KRGV-TV

Name

KRGV-TV

Legal name

Mobile Video Tapes, Inc.

Website

https://krgv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (516120)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Network-Affiliated Local TV Stations (ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/CW/Telemundo/Univision, etc.) (MPABACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local/Regional News Channels (MPABAIAD), Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ), Weather & Emergency Information Channels (MPABAIAF)

Keywords

• Local television broadcasting
• News programming
• Weather forecasting
• Community journalism
• Bilingual broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Weslaco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KRGV-TV is a local television broadcast station serving the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The station delivers local news, weather, sports, and community programming in both English (Channel 5) and Spanish (Canal 5.2). It also operates companion mobile applications for news and weather alerts.

Product overview

KRGV-TV is a local television news station serving the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. The station operates Channel 5 News as its core broadcast product, supplemented by the Spanish-language Canal 5.2 sub-channel featuring 'Hechos Valle' and 'Noticias RGV' programming. Digital offerings include the KRGV FIRST WARN 5 Weather App and KRGV News App for mobile access, plus live streaming capabilities through the website. The station is owned by Mobile Video Tapes, Inc. and operated from Weslaco, Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KRGV FIRST WARN 5 Weather: Weather forecasting service and mobile app providing weather updates for the Rio Grande Valley
• Hechos Valle
• Somos El Valle

Products and services

• Channel 5 News
• Canal 5.2 / Somos El Valle Spanish-language local news and community programming distributed on the 5.2 subchannel, branded as Somos El Valle, targeting the Hispanic population of the Rio Grande Valley.
• KRGV First Warn 5 Weather App Mobile weather application delivering live radar, forecasts, and severe weather alerts from the First Warn 5 weather team to Rio Grande Valley residents on iOS and Android.
• KRGV News App Mobile news application providing Rio Grande Valley audiences with breaking news alerts, video, and on-demand access to KRGV news stories.
• KRGV 5.1 News Live Stream Online live stream of the Channel 5.1 news broadcast, allowing viewers to watch KRGV news content via the station's website.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KGNS-TV (Laredo): Local NBC/ABC-affiliated station in neighboring Laredo market on the US–Mexico border. Comparable bilingual/border-market local news operator with similar weather (heat, hurricanes, drought) coverage profile.
• KVEO-TV: NBC-affiliated local TV station directly competing with KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley market. Operates Channel 23 News with comparable news/weather/sports coverage targeting the same Weslaco–Brownsville–McAllen audience.
• KGBT-TV (KFXV-LD / Fox Rio Grande Valley): CBS/Fox-affiliated local station operating in the same Rio Grande Valley DMA. Direct head-to-head competitor for local news viewers, weather audiences, and regional ad budgets across South Texas.
• KTLM (Telemundo 40): Telemundo/NBC Universo affiliate serving the Rio Grande Valley. Direct competitor particularly for Spanish-language news audiences that KRGV also targets through Canal 5.2 / Hechos Valle.
• KNVO (Univision Rio Grande Valley): Univision-affiliated Spanish-language station competing with KRGV's Canal 5.2 for bilingual and Spanish-preferred households in the Rio Grande Valley.
• KIII-TV (3News / ABC affiliate Corpus Christi): ABC-affiliated local station in adjacent Coastal Bend/South Texas market. Closest comparable ABC-network peer to KRGV in terms of format, market size, and bilingual coastal-market dynamics.
• KENS 5 (San Antonio): CBS-affiliated local station in San Antonio, the nearest large Texas market to the Rio Grande Valley. Comparable mid-sized-market local news operation competing for regional/statewide ad budgets.
• WOAI-TV (News 4 San Antonio): NBC-affiliated local station in San Antonio with similar news/weather/sports positioning. Comparable Texas-market local broadcaster with overlapping Hispanic-audience advertising opportunities.

Broad incumbents

• Hearst Television: Major station group owner of numerous ABC/NBC/CBS affiliates across the US, including ABC affiliates similar in network alignment to KRGV. Relevant comparable for station-group economics, content sharing, and group-buying scale.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Largest US TV station operator with extensive local news/weather/sports franchises. Provides a benchmark for how multi-station groups monetize digital, programmatic, and sports content at scale versus independent operators like KRGV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/krgv_angelo
• Facebookfacebook.com/channel5news
• Instagraminstagram.com/krgv.5
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/krgv-tv

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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