KFXV (TV)

KFXV
Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, Texas; United States;
City	Harlingen, Texas
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF); Virtual: 60;
Branding	Fox Rio Grande Valley
Programming
Affiliations	60.1: Fox; 60.3: Bounce TV;
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications; (Entravision Holdings, LLC);
Sister stations	TV: KNVO, KCWT-CD, KMBH-LD, KTFV-CD, KXFX-CD; Radio: KFRQ, KKPS, KNVO-FM, KVLY;
History
First air date	May 5, 1982
Former call signs	KZLN (1979–June 1984); KEDV (June–October 1984); KMBH (October 1984–2020);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 60 (UHF, 1985–2009); Digital: 38 (UHF, 2003–2020); Virtual: 38 (2003–2020);
Former affiliations	PBS (1982–1983, 1985–2016); Dark (1983–1985, January–July 2018, 2019–January 2020); Cozi TV (2016–2018); Independent/RTV Música/Teleritmo (August 2018–2019, January–May 2020); MyNetworkTV (secondary, May 2020–2021);
Call sign meaning	Fox Valley
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56079
ERP	618 kW
HAAT	345.5 m (1,134 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°7′15″N 97°49′19″W
Translator(s)	KMBH-LD 67.1 McAllen; KXFX-CD 67.1 Brownsville;
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	foxnewssouthtexas.com

KFXV (channel 60) is a television station licensed to Harlingen, Texas, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Lower Rio Grande Valley. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside McAllen-licensed Univision affiliate KNVO (channel 48), Class A primary CW+ affiliate and secondary PBS member KCWT-CD (channel 21), and Class A UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD (channel 32). The stations share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen; KFXV's transmitter is located near La Feria, Texas.

Prior to being a Fox affiliate, KFXV had been the PBS member station for the Lower Rio Grande Valley as KZLN from 1982 to 1983 and KMBH, owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, between 1985 and 2014. As a result of a historical quirk, it was built on a channel not reserved for noncommercial use and thus could be sold and become a commercial station. It has operated as a commercial outlet since 2014. The station returned to the air in May 2020, assuming the Fox affiliation from two low-power TV stations also owned by Entravision: McAllen-licensed KMBH-LD and Brownsville-licensed KXFX-CD (channel 67), which today operate as translators of KFXV.

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