Rio Grande Valley TV Stations: Every Local Channel, Where It Moved and How to Watch

Every Rio Grande Valley TV station

The Valley has about a dozen US stations, and several networks share a station. The table shows the channel on your screen and the actual broadcast channel your antenna needs.

On your TV	Network	Station	Broadcast channel
4.1	The CW	KGBT-TV, Harlingen	UHF 18
4.2	MyNetworkTV	KGBT-TV	UHF 18
5.1	ABC	KRGV-TV, Weslaco	VHF 13
5.2	Somos el Valle	KRGV-TV	VHF 13
21.1, 21.4	PBS	KMBH-CD, McAllen	UHF 23
23.1	NBC	KVEO-TV, Brownsville	UHF 24
23.2	CBS	KVEO-TV	UHF 24
32.1	UniMás	KTFV-CD, McAllen	UHF 32
40.1	Telemundo	KTLM, Rio Grande City	UHF 14, plus repeaters
44.1	TBN	KLUJ-TV, Harlingen	UHF 21
48.1	Univision	KNVO, McAllen	UHF 17
48.2	UniMás	KNVO	UHF 17
67.1	FOX	KMHB-LD and KXFX-CD, for KFXV 60	UHF 20

From the RabbitEars Harlingen market list and each station's Wikipedia record, checked October 19, 2026. The Valley's subchannels add MeTV on 5.3, Antenna TV on 4.4, Cozi TV on 40.3 and more.

Where CBS, The CW, FOX and PBS went

Four of the Valley's networks have changed channels since 2012, which is why so many old channel lists are wrong.

1. FOX moved to 67 in 2012. On August 13, 2012, FOX moved to Entravision's 67.1, carried by low-power stations in McAllen and Brownsville. Its main license, KFXV in Harlingen, uses virtual channel 60 and simulcasts the same FOX feed.
2. CBS left channel 4 in 2020. At midnight on January 28, 2020, CBS moved from KGBT 4 to KVEO's second channel, 23.2. It came out of a legal settlement between Nexstar and Sinclair, and Nexstar now owns both stations.
3. PBS came back in 2020. The Valley lost its PBS station in 2018, when KMBH-TV's transmitter was damaged in a power surge. PBS returned in 2020 on a subchannel of KCWT-CD, now called KMBH-CD.
4. The CW moved to channel 4 in 2026. On September 1, 2026, The CW left KCWT-CD and moved to KGBT 4.1, which became a CW-owned station. Channel 21 now carries PBS on both 21.1 and 21.4.

If your TV still shows CBS on channel 4, it's time for a fresh channel scan. Our guide to Harlingen TV stations covers channel 4's long history in more detail.

Where the Valley's towers are

Most Valley stations broadcast from two clusters: near Santa Maria and La Feria in western Cameron County, and near Donna in Hidalgo County. Telemundo is the outlier, far to the west near Rio Grande City.

• Santa Maria and La Feria: ABC 5 KRGV, NBC and CBS 23 KVEO, FOX's KFXV and PBS 21. Their coordinates put them about 8 to 11 miles west-southwest of Harlingen.
• Near Donna, on Farm to Market Road 493: Univision 48 KNVO, UniMás and FOX's McAllen repeater.
• Near Rio Grande City: Telemundo 40 KTLM, about 33 miles northwest of McAllen, with repeaters in McAllen, Harlingen and Weslaco.

One tower is gone. KGBT's La Feria tower, 1,337 feet tall by Nexstar's count, was taken down on March 8, 2024, after support cables snapped. If channel 4 has looked different since then, rescanning picks up whatever signal KGBT uses now.

Antenna tips for the Valley

Valley antennas need VHF for ABC 5 and the right direction for your city. KRGV broadcasts on VHF channel 13, the only main Valley station that does, so a UHF-only antenna can miss it.

From	Santa Maria / La Feria towers	Donna towers	Telemundo, Rio Grande City
McAllen	About 26 mi east-southeast	About 14 mi southeast	About 33 mi northwest
Weslaco	About 10 mi east	About 7 mi southwest	About 48 mi west-northwest
Harlingen	About 9 mi west-southwest	About 24 mi west-southwest	About 63 mi west-northwest
Brownsville	About 25 mi west-northwest	About 38 mi west-northwest	About 83 mi west-northwest

Distances and directions we computed from each station's listed coordinates to each city center. Telemundo's own tower is far from the eastern Valley, so viewers in Harlingen and Brownsville usually get it from its local repeaters. Check your exact address on the FCC's DTV reception map.

Stations from Reynosa and Matamoros

Mexican stations from Reynosa and Matamoros reach much of the Valley over the air, free. Mexico uses the same ATSC digital standard as the US, so your TV decodes them without extra equipment.

Channel	Network	Station
1.1	Azteca Uno	XHREY Reynosa and XHMTA Matamoros
2.1, 2.2	Las Estrellas, Canal 5	XHTAM
6.1	Multimedios	XHVTV Matamoros
7.1	Azteca 7	XHOR Matamoros
8.1	Televisa "Vallevisión"	XHAB Matamoros
9.1	Las Estrellas	XERV Reynosa
13.1	Imagen TV	XHCTRM Reynosa

What Vallevisión, Azteca 7 and the rest actually air, and what paid Spanish packages cost, is in our Valley Spanish and Mexican TV guide.

Valley TV history in four facts

1. Channel 4 came first. KGBT signed on October 4, 1953, as KGBS-TV, the first TV station on the US side of the Valley.
2. The Johnsons owned half of channel 5. KRGV signed on April 10, 1954. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's broadcasting company held half of it from 1956 to 1961.
3. KRGV made network history. On April 12, 1976, it became the first NBC affiliate to switch to ABC.
4. Spanish TV grew from both sides. Univision's KNVO signed on in 1992. Telemundo's KTLM followed in 1999, taking the network from a Mexican station whose signal barely reached the western Valley.

Sports in the Valley

For Valley sports fans, the NFL is on CBS 23.2 and FOX 67, and UTRGV football streams on ESPN+.

• UTRGV Vaqueros football plays all of its 2026 games on ESPN+, per the university. That needs ESPN Select at $13.99 a month or ESPN Unlimited at $31.99.
• The NFL: Cowboys and Texans games air on the Valley's CBS and FOX channels, depending on the week.
• Liga MX plays on Univision 48, Telemundo 40 and their sister networks, and on Mexican channels like Azteca 7.

Our guide to the cheapest way to watch the NFL prices a full season.

Watching Valley TV without cable

Cutting cable in the Valley leaves three ways to keep KRGV, KVEO and the rest.

• An antenna, $25 to $60 once, for every station on this page.
• Streaming live TV, where YouTube TV is the best-known at $82.99 a month. Its channel finder tells you, per ZIP, whether KRGV and KVEO are included.
• IPTVZ, $74.99 for 12 months on one device.

Our panel catalogue of October 16, 2026 lists ABC KRGV, NBC KVEO, a Rio Grande Valley CBS channel, FOX 67, Telemundo KTLM and, on the panel, Univision 48 KNVO. It also has a Reynosa section with 28 channels and a Matamoros section with 23, from Las Estrellas to Vallevisión. Our guides to IPTV in the Rio Grande Valley and leaving Spectrum in McAllen and Brownsville go further.

For the other 18 Texas markets, start at our Texas local channels guide. Living at the coast end of the Valley? The Brownsville TV stations guide deals with its longer antenna distances.

Rio Grande Valley TV FAQ

What channel is CBS in the Rio Grande Valley?

CBS is on channel 23.2, a subchannel of NBC station KVEO. It moved there from KGBT 4 on January 28, 2020.

What channel is ABC in the Valley?

ABC is KRGV-TV, channel 5.1, licensed to Weslaco. It broadcasts on VHF 13, so your antenna must handle VHF.

What channel is NBC in the Valley?

NBC is KVEO-TV, channel 23.1, licensed to Brownsville. Its second channel, 23.2, carries CBS.

What channel is FOX in the Rio Grande Valley?

FOX Rio Grande Valley is on channel 67.1, carried by low-power stations in McAllen and Brownsville, and simulcast by KFXV on 60.1.

What is on channel 4 in the Valley now?

Since September 1, 2026, KGBT 4.1 carries The CW. MyNetworkTV is on 4.2 and Antenna TV on 4.4.

Is there PBS in the Rio Grande Valley?

Yes. PBS is on channel 21, both 21.1 and 21.4, on KMBH-CD in McAllen.

What channel is Telemundo in McAllen?

Telemundo is KTLM, channel 40.1, licensed to Rio Grande City with repeaters in McAllen, Harlingen and Weslaco.

The short version

• ABC 5, NBC 23.1, CBS 23.2, FOX 67, The CW 4, PBS 21, Telemundo 40 and Univision 48.
• CBS, The CW, FOX and PBS have all changed channels since 2012.
• Most towers stand near Santa Maria, La Feria and Donna.
• ABC 5 needs a VHF antenna.
• Reynosa and Matamoros stations come in free, and IPTVZ carries both sections.

The Valley's channel map keeps moving, so the cheapest fix is a fresh scan. If you'd rather skip the antenna altogether, try the IPTVZ free trial. For VHF and distance problems, our guide to antenna reception in Texas covers the fixes.