KAVE (New Mexico)

KAVE (1240 AM) was a radio station located in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

History

On May 16, 1955, the station’s owners Carlsbad Broadcasting Corporation applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit to build a television station on channel 6 in Carlsbad.[1] Carlsbad Broadcasting had been planning for three years to build a TV station and had purchased a site on "C" Mountain in 1950.[2] Before construction for the TV station began, negotiations were concluded to sell KAVE radio and the television station permit to Voice of the Caverns, a company of the Battison family consisting of Nancy Hewitt and John Battison.[3] Then sold to Ed Talbott, the chief engineer of KROD radio in El Paso and a minority stockholder in Voice of the Caverns.[4] Sadly, Ed Talbot died in 1963, causing ownership changes once again when John Deme, a Connecticut radio station owner, purchased the KAVE stations from Talbott's widow[5] In 1966, Deme sold KAVE radio and television to separate, but related owners. The manager of radio station KVKM in Monahans, Texas, Ross Rucker, acquired KAVE radio for $118,000. At the same time, John B. Walton, whose Walton Stations group owned KVKM and its television adjunct KVKM-TV, spent $325,000 to purchase KAVE-TV.[6] This station was deleted in 1974 for failure to file a renewal application.[7]

References

  1. ^ "FCC History Cards for KOCT". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "TV Permit Filed By Carlsbad BC". Carlsbad Current-Argus. May 20, 1955. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Negotiations Underway For KAVE Purchase". Carlsbad Current-Argus. August 18, 1955. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sale Of KAVE-TV And Radio Awaits FCC Approval". Carlsbad Current-Argus. January 9, 1958. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hooten, W. J. (January 21, 1963). "Everyday Events". El Paso Times. p. 4-A. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "For $118,000: Carlsbad TV Station Sold". Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. September 8, 1966. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 18, 1974. p. 76. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.