KAVE (New Mexico) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FCC History Cards for KOCT . . November 12, 2022 . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112023651/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=84411 . live .
  2. News: TV Permit Filed By Carlsbad BC . May 20, 1955 . 1 . Carlsbad Current-Argus . Newspapers.com . November 12, 2022 . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112023650/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112919910/tv-permit-filed-by-carlsbad-bc/ . live .
  3. News: Negotiations Underway For KAVE Purchase . August 18, 1955 . 1 . Carlsbad Current-Argus . Newspapers.com . November 12, 2022 . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112023654/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112921163/negotiations-underway-for-kave-purchase/ . live .
  4. News: Sale Of KAVE-TV And Radio Awaits FCC Approval . January 9, 1958 . 1 . Carlsbad Current-Argus . Newspapers.com . November 12, 2022 . January 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110051348/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112921559/sale-of-kave-tv-and-radio-awaits-fcc/ . live .
  5. News: Everyday Events . January 21, 1963 . 4-A . W. J. . Hooten . El Paso Times . Newspapers.com . November 12, 2022 . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112023653/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112922006/everyday-events/ . live .
  6. News: For $118,000: Carlsbad TV Station Sold . September 8, 1966 . 1 . Carlsbad Current-Argus . Carlsbad, New Mexico . Newspapers.com . November 12, 2022 . November 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112675147/for-118000-carlsbad-tv-station-sold/ . live .
  7. News: For the Record . Broadcasting . November 18, 1974 . 76 . November 12, 2022 . October 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008204230/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1974/1974-11-18-BC.pdf . live .

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