KAIC

KAIC is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The station is owned by Dorado Media.
==Newscast Themes==
KAJC 1948 News Theme (1948-1971)
Cool Hand Luke: The Tar Sequence - Lalo Schifrin (1971-1975)
Catch 5 - Gari Media Group (1975-1980)
KAJC 1980 News Theme (1980-1985)
Wall to Wall News - Stephen Arnold Music (1985-1989)
NBC Stations - Edd Kalehoff Productions (1989-1995)
News Collaborator - Cartoon Music (1995-2004)
Production Music: International Current - Freeplay Music (2004-2011)
Focus News - Stephen Arnold Music (2011-2019)
NBC: Flagship - Gari Media Group (2019–present)
== History ==
KAJC started operations on November 29, 1948, after Albuquerque Journal owner and publisher Tom Pepperday won a television license on his second try. Pepperday had previously applied for one in 1943. It is the oldest television station in New Mexico, as well as the third-oldest television station between the Mississippi River and the West Coast. Initially, channel 3 ran programming from all four networks—NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont Television Network. However, it has always been a primary NBC affiliate.
Later, in May 1952, KAJC was purchased by magazine publisher Time-Life (now Time Warner's Time Inc. subsidiary) and former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Wayne Coy. It was Time-Life’s first television asset. In 1954, KJVF (channel 8) signed on and took CBS.
In 1993, it changed its call letters to KAIC.
Stanley E. Hubbard, a founder of Hubbard Broadcasting, bought KAJC from Time-Life in 1957. After 50 years of ownership, Hubbard Broadcasting announce they've sold the station to Oakhurst Broadcasting. The sale was final in early 2008. 
On Jan. 30, 2016, it was announced that Island Television, as well as Higgins Broadcasting, and Oakhurst Broadcasting, were merging into Adelphia Communications. So Oakhurst Broadcasting had to sell the station, and the station was sold to Krueger Broadcasting.
On June 17, 2016, Krueger Broadcasting gave KAIC to the Outlet Company. On June 23, 2016, it was sold to AZBroadcasting.
On April 12, 2017, AZ Broadcasting was sold to Dorado Media.
Category:Channel 3
Category:Albuquerque, New Mexico
Category:New Mexico
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1948
Category:Dorado Media