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Houston, Texas · Since 1986 · Community Owned

The Future of
Community Media
Begins Here.

Community-owned. Global reach. Limitless voices. Houston Media Source gives every neighborhood, nonprofit, producer, and entrepreneur a platform to be seen and heard.

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Meet & Greet the Candidates voter-education event at Houston Media Source on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with the program beginning at 10:00 AM.
Featured Event Civic Engagement & Voter Education

Meet & Greet the Candidates

Voters Invited — All Parties Invited!

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DateSaturday, October 10, 2026

Doors Open9:00 AM CT

Program10:00 AM–12:00 PM CT

LocationHouston Media Source, 7305 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX 77011

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One Ecosystem

Stories from Houston. Connections to the World.

Houston Media (HMS) connects communities across cultures through independent journalism, education, entertainment, and civic engagement — on every screen and speaker our neighbors already use.

A multicultural Houston production crew at work in a television studio — a camera operator on a pedestal camera, a director in a headset, a lighting technician, and a floor manager on a lit news set

Television

Community channels carrying local voices, civic meetings, cultural programming, and original series.

Multicultural hosts and guests mid-conversation around studio microphones in a modern radio and podcast studio, with a producer at the mixing desk behind them

Radio & Podcasts

On-air and on-demand audio produced by Houstonians, for Houston and the world.

A diverse team of journalists, editors, and neighborhood correspondents reviewing Houston community stories across laptops, cameras, and newsroom wall displays

Digital News

Neighborhood reporting and civic storytelling that mainstream outlets often miss.

A multicultural Houston audience of families, elders, teenagers, and a wheelchair user seated at a community forum and screening in a civic auditorium

Live Events

Screenings, forums, mixers, and celebrations that bring the community together in person.

Students and adult learners from different cultures receiving hands-on instruction in camera operation, editing, and audio production in a media academy classroom

Education

Hands-on training in production, editing, podcasting, and media literacy — open to everyone.

Two Houston-based producers collaborating by video call with international broadcast and cultural partners shown on a large wall display

Global Partnerships

Exchanges with community broadcasters and creators across more than fifty countries.

Why HMS Exists

Everyone Deserves to Be Heard

Every community has stories.

We hand the camera to the people living them.

Every entrepreneur deserves visibility.

Local business owners get airtime, not just ad rates.

Every nonprofit deserves a voice.

Mission-driven organizations reach the neighbors they serve.

Every neighborhood deserves to be seen.

Coverage that reflects Houston as it actually is.

Every generation deserves its history.

Four decades of community media, preserved and still growing.

Every voice belongs on the air.

Access first — that has been the HMS promise since 1986.

Our Impact

Four Decades of Community Media

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Figures reflect Houston Media Source programming, training, and partnership activity since 1986.

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Build the future of independent media with us — as a producer, a partner, a member of the audience, or a supporter of the next forty years.