KMBH

KMBH-TV (channel 60) is an independent television station licensed to Harlingen, Texas, United States, serving the Rio Grande Valley area. It is owned by Rio Grande Communications.
== Technical information ==
=== Subchannels ===
KMBH also broadcasts the classic TV multicast network CoziTV in 2015. As of January 29, 2022, KMBH added the superstation WRIN-TV on 60.3. In 2024, KMBH replaced CoziTV with ThisTV, and added Rewind TV on 60.4, and both Canal Once on 60.5, and Canal Catorce on 60.6 were added as a joint venture between Rio Grande Comms./KMBH-TV, IPN(Instituto Politécnico Nacional), and SPR(Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano).
== History 1982-2014 ==
KMBH-TV started broadcasting on May 5, 1982 as, KZLN-TV as a non-commercial station with help of KTXC-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its first owners Texas Consumer Education and Communications Development Committee(TCECDC), yeah pretty long name. During its first two years of operating they were struggling with money and so they sold it to the RGV Educational Broadcasting Inc. in 1983. The RGVEB briefly changed the call sign to KEDV-TV (EDucation Rio Grande Valley), but due to a slow fundraiser the call sign was dropped and later changed to KMBH-TV on October 1984 in a new studio location in Harlingen, Texas(previously located in Brownsville, Texas). For a brief time KMBH was actually a Telefutura affiliated from 2002-2010, reason was that KMBH-TV had a stronger signal and longer range than most station at the time, so a deal was made with Univision to air Telefutura programming. But in 2010 Telefutra was dropped when KGBF-LD(Channel 64) got better signal and range, at the same time KMBH-TV had reduce power output due to high maintenance cost. From 2010-2012, KMBH was simulcasting XHRIO-TDT, and from 2012-2014 it was simulcasting KAZH-LD education programming.
== 2014-Present Day ==
The RGVEB alongside the Diocese of Brownsville were operating KMBH for a long time until 2014 when the station became a commercial station and it was sold to MBTV Texas Valley, a subsidiary of R Communications. Under the control of R Communications made the switch to removed all education programming in favor of local and syndication programming from Rio Grande Communications stations-XHRIO-TDT(15), KAZH-LD(27), KSPI-TV(57), and XHVR-TDT(9). KMBH-TV has mixed programming since 2014, but hasn't done a local newscast since 1984 back when the station was KZLN. In 2020, Rio Grande Communications bought KMBH-TV from R Communications for an undisclosed amount. After 2020, Rio Grande Communications has readded The KMBH Channel 60 News after 36 years of not telecasting a newscast since 1984. RGC has created local and station-only programming like "McCook Mysteries" series, "Glenrio Crossing" series, and the most recent and popular series in KMBH's history- "Shadows on the Rio Grande". The first two series have been seen also on RGC cable network VistaMystery.
Category:Rio Grande Communications
Category:Rio Grande Valley
Category:McAllen
Category:McAllen, TX
Category:Brownsville, Texas
Category:Harlingen
Category:Harlingen, TX
Category:Texas
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1982
Category:Channel 60
Category:Independent television stations
Category:Cozi TV subchannel-only affiliated stations