KOBF

KOBF

Satellite of KOB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Farmington, New Mexico Durango, Colorado United States
City	Farmington, New Mexico
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12
Branding	KOBF 12
Programming
Affiliations	12.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting (KOB-TV, LLC)
History
First air date	October 20, 1972 (52 years ago) (1972-10-20)
Former call signs	KIVA-TV (1972–1983)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 17 (UHF, until 2009)
Call sign meaning	"KOB Farmington"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35321
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	125 m (410 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°41′43″N 108°13′16″W / 36.69528°N 108.22111°W / 36.69528; -108.22111 (KOBF)
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kob.com

KOBF (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Farmington, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is a satellite of Albuquerque-based KOB (channel 4) which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KOBF's transmitter is located south of Farmington on NM 371.

KOBR (channel 8) in Roswell also serves as a satellite of KOB. These satellite operations provide additional news bureaus for KOB and sell advertising time to local sponsors.

KOBF has repeated KOB since 1983, when Hubbard acquired it from the last of several owners of KIVA-TV, a small local station that was also an NBC affiliate.