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Overview
Licensed to Harlingen, Texas, KGBT-TV is a full-power station without a major-network affiliation, serving the Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX market.
Key facts
- Call sign
- KGBT-TV
- Network
- Independent
- Virtual channel
- 4
- RF channel
- 18
- City of license
- Harlingen, Texas
- TV market
- Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX
- Licensee
- Tribune Broadcasting Company II, LLC
- Owner
- Mission Broadcasting
- On the air since
- 1953
- Call sign since
- August 1978
- Studio address
- 9201 West Expressway 83, Harlingen, TX 78552
- FCC facility ID
- 34457
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.valleycentral.com
Viewers find it on channel 4. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 18, which is why a rescan sometimes matters.
According to FCC records, the licensee is Tribune Broadcasting Company II, LLC. KGBT-TV is owned by Mission Broadcasting. It first signed on in 1953. It has used the KGBT-TV call letters since August 1978.
KGBT-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 9201 West Expressway 83, Harlingen, TX 78552. Its website is www.valleycentral.com.
For young viewers, KGBT-TV reported educational and informational shows such as Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown, Hearts of Heroes and Science World in its 2025 filing with the FCC.
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KGBT-TV at a glance
- Network
- Independent
- Channel
- 4 (RF 18)
- Licensed to
- Harlingen, TX
- TV market
- Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX
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