KKOB-AM is a clear channel AM radio station operating out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the oldest in the state. It operates on 770 kHz with 50,000 watts of power. Prior to October 28, 1986 its call letters were KOB.

The station, founded at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University) by Ralph Willis Goddard, began broadcasting tests in 1919 under the call letters 5XD, and began regular operation as KOB on April 5, 1922. It became an independent entity after Goddard was electrocuted while adjusting the transmitter on December 31, 1928.

KOB was involved in a 38 years long dispute with New York City station WABC (originally WJZ) over the use of the 770 kHz frequency. KOB was moved there from 1030 to make room for WBZ in Boston. While the Federal Communications Commission had requested that WJZ install a directional antenna to allow the stations to interoperate over large areas, the station refused to comply, encroaching on the range KOB was intended to receive. Only after reaching the U.S. Supreme Court was the issue settled, when the FCC assigned KOB to a new license class.

External links

• KKOB-AM home page
• FCC transmitter information for KKOB