Rio Grande Valley PBS Station Sold For $8.5 Million

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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MB Revolution, fronted by Roberto Gonzalez, is acquiring KMBH Harlingen for $8.5 million.

RGV Educational Broadcasting is the seller; Robert Gutierrez is the president and CEO of RGV. RGV is an abbreviation of Rio Grande Valley.

KMBH is the PBS station in Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, the Texas-Mexico border market. It is DMA No. 86.

Gutierrez did not return calls for comment.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.