KTRU, Rice University’s much heralded independent radio station, will live on in HD (Pacifica’s KPFT HD radio channel, to be specific).

Here’s a snippet of info:

This means the station won’t be reduced to just broadcasting on the Internet, a move that didn’t make too many radio station supporters very happy when they were told that’s how they could continue operations. Although the Federal Communications Commission has still not given final approval to the sale, KTRU’s entire programming schedule will begin broadcasting at 9:01 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, on KPFT’s 90.1-HD2 FM channel.

Read more about it on Rocks Off.