XEW-TDT

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XEW-TDT
Channels
BrandingLas Estrellas
(The Stars)
Programming
Affiliations Las Estrellas
Ownership
Owner
XHTV-TDT, XHGC-TDT, XEQ-TDT, Televisa Regional
History
First air date
March 21, 1951;73 years ago (1951-03-21)
Former call signs
XEW-TV (1951-2015)
Former channel number(s)
 Analog :
2 (VHF, 1951-2015)
Digital:
48 (UHF, 2004-2017)
Call sign meaning
From XEW-AM — the W was originally chosen as it was more commonly used in American callsigns
Technical information
Licensing authority
 IFT
ERP 270 kW [2]
Transmitter coordinates 19°35′22.5″N99°06′55.54″W / 19.589583°N 99.1154278°W / 19.589583; -99.1154278
Links
Website Las Estrellas

XEW-TDT (channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City, Mexico. The station is owned by TelevisaUnivision and is the flagship station to the Las Estrellas network. XEW is the second-oldest Televisa station and Mexico City's second-oldest station, founded in 1951.

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History

XEW-TV came on air March 21, 1951. It was the second television station to come to air in Mexico and built on the tradition of the successful and influential XEW-AM 900. The concession was and remains held by Televimex, S.A. de C.V. The first transmission was a baseball game from Delta Park. The station came on air with its studios, known as Televicentro, still under development; these did not open formally until January 1952. XEW's initial programming was an improvement over XHTV's amateur output. [3]

It was not until 1982 that XEW, now the keystone of a national network, took on the name Canal de las Estrellas (Channel of the Stars). In 2016, the name was shortened to Las Estrellas as part of a branding refresh.

Technical information

Digital subchannels

The station's digital channel carries one program stream:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameNetworkProgramming
2.1 1080i 16:9 XEW Las Estrellas Main XEW-TDT programming

Analog-to-digital conversion

XEW-TV, alongside other television stations in Mexico City, discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, at 12:00 a.m. on December 17, 2015, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

In 2016, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38-51), XEW was allowed to move from channel 48 to channel 32. The change occurred in April 2017, including a brief period in which both facilities operated at the same time.

Repeaters

XEW-TDT maintains two of its own repeaters that account for terrain masking and gaps in coverage within the licensed coverage area:

RFLocation ERP
32Col. El Tenayo/Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico0.04 kW
32Col. Ticomán, Mexico City0.06 kW
32 Ixtapaluca, Mex.0.800 kW [4]

Logos

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References

  1. ↑ RPC: Change in Frequency - XEW-TDT
  2. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved October 18, 2015. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. ↑ "TV-Radio Life" (PDF). April 11, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "RPC: #055263 New Shadow (Ixtapaluca, Mex.) — XEW-TDT" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. September 14, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.


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