KOB-TV Channel 4

KOB-TV Channel 4, New Mexico's first television station, initially began as the mere vision of Tom Pepperday, owner of KOB Radio.

KOB-TV Channel 4, New Mexico's first television station, initially began as the mere vision of Tom Pepperday, owner of KOB Radio. (KOB-TV is no longer affiliated with the radio stations.) In 1943 Pepperday applied for and was denied a television license. He reapplied in 1948 and his persistence paid off. He was granted a license and in the process made history. KOB-TV became the first television station between the Mississippi River and the West Coast.