KAMC

KAMC is the ABC network affiliated television station serving the Lubbock, Texas metropolitan area. Its studios and transmitter are located on South University Avenue (Loop 289) in Lubbock, both of which are shared with KLBK. Syndicated programs on this station includes: Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Phil, Live! with Kelly and Michael, Rachael Ray, and The Meredith Vieira Show.

KAMC is licensed to broadcast digitally on UHF channel 27.

KAMC was acquired by Mission Broadcasting in late 2003 as part of Nexstar's acquisition of Quorum Broadcasting; most Mission stations have local marketing agreements with Nexstar stations in the same market; in this case, it is KLBK in Lubbock.

History

KAMC first began broadcasting in the fall of 1968 as KSEL-TV. Originally an independent station, KSEL soon began broadcasting some ABC programming which was previously split between CBS affiliate KLBK and NBC affiliate KCBD. After a few months of sharing secondary affiliations with the local CBS and NBC affiliates, KSEL became the primary and exclusive ABC affiliate for the Lubbock market in the fall of 1969. A few years later (1975 after sale of sister stations KSEL (AM) (now KJTV (AM) and KSEL-FM (now KLBB-FM) channel 28 changed its call letters to KMCC, then later (1979) to the current KAMC. From 1979 to 1986, KAMC applied the former KMCC call sign to a satellite station on Channel 12 in Clovis, New Mexico that is currently operating as KVIH-TV, now a satellite of Amarillo, Texas ABC affiliate KVII-TV. KMCC is now the callsign for the unrelated NTSC channel 34 and ATSC channel 32 in Laughlin, Nevada.