KMID-TV
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Midland/Odessa, Texas United States |
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| Branding | Local 2 (general) Local 2 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Basin Trusted, Basin Proud |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 2 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 2.1 ABC 2.2 Laff 2.3 Escape 2.4 Grit |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary 1953–1958; primary since 1981) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | December 18, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | MIDland |
| Sister station(s) | KPEJ-TV |
| Former callsigns | KMID-TV (1953–1992) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1953–1981) Secondary: DuMont (1953–1955) CBS (1953–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 323 m |
| Facility ID | 35131 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°5′10.9″N 102°17′12″W / 32.086361°N 102.28667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.yourbasin.com |
KMID is the ABC affiliated television station in Midland-Odessa, Texas, owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group, which is headquartered in Irving, Texas. KMID was acquired by Nexstar in 2000. KMID's studios are located in Ector County at the KPEJ studios. The station's transmission tower is in Andrews and Midland County.
KMID-TV went on the air on December 18, 1953; making it the longest running station in the Midland/Odessa market. It carried programming from all four networks, but was a primary NBC affiliate. It lost CBS to KOSA-TV in 1956 and lost ABC to KWES-TV (then known as KVKM) in 1958. In 1981, KMID became an ABC affiliate when it swapped its NBC affiliation with channel 9 (KTPX at the time). Lorimar-Telepictures sold KMID plus two of its sister stations, KSPR in Springfield, Missouri and KCPM-TV (now KNVN) in Chico/Redding, California, to Goltrin Communications in 1987. In 1988, Goltrin sold all three stations to Davis Goldfarb Communications. Cottonwood Communications bought the station in 1995. KMID including KSPR and KCPM (KNVN) was purchased by GOCOM Communications in 1997. KMID was acquired by current owner Nexstar Broadcasting in 2000.
For many years, KMID was known as "Big 2", but adopted the "ABC2" moniker in early 2004. However, in part because many Permian Basin residents still called the station "Big 2," that nickname was revived in 2009, only to be scrapped once more on December 12, 2015, in favor of "Local 2".
In 2003, KMID dropped weekend evening newscasts, which were the third-watched newscasts in the Permian Basin. In late 2006, the Sunday night news broadcasts were reinstated.
On April 24, 2013, Communications Corporation of America announced the sale of its entire group to Nexstar. KPEJ was to be sold to Mission Broadcasting. However on June 6, 2014, Nexstar announced that it would instead sell KPEJ-TV to a new minority-owned company, Marshall Broadcasting (marking the company's first television station acquisitions), for $58.5 million. Nexstar would operate KPEJ under a shared services agreement, forming a duopoly with KMID. The sale was completed on January 1, 2015.
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