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In 2005, KOB-TV entered into a news partnership with KKOB. Although the KOB radio stations had long amended their callsigns, KOB-TV did not drop the "-TV" suffix until June 13, 2009, when the FCC allowed a limited opportunity for stations to change their suffixes (adding "-TV" or "-DT") or drop them in the wake of the digital transition that ...
Identified itself in 1970 as TV-4 Eyewitness News, in 1984 as Eyewitness News Network, in 1994 as Channel 4 Eyewitness News. and in 1998 as Eyewitness News 4. Now known as KOB 4 News since April 2023. Amarillo, Texas: KFDA-TV: CBS: No Used 1974–1980; has identified as NewsChannel 10 since 1995. Atlanta: WXIA-TV: NBC
It is a satellite of Albuquerque-based KOB (channel 4) which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KOBF's transmitter is located south of Farmington on NM 371. KOBR (channel 8) in Roswell also serves as a satellite of KOB. These satellite operations provide additional news bureaus for KOB and sell advertising time to local sponsors.
Local news, weather and sports inserts called Eyewitness News 8 and specific to KOBR viewers were included in portions of the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts sourced from the Albuquerque station. KOBR reached its peak of viewership from 1995 through 1998 under the guidance of a team guided by station manager Dorrie Faubus.
August 1981 saw a shift in programming, as KOB-FM changed to an adult contemporary format. [7] KOB-FM became one of the highest rated FM stations throughout the 1980s. [8] New FM competitors began broadcasting, but KOB-FM continued to dominate the market for many years. [9] In October 1986, Hubbard sold KOB-AM-FM to Price Communications for $16 ...
KOB was an NBC Red Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio". In 1940, KOB's timesharing partner, KEX, moved to 1160 kHz, which allowed KOB to expand its nighttime operating hours to unlimited.
As NBC affiliates in several larger markets switched network affiliations and/or dropped the Eyewitness News format over the past three decades, WTHR was the largest NBC affiliate to use the Eyewitness News brand continuously until March 25, 2020 (KOB in Albuquerque and WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre–Scranton are the only remaining NBC affiliates to ...
Levi Chavez is a former police officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who was charged with the 2007 death of his 26-year-old wife, Tera Chavez.In August 2013, Chavez was acquitted of the murder charges.