KOBR
KOB satellite station in Roswell, New Mexico, United States
KOBR (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Roswell, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is a satellite of Albuquerque-based KOB (channel 4) which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KOBR's transmitter is located near Caprock, New Mexico.
KOBF (channel 12) in Farmington also serves as a satellite of KOB. These satellite operations provide additional news bureaus for KOB and sell advertising time to local sponsors.
History
As a separate station
On March 28, 1952, oilman John A. Barnett filed an application for a new television station on channel 8 in Roswell. Barnett then became owner of radio station KSWS (1230 AM) when he purchased the station in November from Paul McEvoy. On January 28, 1953, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the TV construction permit, which matched the radio station by adopting the call letters KSWS-TV. Programs began June 24, 1953; the station held network affiliations with ABC and DuMont, though soon all of the major networks added KSWS-TV as an affiliate. The original studio and transmitter location was at Comanche Peak, east of Roswell.
After the initial facilities were constructed, Barnett was disappointed by the coverage provided from Comanche Peak. He sought a taller tower, and in 1955, the FCC granted a modification to KSWS-TV to move the tower to Caprock, 43 miles (69 km) east of Roswell, where the world's tallest structure at 1,610 feet (490 m) would be erected in late 1956 and early 1957. With the new transmitter facility, the effective radiated power was ramped up to 316 kW, the highest for a full-power VHF analog station; the antenna was 1,786 feet (544 m) above average terrain.
“KOBR” enters the record as kOB satellite station in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what KOBR, satellite and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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