KMCC

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KMCC

Laughlin–Las Vegas, Nevada United States
City	Laughlin, Nevada
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 34
Branding	Vegas 34
Programming
Affiliations	34.1: Independent for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (Ion Television License, LLC)
Sister stations	KTNV-TV
History
First air date	August 21, 2003 (21 years ago) (2003-08-21)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 34 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (as satellite of KVBC, 2003–2005) TeleFórmula (2005–2006) Multimedios Television (2006–2009) Mega TV (2009–2010) VasalloVision (2010–2012) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016) Action Channel (2016–2018) Azteca América (2018–2020) Ion Plus (2020–2021) Ion Television (2021–2023; now on DT2)
Call sign meaning	Meridian Communications Company (original licensee)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	41237
ERP	DTS1: 1,000 kW DTS2: 200 kW
HAAT	DTS1: 607 m (1,991 ft) DTS2: 60 m (197 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	DTS1: 35°39′7″N 114°18′43.8″W / 35.65194°N 114.312167°W / 35.65194; -114.312167 DTS2: 36°7′44.8″N 115°11′28.4″W / 36.129111°N 115.191222°W / 36.129111; -115.191222
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	vegas34.com

KMCC (channel 34), branded Vegas 34, is an independent television station licensed to Laughlin, Nevada, United States, serving the Las Vegas area. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate KTNV-TV (channel 13). The two stations share studios on South Valley View Boulevard in the nearby unincorporated community of Paradise (though with a Las Vegas mailing address). KMCC uses a distributed transmission system, with the main transmitter located near Dolan Springs, Arizona, and a secondary transmitter at the KTNV studios.

Channel 34 was originally intended to be built at Lake Havasu City, Arizona. However, the original permittee, Meridian Communications Company, had the channel reallocated to Laughlin in order to allow it to broadcast NBC programming, increase its service area, and overcome various technical restrictions. The station began broadcasting in August 2003 and was soon after sold to Cranston II LLC, which used it to broadcast Spanish-language programming from a series of services: TeleFórmula, Multimedios Televisión, Mega TV, VasalloVision, and MundoFox/MundoMax. Entravision Communications acquired KMCC in 2017 and switched its programming source to Azteca América.

Ion Media acquired KMCC in early 2020 and was in turn acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company. In 2023, Ion programming moved to a subchannel, and the station became a new English-language independent station under the name Vegas 34. This coincided with Scripps obtaining the broadcast rights to Vegas Golden Knights hockey, which aired on KMCC beginning in the 2023–24 season.