Las Estrellas

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Las Estrellas
Las Estrellas.svg
TypeTerrestrial television network
CountryMexico
Transmitters see below
HeadquartersAv Chapultepec 28, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Mexico City
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner TelevisaUnivision
History
Launched11 March 1951 (1951-03-11)
Founder Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Former namesEl Canal de las Estrellas (1985-1997)
Canal de las Estrellas (1997-2016)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television
(Except Tijuana)
Channel 2.1
Digital terrestrial television
(Tijuana)
Channel 19.1
Digital terrestrial television
(Reynosa)
Channel 9.1

Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, UniMás, and Galavisión. [1]

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History

Las Estrellas originated from XEW-TV, which began broadcasting on 11 March 1951. The channel was a sister station to the legendary XEW-AM radio station, owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, which was also the owner of the newly launched channel. It was the second commercial TV channel to be established in Mexico City, after XHTV channel 4, owned by the Novedades newspaper. XEW-TV's first transmission was a live, play-by-play, outside broadcast of a Mexican League match, with XEW radio veteran Pedro Septién on commentary duties. Other than live sports broadcasts, XEW-TV initially broadcast films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, as its studios in Chapultepec 18 were still under construction. The studio complex, known as Televicentro, would be inaugurated in January 1952. Soon thereafter, the programming scope would be expanded to include live variety shows and television theatre showcases, in a style similar to XEW radio's similarly formatted shows.

XEW-TV would be a pioneer in Mexican television, and would establish many industry firsts. In 1962, the channel would become the flagship network of the newly merged Telesistema Mexicano, which also brought XHTV and XHGC under Azcárraga's hands, and, after merging with XHTM-TV and Televisión Independiente de México, many of these station's programs would move to XEW-TV. As a result, XEW-TV rapidly grew and became the country's most watched TV network, a position which was undisputed for many years, as Televisa held a monopoly on commercial TV in Mexico, which even went into heavily influencing the political landscape in the country. As a result, by 1985, and in preparation for the 1986 FIFA World Cup (in which Televisa was the host broadcaster), XEW-TV was renamed El Canal de las Estrellas, in reference to the station's line-up of actors, comedians and presenters. This was further reinforced with the launch of an image campaign song, sung by Lucía Méndez, in 1988.

After the death of Emilio Azcárraga Milmo in 1997, El Canal de las Estrellas suffered a massive restructuring of its programming. The biggest moment of the restructuring came in 1998, when 24 Horas, the Jacobo Zabludovsky-anchored newscast, long a propaganda mouthpiece of the Mexican political regime, was canceled. The station's brand identity was also replaced with a new logo created by Pablo Rovalo. After a period of ratings turmoil, viewership stabilized, but the channel had to contend now with a surgent XHDF, freshly privatized and bought under the auspicies of TV Azteca.

After years of decline, particularly after 2012, as accusations of political bias in favor of then-President Enrique Peña Nieto began to hamper the broadcaster's credibility, in 2016, the decision was made to relaunch entirely the station's branding and programming. On 22 August 2016, XEW-TV was renamed as Las Estrellas, and introduced many changes to its programming schedule, including shorter and snappier telenovelas and news programming, as well as dropping many long-running programming in favour of programming oriented to a younger audience. [2] The changes generated a big ratings decline; [3] [4] as a result, by 2017, much of the new programming was canceled and the prime time telenovelas and news programming were relocated to pre-relaunch timeslots [5] and viewership stabilized, specially, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Las Estrellas Internacional

Las Estrellas is available as a pay television network in Europe and Australia as Las Estrellas Europa [7] and Las Estrellas Latinoamérica in Central and South America through Televisa Networks. [8] Both feeds differ from the Las Estrellas programming, usually broadcasting shows weeks behind their original broadcast.

In Canada, XEW-TDT and the Las Estrellas schedule is available in full on Rogers Cable (limited to the Greater Toronto Area) and Bell Fibe TV as an eligible foreign service.

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Programming

Weekday programming in the afternoon and prime time consists of telenovelas. Las Estrellas airs sports programming and sports specials like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. Morning and afternoon programming consists of news, sports, talk shows, and variety shows. Night time programming is filled with a news program and Univision-produced shows. Examples of shows produced by Las Estrellas are Recuerda y Gana, Hoy, El Juego de las Estrellas, and Cuéntamelo ya. The network also produces and airs the Premios TVyNovelas , sponsored by the Televisa-owned magazine of the same name and considered the highest honor in the domestic Mexican television industry.

Repeaters

The following is a list of all full-time Las Estrellas repeaters:

RFVCCall signLocation ERP Concessionaire
262XHEBC-TDT Ensenada 38 kWTelevimex
342XHBM-TDT Mexicali 180 kWTelevimex
2219 XHUAA-TDT Tijuana 200 kWTelevimex
272XHSJT-TDT San José del Cabo
Cabo San Lucas
30 kW
27 kW [9]
Televimex
302XHCBC-TDT Cd. Constitución 10 kWTelevimex
262XHGWT-TDT Guerrero Negro 30 kWTelevimex
282XHLPT-TDT La Paz 26 kWTelevimex
342XHCPA-TDT Campeche 28 kWTelevimex
222XHCDC-TDT Ciudad del Carmen 31 kW [10] Televimex
212XHEFT-TDT Escárcega 18 kWTelevimex
322XHWVT-TDT Tonalá
Arriaga
20 kW
18 kW [11]
Televimex
342XHCIC-TDT Cintalapa de Figueroa Televimex
232XHCMZ-TDT Comitán de Dominguez32 kWTelevimex
322XHHUC-TDT Huixtla 40 kWTelevimex
322XHOCC-TDT Ocosingo 39 kWTelevimex
162XHSCC-TDT San Cristobal de las Casas 30 kWTelevimex
232XHAA-TDT Tapachula 62 kWTelevimex
292XHTUA-TDT Tuxtla Gutiérrez 45 kWTelevimex
282XHVAC-TDT Venustiano Carranza 22 kWTelevimex
262XHVFC-TDT Villaflores 20 kWTelevimex
362XHCHC-TDT Cd. Camargo 24 kWTelevimex
462XHCCH-TDT Cd. Cuauhtémoc 26 kWTelevimex
232XHDEH-TDT Cd. Delicias 20 kWTelevimex
332XHBU-TDT Cd. Jiménez 11 kWTelevimex
292 XEPM-TDT Cd. Juárez 50 kWTelevimex
292XHMAC-TDT Cd. Madera 14 kWTelevimex
242XHFI-TDT Chihuahua
Cd. Cuauhtémoc
47 kW
26 kW [12]
Televimex
262XHHPT-TDT Hidalgo del Parral 24 kWTelevimex
272XHNCG-TDT Nuevo Casas Grandes 34 kWTelevimex
152XHOCH-TDT Ojinaga 23 kWTelevimex
352XHBVT-TDT San Buenaventura 25 kWTelevimex
342XHSAC-TDT Santa Barbara 23 kWTelevimex
322 XEW-TDT Mexico City (Pico Tres Padres, Mexico)270 kWTelevimex
352XHWDT-TDT Allende 40 kWTelevimex
342XHAMC-TDT Ciudad Acuña 50 kWTelevimex
232XHRDC-TDT Nueva Rosita 42 kWTelevimex
352XHMOT-TDT Monclova 50 kWTelevimex
222XHPAC-TDT Parras de la Fuente 62 kWTelevimex
302XHPNT-TDT Piedras Negras 43 kWTelevimex
20 [13] 2XHO-TDT Torreón 150 kWTelevimex
162XHBZ-TDT Colima
Manzanillo
Cd. Guzmán, Jal.
54 kW
30 kW [14]
15 kW [15]
Televimex
232XHTEC-TDT Tecomán/Armería 33 kWTelevimex
212XHDI-TDT Durango
Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo.
94 kWTelevimex
272XHLGT-TDT León
Guanajuato
180 kW
20 kW [16]
Televimex
222XHACZ-TDT Acapulco 15 kWTelevimex
202XHCK-TDT Chilpancingo 50 kWTelevimex
262XHIGG-TDT Iguala 43 kWTelevimex
342XHTGG-TDT Tecpan de Galeana 24 kWTelevimex
272XHIZG-TDT Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo 40 kWTelevimex
342XHTWH-TDT Tulancingo 45 kWTelevimex
362XHATJ-TDT Atotonilco El Alto 24 kWTelevimex
322XHANT-TDT Autlán de Navarro 43 kWTelevimex
242XHGA-TDT Guadalajara Metropolitan Area 150 kWTelevimex
252XHLBU-TDT La Barca 22 kWTelevimex
362XHPVT-TDT Puerto Vallarta 33 kWTelevimex
362 XHTM-TDT Altzomoni
Tejupilco de Hidalgo
Taxco, Gro.
Pachuca, Hgo. (RF 39)
Cuernavaca, Mor.
San Martín Texmelucan, Pue.
Tlaxcala, Tlax.
236 kW
20 kW [17]
21 kW [18]
8 kW [19]
45 kW [20]
20 kW [21]
30 kW [22]
Televimex
192XHTOL-TDT Toluca/Jocotitlán 45 kWTelevimex
252XHAPN-TDT Apatzingán 47 kWTelevimex
212XHCHM-TDT Ciudad Hidalgo 14 kWTelevimex
302XHLBT-TDT Lazaro Cárdenas 25 kWTelevimex
312XHLRM-TDT Los Reyes 22 kWTelevimex
162XHKW-TDT Morelia 47.2 kWJose Humberto y Loucille Martínez Morales
302XHURT-TDTCerro Burro, Mich.338 kWTelevimex
142XHSAM-TDT Sahuayo de Morelos-Jiquilpan20 kWTelevimex
292XHZMT-TDT Zamora 32 kWTelevimex
362XHZIM-TDT Zinapécuaro 30 kWTelevimex
252XHZMM-TDT Zitácuaro 10 kWTelevimex
322XHACN-TDT Acaponeta and Tecuala 15 kWTelevimex
232XHIMN-TDT Islas Marias 1.3 kWTelevimex
182XHSEN-TDT Santiago Ixcuintla 17 kWTelevimex
282XHTEN-TDT Tepic 55 kWTelevimex
232 XHX-TDT Monterrey
Saltillo, Coah.
Sabinas Hidalgo
200 kW
45 kW [23]
4.8 kW
Televimex
312XHHLO-TDT Huajuapan de León
Tehuacán, Pue.
76 kW
36 kW [24]
Televimex
212XHPAO-TDTCerro Palma Sola, Oax.76 kWTelevimex
232XHMIO-TDT Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz 18 kWTelevimex
292XHBN-TDT Oaxaca 97 kWTelevimex
322XHPNO-TDT Pinotepa Nacional 46 kWTelevimex
362XHPAT-TDT Puerto Ángel 24 kWTelevimex
312XHPET-TDT Puerto Escondido 21 kWTelevimex
202XHZAP-TDT Zacatlán 20 kWTelevimex
322XHZ-TDT Querétaro (Cerro El Zamorano)
Cerro El Cimatario
Guanajuato, Gto.
Irapuato-Celaya, Gto.
San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
180 kW
10 kW
20 kW
50 kW
65 kW
Televimex
212XHCCN-TDT Cancún
Playa del Carmen
60 kW
20 kW [25]
Televimex
272XHCHF-TDT Chetumal 28 kWTelevimex
302XHCOQ-TDT Cozumel 60 kWTelevimex
302XHCDV-TDT Ciudad Valles 18 kWTelevimex
292XHMTS-TDT Matehuala 27 kWTelevimex
312XHSLA-TDT San Luis Potosí 210 kWTelevimex
292XHTAT-TDT Tamazunchale 40 kWTelevimex
232XHBT-TDT Culiacán 155 kWTelevimex
25/302XHBS-TDT Los Mochis
Cd. Obregón, Son.(RF 30) [26]
110 kW
200 kW
Televimex
252XHOW-TDT Mazatlán 118 kWTelevimex
172XHAPT-TDT Agua Prieta 25 kWTelevimex
352XHSVT-TDT Caborca 37 kWTelevimex
342XHCNS-TDT Cananea 32 kWTelevimex
202XHGST-TDT Guaymas 46 kWTelevimex
232XHHES-TDT Hermosillo 100 kWTelevimex
212XHMST-TDT Magdalena de Kino 24 kWTelevimex
272XHBF-TDT Navojoa 65 kWTelevisora de Navojoa
172XHNOS-TDT Nogales 35 kWTelevimex
222XHPDT-TDT Puerto Peñasco 32 kWTelevimex
322XHLRT-TDT San Luis Río Colorado 55 kWTelevimex
272XHFRT-TDTFrontera18 kWTelevimex
312XHUBT-TDT La Venta 3 kWTelevimex
302XHTET-TDT Tenosique
Palenque, Chis.
28 kWTelevimex
322XHVIZ-TDT Villahermosa 125 kWTelevimex
342XHMBT-TDT Ciudad Mante 27 kWTelevimex
312XHTK-TDT Ciudad Victoria 80 kWTelevimex
302XHLUT-TDTLa Rosita-Villagrán 35 kWTelevimex
292 XHLAR-TDT Nuevo Laredo 200 kWTelevimex
199 XERV-TDT Reynosa 300 kWTelevisora de Occidente
282 XHTAM-TDT Matamoros 265 kWTelevimex
252XHSFT-TDT San Fernando 15 kWTelevimex
322XHSZT-TDT Soto la Marina 20 kWTelevimex
172XHGO-TDT Tampico 180 kWTelevimex
182XHCRT-TDT Cerro Azul 28 kWTelevimex
242XHCV-TDT Coatzacoalcos 60 kWTelevimex
242 XHFM-TDT Veracruz Televisora de Occidente
172XHAH-TDT Las Lajas
Nogales
Orizaba
430 kW
25 kW [27]
60 kW [28]
Televimex
352XHATV-TDT San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver. 22 kWTelevimex
302XHTP-TDT Mérida 125 kWTelevisora Peninsular
322XHVTT-TDT Valladolid
Tizimín
60 kW
28 kW [29]
Televimex
222XHJZT-TDT Jalpa 25 kWTelevimex
232XHNOZ-TDT Nochistlan 32 kWTelevimex
182XHSOZ-TDT Sombrerete 32 kWTelevimex
252XHTLZ-TDT Tlaltenango
Calvillo, Ags.
22 kW
17 kW [30]
Televimex
222XHVAZ-TDT Valparaiso 22 kWTelevimex
162XHBD-TDT Zacatecas
Aguascalientes, Ags.
130 kW
10 kW [31]
Televimex

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  9. RPC: Shadow XHSJT Cabo San Lucas
  10. RPC: Authorization for XHCDC-TDT
  11. RPC: Shadow XHWVT Arriaga, Chis.
  12. RPC: Shadow XHCHZ Cd. Cuauhtémoc
  13. RPC: Change in Frequency XHO-TDT, from 46 to 20
  14. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Manzanillo [ permanent dead link ]
  15. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Cd. Guzmán
  16. RPC: Shadow XHLGT-TDT Guanajuato
  17. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tejupilco
  18. RPC: Shadow XHTM Taxco
  19. RPC: Shadow XHTM Pachuca
  20. RPC: Shadow XHTM Cuernavaca
  21. RPC: Shadow XHTM San Martín Texmelucan
  22. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tlaxcala
  23. RPC: Shadow XHX
  24. RPC: Shadow XHHLO Tehuacán, Pue.
  25. RPC: Shadow XHCCN Playa del Carmen
  26. RPC: XHBS-TDT, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
  27. RPC: Shadow XHAH Nogales
  28. RPC: Shadow XHAH Orizaba [ permanent dead link ]
  29. RPC: Shadow XHVTT Tizimín, Yuc.
  30. RPC: Shadow XHTLZ Calvillo – RF 24
  31. RPC: Shadow XHBD Aguascalientes