KHOB
radio station in Hobbs, New Mexico
KHOB (1390 AM) was a radio station licensed to Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. The station was last owned by American Asset Management.
On May 21, 2017, KHOB changed to an adult standards format with local news and events. It previously carried a sports format.
KHOB went off the air June 24, 2022. The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on April 29, 2024.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KHOB” as radio station in Hobbs, New Mexico. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Hobbs, New Mexico. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6330261. Authority coordinates are 32.739, -103.180. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1390, 2017, 2022 and 2024.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “KHOB”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow KHOB primary sources, KHOB archive and KHOB research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “KHOB”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “KHOB” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.