH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KUTX sold to Tech, call letters changed to KNCH