KGBT-TV
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Rio Grande Valley, Texas United States |
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| City | Harlingen, Texas |
| Branding | CBS 4 (general) CBS 4 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Taking Action for You |
| Channels |
Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 4 () |
| Subchannels | 4.1 CBS 4.2 Azteca 4.3 Comet TV |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (KGBT Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | October 4, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Genevieve Beryl Tichenor (wife of founding owner McHenry Tichenor) |
| Former channel number(s) | 4 (VHF analog, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (1953–1976) NBC (1976–1981) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 368 m |
| Facility ID | 34457 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 26°8′57″N 97°49′19.2″W / 26.14917°N 97.822000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | valleycentral.com |
KGBT-TV, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 31), is a CBS affiliate located in Harlingen, Texas. Its market includes the greater Rio Grande Valley metropolitan area. KGBT is currently owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. KGBT's studios are on West Expressway (I-2/US 83) in Harlingen and its transmitter is located in La Feria in Cameron County. The digital channel is available in standard definition and high definition on Time Warner Cable on channels 4 and 865 respectively. KGBT's own local 24-hour weather channel is also available on Time Warner Cable digital channel 366. KGBT is also available on channel 4 in both standard definition and high definition on DirecTV and Dish Network. Syndicated programming on KGBT includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Judge Judy.
The history behind what is now KGBT dates back to the mid 20th century. The station originally began as KGBT Radio, owned then by the Harbenito Broadcasting Company (now Univision Radio after several mergers). It opened in 1941 as KGBS, an independent radio station of 250 watts and a staff of eleven people. KGBT became an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network in January 1944, becoming the first CBS radio affiliate in lower South Texas. KGBT's TV offshoot signed on in 1953, and has always been a CBS affiliate. KGBT-TV was founded by the Tichenor family, whose media holdings (the Harbenito Broadcasting Company) later became Tichenor Media System, Inc., a regional conglomerate of Spanish-language radio stations. The call letters KGBS were chosen to honor the maiden initials of Genevieve Beryl Smith, wife of founder McHenry Tichenor. The call letters were later changed to KGBT to honor her married name Genevieve Beryl Tichenor.
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