KPMB (88.5 FM, "La Radio Cristiana") is an American

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licensed since 1999 to serve the

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of Plainview, the

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Hale County, Texas Hale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,522. The county seat is Plainview. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1888. It is named for Lt. John C. Hale, a hero of the B ...

. The station's

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is held by Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna.

Programming

KPMB broadcasts a

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to the greater Plainview, Texas, area as an affiliate of the La Radio Cristiana

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History

In July 1997, Paulino Bernal Evangelism applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on June 30, 1998, with a scheduled expiration date of December 30, 1999. The new station was assigned

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"KPMB" on November 23, 1999. After construction, modification, and testing were completed in December 1999, the station was granted its

on March 30, 2000. Paulino Bernal Evangelism was run by

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player and

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Paulino D. Bernal Sr. of

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, and his family. In addition to KPMB,

Paulino Bernal Paulino Bernal (June 22, 1939 – September 10, 2022) was an American accordion player and Christians, Christian Evangelism, evangelist. He was a member of the Texano Tex-Mex group Conjunto Bernal. In 1972, Paulino converted from the apostolic s ...

was also the license holder for Texas radio stations KCLR,

KMAE KMAE (106.5 FM) was an American commercial radio station licensed in 2010 to serve the community of Bruni, Texas. The station's broadcast license was held by accordion player and Christian evangelist Paulino D. Bernal Sr. of McAllen, Texas. ...

, KMFM, KPBM, and KUBR. Bernal also owns 100% of the stock in

KVOZ KVOZ, branded as "Radio Cristiana", is a Spanish-language Christian talk format AM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, United States and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican St ...

(890 AM,

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) license holder Consolidated Radio, Inc. Paulino Bernal Evangelism owns KAZF, KCZO, KPBB, KPBD, KPBE, KPBJ (since deleted by the FCC for excessive off air time), and KVFM in Texas plus

KZPI KZPI (91.7 FM) was a radio station broadcasting a Spanish music format. Licensed to Deming, New Mexico, United States, the station was owned by Paulino Bernal Evangelism. KZPI's license was returned to the Federal Communications Commission T ...

Deming, New Mexico Deming (, ''DEM-ing'') is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces and north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. The population was 14,855 as of the ...

. Station KPBD has been off the air since 2009. It and KTUE (AM) in

Tulia, Texas Tulia is a city in, and county seat of, Swisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,967 at the 2010 census; in the 2018 census estimate, it had fallen to 4,682. The city is at the junction of U.S. Route 87 and Texas State Highway ...

, were both deleted by the FCC in 2011. According to reports in the ''

Plainview Daily Herald The ''Plainview Herald'', originally published as the ''Plainview Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper in Plainview, Texas. The offices for the paper are located at 820 Broadway, Plainview, TX 79072. The newspaper is published in the nation's larg ...

'', KPMB fell silent in late July 2008 and remained off the air for at least three months as the station sought donations from "individuals, church groups, or businesses" to resume broadcasting. No "silent" notification is on file with the FCC. Effective July 26, 2019, KPBM was sold to Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna, along with KVFM and 14 translators, for $700,000.Salem Sells 4 AMs, 3 Translators in Miami, Tampa to Immaculate Heart Media; 2 St. Louis AMs Sold
, ''All Access Music Group''. July 29, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

References

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{{Spanish Radio Stations in Texas PMB PMB Radio stations established in 1999 Hale County, Texas 1999 establishments in Texas