KOB-TV
 
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Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico United States |
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| Branding | KOB 4 (general) KOB Eyewitness News 4 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | KOB stands 4 New Mexico. |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 4.1 NBC 4.2 This TV 4.3 Comet |
| Owner |
Hubbard Broadcasting (KOB-TV, LLC) |
| First air date | November 29, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning | From former sister stations KKOB-AM/FM |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1948–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: DuMont (1948–1955) ABC (1948–1953) CBS (1948–1953) |
| Transmitter power | 270 kW |
| Height | 1277 m |
| Facility ID | 35313 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′42.8″N 106°26′58.9″W / 35.211889°N 106.449694°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KOB, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 26), is an NBC-affiliated 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).
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. 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.
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