XHX-TDT explained

Callsign:XHX-TDT
Branding:Las Estrellas
(The Stars)
Digital:23 (UHF)
Virtual: 2
Subchannels:2.1 Las Estrellas-HD
Translators:RF 23 Saltillo, Coah.
Affiliations:Las Estrellas
Founded:September 1, 1955[1]
Location:Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Sister Stations:XEFB-TDT
XET-TDT
XHCNL-TDT
XHMOY-TDT
Former Callsigns:XHNL-TV (1950's)
XHX-TV (1958-2015)
Owner:Grupo Televisa
Licensee:Televimex, S.A. de C.V.
Former Channel Numbers:Analog


10 (UHF, 1955–2015)
Virtual:
10 (PSIP, 2012-2016)

Former Affiliations:Independent (1955-1958)
Telesistema Mexicano (1958-1985)
Licensing Authority:IFT
Erp:200 kW (digital)
Homepage:Las Estrellas

XHX-TDT is the television call sign for the Televisa television station on virtual channel 2.1 in both Monterrey, Nuevo León and Saltillo, Coahuila. The station carries the Las Estrellas network.

History

The first television station in Monterrey, XHNL-TV, came to air on channel 10 September 1, 1955, with a presidential report from President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.[1] XHNL broadcast from studios in two rooms of the Hotel El Mirador and a transmitter on Cerro del Topo Chico and carried a wide variety of films and TV series on film. Not long after it started, it raised its power and its antenna height and changed its callsign to XHX-TV. In 1958, the opening of Televicentro de Monterrey allowed for local program production to begin.

The station became a Las Estrellas transmitter in 1985.

Digital television

Channel Video Aspect Callsign Network Programming
2.1 XHX Main Las Estrellas programming
2.2 XHX FOROtv Main FOROtv programming

On September 24, 2015, XHX shut off its analog signal on analog channel 10 (9 in Saltillo); its digital signal on UHF channel 23 remained.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjgbgmDdik "Líderes", 2003: History of XEFB Radio and TV
  2. http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-24-de-septiembre-concluiran-las-senales-de-television-analogica-en-diferentes-localidades-de IFT: El 24 de septiembre concluirán las señales de televisión analógica en diferentes localidades de cuatro estados