XHPBSA-TDT explained

Callsign:XHPBSA-TDT
Branding:Coahuila Televisión
Digital:17 (UHF)
Virtual:17
Founded:January 2020
Location:Saltillo, Coahuila
Callsign Meaning:PABF SAltillo
Owner:Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila
Coordinates:25.3899°N -100.9985°W
Erp:15.2 kW[1]

XHPBSA-TDT (channel 17) is a public television station in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. It is owned by the state government of Coahuila and forms half of the Coahuila Radio y Televisión state broadcaster, alongside the 16-transmitter Coahuila Radio network. The studios and transmitter are co-located with Coahuila Radio in a state office building on Periférico Luis Echeverría.

History

On February 15, 2016, the government of the state of Coahuila applied before the Federal Telecommunications Institute to build a new television station in Saltillo.[2] On October 18, 2017, the IFT approved the application after a competing bid from the Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano, which would have had priority over the state government as a federal agency, was withdrawn.[3]

In preparation for the new television station, on March 8, 2019, Radio Coahuila, the state agency that manages the radio network, was officially restructured into Coahuila Radio y Televisión.[4] The XHPBSA transmitter was turned on in January 2020.

Notes and References

  1. https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96787_190620175338_5733.pdf RPC: #035281 Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHPBSA-TDT
  2. https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96787_180514185442_4263.pdf RPC: Spectrum Concession — XHPBSA-TDT
  3. http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/ordinaria/xli-ordinaria-del-pleno-18-de-octubre-de-2017/vpestenografica41aord181017_1.pdf IFT: Versión Estenográfica, XLI Sesión Ordinaria
  4. http://periodico.sfpcoahuila.gob.mx/ArchivosPO/20-PS-8-MAR-2019.PDF Periódico Oficial