KMCI-TV

KMCI is also the ICAO airport code for the Kansas City International Airport.

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KMCI Channel 38 (38 The Spot) is an independent station serving the Kansas City television market. It is licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, and is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside KSHB-TV NBC Action News as the company's only existing duopoly. It runs a general entertainment format with sitcoms, cartoons, reality shows, court shows, movies, talk shows, and sports.

History

KMCI signed on in 1988 with programming from the Home Shopping Network. The station was owned by Miller Television. Beginning in sometime in 1995, KMCI began broadcasting a minimal amount of syndicated sitcoms, cartoons, and other programming alongside its HSN schedule. In the summer of 1996, Scripps (owner of KSHB Channel 41) began to manage KMCI under a local marketing agreement, and started to program what would be known as "38 Family Greats" from 6am to midnight, while retaining HSN programming overnight. HSN was subsequently dropped from the station in 1999. In 2001, KMCI dropped the name "Family Greats" and simply went under the title of its station number. Then in the fall of 2003, the station officially became known as "38 the Spot".

KSHB began airing a 9:00 PM newscast on KMCI to compete with WDAF in 2000. It ended in 2003 shortly before the changeover to "38 The Spot"; by this point, the newscast was called "38 News Now" and had completely differentiated itself from KSHB, using different graphics, different (and drastically smaller) set, and a different all percussion theme.

KMCI picked up programming from Fox Kids in fall 1999 until it was discontinued nationwide by FOX in 2002. It continued to run children's programming from FOX under the "Fox Box" banner later in 2002, and "4Kids TV" beginning in 2005.

The station was acquired outright by Scripps in 2001.

Programs Currently Broadcast on KMCI 38

• Branded (leaving May 2007)
• Cheers
• The Cosby Show
• Designing Women (coming June 2007)
• Family Matters (coming March 2007)
• Futurama (coming December 2007)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Friends (coming July 2007)
• Grace Under Fire (coming July 2007)
• The Greg Behrendt Show
• Hawaii Five-O
• Home Improvement
• Judge Maria Lopez
• Living Single (coming March 2007)
• Mad About You
• Malcolm in the Middle
• Martin (coming June 2007)
• The Nanny
• NewsRadio (coming December 2007)
• The People's Court
• Roseanne
• Saved By The Bell (coming March 2007)
• The Simpsons
• South Park
• Still Standing
• That 70's Show
• The Wayans Bros. (coming September 2007)
• The X-Files -on hitaus

Programs Formerly Broadcast on KMCI 38

• The Addams Family
• Adventures of Superman
• All In The Family
• The Andy Griffith Show
• Archie's Weird Mysteries
• Batman
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Bewitched
• Bonanza
• The Brady Bunch
• Car 54, Where Are You?
• Charlie's Angels
• Clueless
• Cosby
• The Dating Game
• Dennis the Menace: The Animated Series
• A Different World
• Dragnet
• Family Feud
• Family Ties
• Garfield and Friends
• Get Smart
• Gilligan's Island
• Gunsmoke
• Happy Days
• Hogan's Heroes
• Hunter
• I Dream of Jeannie
• I Love Lucy
• The Jeffersons
• Laverne and Shirley
• Leave It To Beaver
• Little House on the Prairie
• Mama's Family
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Matlock
• Mighty Max
• Moesha
• The Monkees
• Moral Court
• The Munsters
• The Newlywed Game
• The Partridge Family
• Perry Mason
• Rhoda
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
• Sanford and Son
• 7th Heaven
• The Sharon Osbourne Show
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Stargate Infinity
• Starsky & Hutch
• Taxi
• Three's Company
• To Tell The Truth
• Too Close For Comfort
• The Tyra Banks Show (moved to KCWE 29)
• Walker, Texas Ranger
• We Love Lucy
• Welcome Back, Kotter
• Who's The Boss?

External links

• KMCI Homepage
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