XHAJ-TDT

XHAJ-TDT

Las Lajas, Veracruz Mexico
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	Canal 5 (Channel 5)
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: Canal 5
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Televisa (Radio Televisión S.A. de C.V.)
History
Founded	1965
First air date	November 1968
Former call signs	XHAJ-TV (1968–2015)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1968–2015
Call sign meaning	Las Lajas
Technical information
Licensing authority	CRT
Links
Website	Canal 5

XHAL-TDT (channel 5) is a television station in Las Lajas, Veracruz, Mexico, owned and operated by Grupo Televisa. The station carries the Canal 5 network.

History

XHAJ started regular broadcasting in November 1968. ^[1] The concession was likely already operational in April 1965, when Guillermo González Camarena, owner of XHGC-TDT (to which the station was an affiliate) inspected its transmitter. ^[2] The initial concessionaire was Televisora Regional Veracruzana, which awarded a license on October 22, 1964. ^[3]

In its early years, XHAJ carried classes from the Telesecundaria system, relayed directly from XHGC. It joined the Canal 5 network in 1968. ^[4] From 1987 to 1995, it aired the TV Matutina (later Supercadena 8) programming block alongside most XHGC affiliates outside Mexico City. ^[5]

Technical information

XHAJ operates a relay station in San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, sharing virtual channel 28 with the main station in Xalapa. ^[6]

References

1. TV Directory. Radio News Bureau, Washington, D.C. 1981. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
2. Chimal, Carlos (2017). Fábrica de colores: La vida del inventor Guillermo González Camarena (in Mexican Spanish). Fondo de Cultura Económica . Retrieved 8 July 2025.
3. "Lista Maestra de Estaciones Televisoras Comerciales (VHF y UHF)" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). November 17, 1970. p. 40.
4. The Mexican Telesecundaria: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis. Information Center on Instructional Technology. 1973.
5. Humbert, Raymie. "Canal 5, The Part-Time Network". En Frequencia. Medium.
6. "Resolución Mediante la Cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones Autoriza el Acceso a la Multiprogramación a Televimex, S.A. de C.V., en Relación con la Estación de Televisión con Distintivo de Llamada XHAH-TDT, en Jalapa, Veracruz" (PDF) (in Spanish).