By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
A petition is currently circulating the internet with the intention of preventing the sale of KMBH, the Rio Grande Valley’s public television station based out of Harlingen, to a commercial buyer.
The online petition, titled “Save Public TV in the Valley,” is spearheaded by Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network. It has approximately 360 signatures as of presstime.
“KMBH public television is being sold to a commercial buyer,” the petition reads. “Recent reports have the sale taking place within a matter of weeks. This could end public television programming in the Texas Rio Grande Valley (area). PBS is a crucial public resource, particularly for our region, which is one of the poorest in the country. Public TV provides critically-needed educational programming. We urge Federal Communications (Commission) Chairman Tom Wheeler to stop the sale of KMBH-TV.”
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