KMCI-TV
 
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Lawrence, Kansas/ Kansas City, Missouri/ Kansas City, Kansas United States |
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| City | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Branding | 38 The Spot (general) 41 Action News on 38 The Spot (newscast) |
| Slogan |
It's Where You Want to Be. (general) Kansas City's Breaking News Leader (news) Kansas City's Weather Leader (weather) |
| Channels |
Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 38 () |
| Subchannels | 38.1 Main KMCI programming 38.2 Bounce TV 38.3 Escape 38.4 Grit |
| Affiliations |
Independent NBC (secondary) |
| Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting, LLC) |
| Founded | May 16, 1985 |
| First air date | February 13, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning |
ICAO-assigned code for Kansas City International Airport and Miller Communications Incorporated (former owner) |
| Sister station(s) | KSHB-TV |
| Former callsigns | KMCI (1988–2010) |
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| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 290.8 m |
| Facility ID | 42636 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°58′40″N 94°31′59.5″W / 38.97778°N 94.533194°WCoordinates: 38°58′40″N 94°31′59.5″W / 38.97778°N 94.533194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.38thespot.com |
KMCI-TV, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 41), is an independent television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, United States that is licensed to Lawrence, Kansas. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KSHB-TV (channel 41). The two stations share studio facilities located on Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri; KMCI maintains transmitter facilities located at the Blue River Greenway in the city's Hillcrest section. On cable, KMCI is available on Comcast channel 2 in Kansas and channel 5 in Missouri, Charter Communications and SureWest channel 8, and AT&T U-verse channel 38.
The station first signed on the air on February 13, 1988. Founded by Miller Television, it originally served as an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network. Beginning sometime in 1995, KMCI began carrying a minimal amount of syndicated sitcoms, cartoons and other programs, alongside HSN programming. When KSHB-TV (channel 41) lost the Fox affiliation to WDAF-TV (channel 4) and gained the NBC affiliation that was displaced by that station in September 1994, KSHB sold very little of its programming to KSMO-TV (channel 62) or WDAF. The station had a lot of acquired programming that it did not have room to run on its schedule due to NBC's heavy lineup of network programming as well as the station's new news programming commitments; most of these shows were acquired by KMCI. Early programs on KMCI included shows such as I Love Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, Tom and Jerry and Popeye cartoon shorts, Happy Days and Taxi. In the summer of 1996, KSHB owner Scripps Howard Broadcasting began to manage KMCI under a local marketing agreement;
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