Callsign: | XET-TDT |
Location: | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
Branding: | Canal 5 (Channel 5) |
Digital: | 31 (UHF) |
Virtual: | 5 |
Affiliations: | 5.1: Canal 5 |
Owner: | Televisa |
Licensee: | Radio Televisión, S.A. de C.V. |
Founded: | 1960 |
Airdate: | 1960 |
Callsign Meaning: | from XET-AM |
Sister Stations: | XHX-TDT XEFB-TDT XHCNL-TDT XHMOY-TDT |
Former Callsigns: | XET-TV (1960–2015) |
Former Channel Numbers: | Analog: 6 (VHF, 1960–2015) Virtual: 6 (PSIP, 2012–2016) |
Licensing Authority: | IFT |
Erp: | 200 kW |
Website: | Televisa Regional Canal 5 |
XET-TDT is a television station in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, owned and operated by Televisa. The station carries the Canal 5 network.
XET-TV analog channel 6 began broadcasting in 1960, as the first station of Televisión Independiente de México, founded by Bernardo Garza Sada. TIM, backed by Monterrey-area business interests, grew rapidly in the ensuing years, expanding to Mexico City in 1968 and merging with Telesistema Mexicano in 1972 to form Televisa. It remained with the Galavisión/XEQ network, formed from TIM's Mexico City station until the 2000s, when it switched to Canal 5.
On September 24, 2015, XET shut off its analog signal; its digital signal on UHF channel 31 remained.[1]