Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday afternoon with comments and clarification on the timeline for the ad purchases provided by a spokesperson Friday after the original story was published. The city had not responded to our questions on the day before publication.
The City of Albuquerque is paying to rebroadcast Mayor Tim Keller’s 2025 State of the City address Sunday, Oct. 5, on KRQE — the fifth taxpayer-funded airing since September as he seeks a third term and just two days before absentee ballots are mailed to voters in the hotly-contested mayor’s election.
According to advertising buy records and a city memo obtained by City Desk, the city paid KRQE $7,537.80 to air Keller’s 30-minute State of the City speech, delivered Aug. 23 at the ABQ Biopark Botanical Garden…