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KCLV (AM)

For the FM radio station, see KCLV-FM.
KCLV
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingTalk 1240
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsGenesis Communications Network
Premiere Networks
Radio America
Salem Radio Network
USA Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford
  • (Zia Radio Group LLC)
KCLV-FM, KTQM-FM, KWKA
History
First air date
February 27, 1952 (1952-02-27)
Call sign meaning
"Clovis"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID74565
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°22′41″N 103°12′22″W / 34.37806°N 103.20611°W / 34.37806; -103.20611
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitekclvsports.com

KCLV (1240 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Clovis, New Mexico, United States, airing a talk format. The station is currently owned by Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford, through licensee Zia Radio Group LLC.[2]

History

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New-Tex Broadcasting, a partnership of Wallace Simpson and H. S. Boles, filed with the Federal Communications Commission on February 8, 1950, for a new 100-watt radio station to serve Clovis on 1240 kHz. After going into comparative hearing, the application was approved on August 29, 1951, and subsequently modified to specify 250 watts.[3] KCLV began broadcasting on February 27, 1952.[4] Just months after the station got on air, Simpson and Boles dissolved their partnership, with Simpson buying out his partner.[5] The next year, Odis L. Echols and Odis L. Echols, Jr., former residents of Clovis, purchased the station from Simpson and returned to the city.[3][6] The elder Echols purchased full ownership three years later.[3] During this time, a new Methodist church in Clovis held its children's Sunday school classes in the KCLV transmitter building while permanent facilities were built.[7]

In September 1961, the station increased power from 250 to 1,000 watts during daylight hours, relocating its transmitter site in 1965.[3] The Echols sold the station in 1971 to Zia Broadcasting Company—owned by Lonnie Allsup, the owner of Allsup's convenience stores—for $230,000.[8] In 1981, Zia acquired KKQQ, an FM radio station in Clovis, and relaunched it as country music KCLV-FM.[9]

KCLV switched from classic country to sports using ESPN Radio in 2001.[10] The sports format remained until 2011, when it began broadcasting a talk format.[11]

Lonnie Allsup died in 2018.[12] Effective April 1, 2022, the Allsup family sold the Zia Radio Group to Rick Keefer, who had been the general manager, and David Lansford, marking the first change in ownership of KCLV in more than 50 years.[13] The five stations—KCLV, KCLV-FM, KWKA, KTQM-FM, and KQTY-FM in Borger, Texas—sold for $200,000.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCLV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KCLV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ a b c d FCC History Cards for KCLV
  4. ^ "KCLV Will Start To Broadcast Wednesday". Clovis News-Journal. February 26, 1952. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Notice: Dissolution of Partnership". Clovis News-Journal. June 12, 1952. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Echols To Buy Interest In KCLV". Clovis News-Journal. August 20, 1953. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Church Will Begin Permanent Slate Sunday, October 21". Clovis News-Journal. October 19, 1956. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1971. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  9. ^ "FM station airs". Clovis News-Journal. December 1, 1981. p. 2.
  10. ^ Wagner, Dave (July 18, 2001). "Local station switches to ESPN Radio". Clovis News-Journal. p. 8.
  11. ^ "KCLV-AM switches to news format". Clovis News-Journal. January 7, 2011. p. 14.
  12. ^ Stevens, David (January 29, 2018). "Lonnie Allsup, founder of convenience store chain, dies at 84". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  13. ^ "Radio stations get new owner". Eastern New Mexico News. March 26, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022 – via Yahoo.
  14. ^ "Deal Digest: 'Punjabi Radio' Knows The Way To San Jose". Inside Radio. December 30, 2021. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
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