XHAB-TDT

Last updated
XHAB-TDT
Channels
Branding
  • Vallevision
  • Televisa Noreste
Programming
Subchannels 8.1: Televisa Regional/Nu9ve
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded1968 [2]
Former call signs
XHAB-TV (1968-2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
7 (VHF, 1968–2015)
Virtual:
7 (2009–2016)
Call sign meaning
Original concessionaire Alejandro Burillo Pérez [3]
Technical information
Licensing authority
IFT
ERP 348 kW [4]
Links
Website televisaregional.com/tamaulipas/

XHAB-TDT, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 30), is a Televisa television station licensed to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The channel can also be seen in Texas' Rio Grande Valley market. In addition to local news and programming, XHAB also airs a selection of Nu9ve's programming. XHAB also shares a sales office with XERV-TV in McAllen, Texas, for sales of commercial time from American businesses.

Contents

XHAB returned channel 7 to the air in Matamoros upon signing on in 1968; the channel had been occupied by XELD-TV in the early 1950s. Programming included the locally produced El Mundo de los Niños and Las Aventuras de los Hermanos Donnie.

Grenade attacks

The television station has been attacked twice, once in July 2009 and again on August 15, 2010. No one was injured, but two automobiles were damaged. [5]

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References

  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. XHAB history video [ dead link ]
  3. DOF October 14, 1966
  4. "RPC #055372: Technical Changes — XHAB-TDT" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. September 9, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  5. "Televisa studios attacked in Matamoros, Monterrey". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.