# KCLV (AM)

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{{For|the FM radio station|KCLV-FM}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KCLV
| logo             = 150px
| city             = [Clovis, New Mexico](/source/Clovis%2C_New_Mexico)
|country           = US
| branding         = Talk 1240
| frequency        = 1240 [kHz](/source/kHz)
| repeater         =
| airdate          = {{Start date|1952|2|27}}
| format           = [Talk](/source/Talk_radio)
| power            = 1,000 [watt](/source/watt)s
| class            = C
| facility_id      = 74565
| coordinates      = {{coord|34|22|41|N|103|12|22|W|region:US-NM_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "Clovis"
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford
| licensee         = Zia Radio Group LLC
| sister_stations  = [KCLV-FM](/source/KCLV-FM), [KTQM-FM](/source/KTQM-FM), [KWKA](/source/KWKA)
| webcast          = [https://network1sports.com//station/kclvam Listen live]
| website          = {{URL|kclvsports.com}}
| affiliations     = [Genesis Communications Network](/source/Genesis_Communications_Network)<br>[Premiere Networks](/source/Premiere_Networks)<br>[Radio America](/source/Radio_America_(United_States))<br>[Salem Radio Network](/source/Salem_Radio_Network)<br>[USA Radio Network](/source/USA_Radio_Network)
| licensing_authority= [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)
}}

'''KCLV''' (1240 [kHz](/source/Hertz)) is an [AM](/source/AM_radio) [radio station](/source/radio_station) licensed to [Clovis, New Mexico](/source/Clovis%2C_New_Mexico), United States, airing a [talk](/source/talk_radio) [format](/source/radio_format). The station is currently owned by Rick Lee Keefer and David Lansford, through licensee Zia Radio Group LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KCLV |title=KCLV Facility Record |work=United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division }}</ref>

==History==
New-Tex Broadcasting, a partnership of Wallace Simpson and H. S. Boles, filed with the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/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](/source/comparative_hearing), the application was approved on August 29, 1951, and subsequently modified to specify 250 watts.<ref name="hc">{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=34730 |title= History Cards for KCLV|publisher=[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)}} (Guide to reading History Cards)<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref> KCLV began broadcasting on February 27, 1952.<ref>{{cite news|page=1|work=Clovis News-Journal|date=February 26, 1952|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-feb-26-1952-3171175/|title=KCLV Will Start To Broadcast Wednesday}}</ref> Just months after the station got on air, Simpson and Boles dissolved their partnership, with Simpson buying out his partner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-12-1952-3171171/|date=June 12, 1952|title=Notice: Dissolution of Partnership|work=Clovis News-Journal|page=2}}</ref> The next year, Odis L. Echols and [Odis L. Echols Jr.](/source/Odis_Echols), former residents of Clovis, purchased the station from Simpson and returned to the city.{{r|hc}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-20-1953-3171185/|page=10|title=Echols To Buy Interest In KCLV|work=Clovis News-Journal|date=August 20, 1953}}</ref> The elder Echols purchased full ownership three years later.{{r|hc}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|page=2|date=October 19, 1956|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-19-1956-3171193/|title=Church Will Begin Permanent Slate Sunday, October 21|work=Clovis News-Journal}}</ref>

In September 1961, the station increased power from 250 to 1,000 watts during daylight hours, relocating its transmitter site in 1965.{{r|hc}} The Echols sold the station in 1971 to Zia Broadcasting Company—owned by Lonnie Allsup, the owner of [Allsup's](/source/Allsup's) convenience stores—for $230,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1971/1971-04-05-BC.pdf|work=Broadcasting|title=Changing Hands|page=42|date=April 5, 1971|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151241/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1971/1971-04-05-BC.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1981, Zia acquired KKQQ, an FM radio station in Clovis, and relaunched it as country music [KCLV-FM](/source/KCLV-FM).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-01-1981-3171255/|page=2|date=December 1, 1981|title=FM station airs|work=Clovis News-Journal}}</ref>

KCLV switched from classic country to sports using [ESPN Radio](/source/ESPN_Radio) in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-18-2001-3171259/|page=8|first=Dave|last=Wagner|title=Local station switches to ESPN Radio|date=July 18, 2001|work=Clovis News-Journal}}</ref> The sports format remained until 2011, when it began broadcasting a talk format.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-07-2011-3171258/|title=KCLV-AM switches to news format|work=Clovis News-Journal|date=January 7, 2011|page=14}}</ref>

Lonnie Allsup died in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=David |date=January 29, 2018 |title=Lonnie Allsup, founder of convenience store chain, dies at 84 |language=en-US |work=Amarillo Globe-News |url=https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/local/2018/01/29/lonnie-allsup-founder-convenience-store-chain-dies-84/13024531007/ |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 26, 2022 |title=Radio stations get new owner |language=en-US |work=Eastern New Mexico News |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/radio-stations-owner-035900263.html |access-date=April 19, 2022 |via=Yahoo}}</ref> The five stations—KCLV, KCLV-FM, [KWKA](/source/KWKA), [KTQM-FM](/source/KTQM-FM), and [KQTY-FM](/source/KQTY-FM) in [Borger, Texas](/source/Borger%2C_Texas)—sold for $200,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 2021 |title=Deal Digest: 'Punjabi Radio' Knows The Way To San Jose. |language=en |work=Inside Radio |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-punjabi-radio-knows-the-way-to-san-jose/article_1bee3a42-6936-11ec-84f7-1b8c0578aa1d.html |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106081129/http://www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-punjabi-radio-knows-the-way-to-san-jose/article_1bee3a42-6936-11ec-84f7-1b8c0578aa1d.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/KCLV1240/ KCLV 1240 Facebook]
{{AM station data|74565|KCLV}}

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Category:1952 establishments in New Mexico

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