KDAV
| City | Lubbock, Texas |
|---|---|
| Branding | The Spirit |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| First air date | 1953 |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 36953 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°31′15″N 101°46′27″W / 33.52083°N 101.77417°W |
| Former callsigns | KCBD (July 14, 1947) KEND (June 6, 1972-1988) KLLL (1988-1998) |
| Owner | Monty Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman (High Plains Public Radio Network, Inc.) |
KDAV (1590 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lubbock, Texas. The KDAV broadcast license was held by Monty and Gentry Todd Spearman through licensee High Plains Public Radio Network, Inc.
From August 18, 1998, to March 30, 2015, KDAV broadcast an oldies format which focused on 1950s and early 1960s popular, rockabilly, mild doo-wop, and country oldies.
The ownership and format of KDAV changed at 11 a.m. on March 30, 2015, as the station became part of the High Plains network.
KDAV was called "the Buddy Holly Station" because a young Buddy Holly performed in a country show there before he reached stardom. The station observes Buddy Holly's career the first weekend of February, which coincides with the time of his 1959 death in a plane crash in Iowa.
In 1953, KDAV call letters were on a 500-watt daytimer on 580 kHz that began at 66th and Quirt Avenue (today known as 6602 Martin Luther King). That station was founded by Elmore, Worley and Pinkston. David Pinkston founded KDAV and sisters KZIP Amarillo (1310), KPEP San Angelo (1420) and KPIK Colorado Springs (1580). All four stations used a common floor plan. The Amarillo building was razed to make room for a highway, San Angelo building was vacated when 1420 returned its ticket to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but the building still stands at 4300 North Chardbourne.
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