KMID
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| City | Midland, Texas |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | ABC Big 2 |
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| Ownership | |
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| KPEJ-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | December 20, 1953 |
Former call signs | KMID-TV (1953–1992) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 2 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Midland |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35131 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°5′51.4″N 102°17′22.5″W / 32.097611°N 102.289583°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KMID (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Midland, Texas, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Permian Basin area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Odessa-licensed Fox affiliate KPEJ-TV (channel 24) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on Windview Street (along I-20) in west Odessa; KMID's transmitter is located on FM 1788 in rural southeastern Andrews County.
KMID went on the air as the Permian Basin's first TV station on December 20, 1953. It was built by the Midessa Television Corporation, a consortium of Oklahoman businessmen, and had studios near Midland's airport. Though it was a primary affiliate of NBC, it aired the programs of other networks until 1958 as the market gained competing stations. In 1982, it exchanged affiliations with KTPX (channel 9, now KWES-TV) and became an ABC affiliate. Under the ownership of Telepictures in the mid-1980s, KMID moved from second to first in the local news ratings, but when channel 9 was sold and revitalized in the 1990s, it took first place from KMID. Nexstar acquired the station in 2000 and consolidated it with KPEJ-TV in 2015, moving KMID's studio to Odessa in the process.