KAVE (New Mexico)

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

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]

  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.

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