KDAV

KDAV (1590 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lubbock, Texas. The station's broadcast license is held by Monty Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, Inc.

From August 18, 1998, to March 30, 2015, a revised KDAV broadcast an oldies music format which focuses on 1950s and early 1960s pop, rockabilly, mild doo-wop, and country oldies.

The ownership and format of KDAV changed at 11 a.m. on March 30, 2015. The station is now part of the High Plains Radio Network, which will take over the programming. In its former genre, KDAV has largely been off the air since March 30. Full service has been expected for several months.

History

KDAV is called "the Buddy Holly Station" because a young Buddy Holly performed in a country show there before he reached stardom. The station observes Buddy Holly's career the first weekend of February, which coincides with the time of his death in 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa.

In 1953, KDAV call letters were on a 500 watt daytimer on 580 kHz that began at 66th and Quirt Avenue (today known as 6602 Martin Luther King). That station was founded by Elmore, Worley and Pinkston. David Pinkston founded KDAV and sisters KZIP Amarillo (1310), KPEP San Angelo (1420) and KPIK Olorado Springs (1580). All four stations used a common floor plan. The Amarillo building was razed to make room for a highway, San Angelo building was vacated when 1420 returned its ticket to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The building still stands at 4300 North Chardbourne.