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KOB, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 26), is an NBC-affiliate television station based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest, east of Albuquerque, and the station has studios located on Broadcast Plaza just west of downtown (across the street from KRQE/KASA-TV). ==History== KOB-TV started operations on November 29, 1948, after ''Albuquerque Journal'' owner and publisher Tom Pepperday won a television license on his second try. Pepperday, who also owned KOB radio (770 AM), had previously applied for one in 1943. It is the oldest television station in New Mexico, as well as the third-oldest television station between the Mississippi River and the West Coast (behind WBAP-TV in Fort Worth, now KXAS-TV and KDYL-TV in Salt Lake City, now KTVX). Initially, channel 4 ran programming from all four networks—NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont Television Network. However, it has always been a primary NBC affiliate owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with NBC radio. Later, in May 1952, the KOB stations were purchased by magazine publisher Time-Life (now Time Warner's Time Inc. subsidiary) and former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Wayne Coy. It was Time-Life’s first television asset.〔"KOB-AM-TV sale; official announcement made." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', March 10, 1952, pg. 30. ()〕 In 1953, two new TV stations signed on within a week—KGGM-TV (channel 13, now KRQE) signed on and took CBS, followed by KOAT which took ABC; DuMont shut down in 1956. Stanley E. Hubbard, founder of Hubbard Broadcasting, bought KOB-AM-TV from Time-Life in 1957.〔"Time sells KOB-AM-TV stations." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', January 14, 1957, pp. 96-97. ()()〕 KOB's radio cousins were sold off in 1986 and are now known as KKOB-AM-FM, many people still confuse the television and radio stations today. In 2005, KOB-TV entered into a news partnership with KKOB. Despite the KOB radio stations having changed their call letters, KOB-TV didn't 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KOB」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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