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KMBH (TV)

KMBH is a public 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.[1]

KMBH carries general PBS fare, as well as some programming pertaining to the Catholic faith, including Sunday Mass, a Spanish-language Bible study program, and a Catholic family issues program. Because of this ownership, KMBH occasionally refuses to show programming that is contrary to the Catholic faith -- one example is a 2007 Frontline documentary, "Hand of God", which dealt with sex abuse by clergymen.[2]

KMBH is one of at least three PBS members owned at least in part by a Catholic-related organization (WXEL-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida and WLAE-TV in New Orleans are the others), and one of at least four run by a religious organization in general (counting Provo, Utah's KBYU-TV).

Logo for KMBH, prior to 2009.

Prior to 1985, PBS programming was provided to the valley's commercial stations, on a per-program basis, or via cable from KLRN in San Antonio.

Unlike other stations, KMBH never used virtual PSIP channels to display their digital channel as 60.1 to reflect their analog channel number, instead displaying their digital channel as 38.1. While the FCC mandates stations to use their analog number for PSIP identification, it allows stations to identify themselves by its digital channel instead.

References

  1. ^ About Us
  2. ^ Washington Post: "PBS Weighs Separation Of Church & Stations", 5/16/2009.

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Broadcast television in the Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville / Matamoros - McAllen / Reynosa)
English stations

XHRIO 2 (Fox/MNTV/MTV3) • KGBT 4 (CBS) • KRGV 5 (ABC) • KVEO 23 (NBC) • KJST-LP 28 (IND) • KMBH 38 (PBS) • KLUJ 44 (TBN) • KSFE-LP 67 (CW)
Spanish stations

XHAB 7 (Televisa local) • XERV 9 (Televisa XEW) • XHMTA 11 (TV Azteca 13) • XHREY 12 (TV Azteca 13) • XHOR 14 (TV Azteca 7) • XHTAM 17 (Televisa XEW) • KVTF-CA 20 (TFU) • KTLM 40 (TEL) • XHRBT 42 (P40) • KNVO 48 (UNI, 48.2 TFU, 48.3 FOX/MNTV/MTV3, 48.4 CW) • XHVTV 54 (Multimedios) • KBDF-LP 64 (AZA)
Defunct stations

XELD 7 (Ind) • XHEW 13 (Once TV) • KMHB (The WB, cable)
Texas Broadcast television areas by city:

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PBS Member Stations in the state of Texas

KACV 2 () - KTXT 5 () - KUHT 8 () - KLRN 9 () - KCOS 13 () - KERA 13/K44GS 44 (/) - KAMU 15 () - KEDT 16 () - KLRU 18 () - KPBT 36 () - KMBH 38 () - KNCT 46 ()
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