KUJH is the student

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, with studios in the Hall Center for Humanities on the University of Kansas's Lawrence campus. The station is owned by the

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. The

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broadcast predominantly local news programs produced by University of Kansas students, as well as talk shows surrounding pop culture and sports. The station also airs club sports events, such as KU Hockey and KU Rugby matches. Its primary purpose is to serve as a hands-on "laboratory" for its journalism students, though students in different degree programs are allowed to apply to join the news team. The channel is on

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's cable television lineup on channel 31, and on the University of Kansas's cable system available to students who live in on-campus residencies.

History

KUJH-LP began testing on February 10, 1995. Regular programming began April 23, 1996, with much of the content filled by the

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-based

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. Until about 2005, KUJH broadcast locally produced independent films and TV shows from the university, local and regional film scene. One program of note was "Out of Focus"; hosted by then KU Film School student Chris Martin. The program was a mix of interviews with local film makers as well as airings of short films and previews. However, in 2005, programs that were produced by non-journalism students were removed from the station's programming.KUJH-TV cuts entertainment programming : The University Daily Kansan
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on June 9, 2014, for failure to file a license renewal application.

Newscasts

Newscasts are only broadcast during the school year. News programming produced by KUJH includes: * ''On the Boulevard'' * KUJH-TV News * Jayhawk Sports Report *The Next * ''On the Hill''

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* {{University of Kansas Student television stations in the United States University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Television stations in Kansas Television channels and stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Kansas Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014

History

Newscasts

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