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KMBH (TV)
KMBH is a television station in Harlingen, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 38 as a PBS member station for the Rio Grande Valley. Initially licensed sometime before 1979 and signing on on October 8, 1985, the station is owned by RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc., under the aegis of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.〔(About Us )〕 Through a local marketing agreement, KMBH is operated by MB Revolution LLC, which is in the process of purchasing the station.
==History==
The first variation of PBS in the RGV launched in May 1982, as KZLN, channel 60.〔(Texas Monthly (via Google Books): "Fade to Blah", September 1982. )〕 Prior to KZLN's arrival, PBS programming was provided to the valley's commercial stations, on a per-program basis, or via cable from KLRN in San Antonio. The station was operated by the Texas Consumer Education and Communications Development Committee, with the license held by the Diocese. KZLN suffered a lengthy delay from its original proposed sign-on of December 1979, due to lack of funds. The station's intent was to implement a bilingual schedule, which included Spanish-language programming aimed at residents of the colonias along the border.〔(Texas Monthly (via Google Books): "Down in the Valley: Why Can't Juan Watch TV?", August 1979. )〕 However, it soon left the air due to lack of support, with only 400 members at its peak.〔 Three years later, the Diocese would try again, this time launching the more-successful KMBH on October 8, 1985, under the same license originally issued for KZLN.〔(FCC: Call sign history for KMBH )〕
On January 14, 2014, the Diocese announced its intention to file with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convert KMBH's license to a commercial license, with the intention to sign a local marketing agreement with, and sell the station to, MBTV Texas Valley LLC; the Diocese cited the expenses of running the station. Though both KZLN and KMBH have always operated as noncommercial, public television stations, its channel allocation is not reserved for such operation—a rarity for a PBS station. The move may result in KMBH leaving PBS, though efforts will be made to keep PBS programming available in the Rio Grande Valley; KEDT, the PBS station in Corpus Christi (which itself served as the Rio Grande Valley's default PBS station before KMBH's launch), also sought a potential purchase of the station. The proceeds from the sale will be reused to repay nearly $800,000 in grants to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Sister station KMBH-FM will not be affected by the proposed sale of KMBH television.〔〔 As of February 21, 2014, the facility status went from non-commercial educational to commercial.〔https://stations.fcc.gov/station-profile/kmbh〕
In March 2014, the $8.5 million sale to MB Revolution LLC (which MBTV Texas Valley is a subsidiary of) was officially announced and filed with the FCC.〔 The new owners then took control of KMBH through a local marketing agreement; though MB intends to program the station commercially, it remains a PBS station .〔 Programming from the Diocese will continue to be produced from the KMBH studios and aired on a digital subchannel for eight hours each month. MB's owner, Roberto Gonzalez, already owns six radio stations in the Rio Grande Valley.〔
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