City | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
---|---|
Broadcast area | Albuquerque metropolitan area |
Branding | 770 KKOB-AM |
Slogan | The Talk Monster |
Frequency | 770 kHz |
Translator(s) | 94.5 K233CG (Sandia) |
First air date | April 5, 1922 (as KOB, in Las Cruces, moved to Albuquerque in 1933) |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 50,000 watts 230 watts (experimental synchronous operation in Santa Fe) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 11251 |
Transmitter coordinates |
35°12′9″N 106°36′41″W / 35.20250°N 106.61139°W 35°40′56″N 105°58′21″W / 35.68222°N 105.97250°W (experimental synchronous operation in Santa Fe) |
Callsign meaning | Extra K to KOB |
Former callsigns | KOB (1922–1986) |
Affiliations |
Westwood One Premiere Networks TheBlaze Network CBS Radio News |
Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
Sister stations | KTBL, KNML, KKOB-FM, KRST, KMGA, KDRF |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 770kkob.com |
KKOB (770 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico. KKOB is owned by Cumulus Media and is the oldest and among the most powerful AM radio stations in New Mexico. The station's format is News/Talk, using the brand "News Radio 770 KKOB." Its studios are located in Downtown Albuquerque and the transmitter tower is located in North Valley, New Mexico. It is also broadcast on the FM band at 94.5 K233CG Sandia, covering the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
KKOB is a Class B radio station, operating with 50,000 watts around the clock, the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission. It uses a non-directional signal during the daytime, reaching most of New Mexico's populated area, as well as parts of Colorado and Arizona. Many nights, with a good radio, it can be heard across much of the western half of North America. At night it uses a directional antenna to protect the Class A radio station on 770 kHz, co-owned WABC in New York City.
KKOB is the local outlet for nationally syndicated talk radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Red Eye Radio and America in The Morning, the latter three distributed by the Westwood One Network, a subsidiary of parent company Cumulus Media. On weekdays, the station features local hosts Bob Clark (5 to 10 a.m.) and Scott Stiegler (4 to 7 p.m.). Weekend programming includes shows on money, home repair, gardening and computers. Syndicated shows on weekends include John Batchelor, Ric Edelman, Bob Brinker and Bill Cunningham. The station also provides local news and weather updates around the clock, traffic "on the 7's" and national news updates from CBS Radio News hourly.