KOB-TV
KOB, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 26), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States and owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KOB-TV started operations on November 29, 1948, after Albuquerque Journal owner and publisher Tom Pepperday won a television license on his second try. It is the oldest television station in New Mexico, as well as the third-oldest television station between the Mississippi River and the West Coast. Initially, channel 4 ran programming from all four networks — NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont. However, it has always been a primary NBC affiliate owing to its radio sister’s long affiliation with NBC radio. (More from Wikipedia)
Glen Campbell was born in 1936 to a share-cropper family in rural Arkansas, the 7th out of 12 children. He was taught guitar at a young age by his uncle Bob; and in 1954, he joined his uncle’s band that was known as Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys. His uncle had a radio show as well; and Glen also appeared on a children’s program, K Circle B Time, on KOB-TV. In 1958, Campbell started his own band, the Western Wranglers.
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