KKOB (AM)

KKOB
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Experimental synchronous operation: Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Broadcast area	Albuquerque metropolitan area
Frequency	770 kHz
Branding	96.3 Newsradio KKOB
Programming
Format	News/talk
Network	ABC News Radio
Affiliations	NBC News Radio; New Mexico Lobos; Westwood One;
Ownership
Owner	Cumulus Media; (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC);
Sister stations	KDRF, KKOB-FM, KOBQ, KMGA, KNML, KRST, KTBL
History
First air date	April 5, 1922; 102 years ago (as KOB, in State College (Las Cruces), moved to Albuquerque in 1932)
Former call signs	KOB (1922–1986)
Call sign meaning	Extra "K" to original, randomly assigned, call sign of KOB
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11251
Class	B; D (experimental synchronous operation in Santa Fe)
Power	50,000 watts; 230 watts day and night (experimental synchronous operation in Santa Fe)
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)
Repeater(s)	96.3 KKOB-FM (Albuquerque)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.newsradiokkob.com

KKOB (770 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico and owned by Cumulus Media. Its news/talk format is branded as "96.3 Newsradio KKOB", reflecting a simulcast with co-owned KKOB-FM 96.3 MHz. Studios and offices are located in Downtown Albuquerque. KKOB is the oldest station in New Mexico and is the state's primary entry point for the Emergency Alert System.

KKOB's transmitter site is off Second Street NW in North Valley. It is a Class B facility, operating around the clock with 50,000 watts, the maximum allowed in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). During the daytime, it uses a non-directional signal that reaches most of New Mexico's populated areas, as well as parts of Colorado and Arizona.^[2] At night, it uses a directional antenna,^[3] primarily to limit its signal to the east in the direction of WABC in New York City, the primary Class A station on 770 AM. With a good radio KKOB can be heard at night across much of the western half of North America. To compensate for KKOB's loss of signal at night in Santa Fe, since 1986, it has been simulcast on 770 kHz by a 230-watt experimental synchronous transmitter located in that city.^[4]