KRGV-TV

KRGV-TV
CityWeslaco, Texas
Channels
Branding
  • KRGV Channel 5; Channel 5 News
  • Novelisima 5.2; Noticias RGV (on DT2)
  • Somos El Valle (on DT3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Manship family
  • (Mobile Video Tapes, Inc. (d/b/a KRGV-TV Corporation))
WBRZ-TV
History
First air date
April 10, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-04-10)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1954-2009)
  • NBC (1954–1976)
  • UPN (secondary, 1995–1996)
Call sign meaning
Rio Grande Valley
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID43328
ERP57 kW
HAAT445 m (1,460 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°6′2.3″N 97°50′21.5″W / 26.100639°N 97.839306°W / 26.100639; -97.839306
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.krgv.com/home/

KRGV-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Weslaco, Texas, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The station is owned by the Manship family of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, through Mobile Video Tapes, Inc., which frequently does business as KRGV-TV Corporation. KRGV-TV's studios are located on East Expressway (I-2/US 83) in Weslaco, and its transmitter is located in Santa Maria, Texas.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRGV-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.