XHTAM-TDT

Last updated
XHTAM-TDT
City Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Channels
BrandingLas Estrellas
Programming
Affiliations2.1: Las Estrellas
2.2: Canal 5
Ownership
Owner
XERV-TDT, XHAB-TDT
History
First air date
September 4, 1994;30 years ago (1994-09-04)
Former call signs
XHRTA-TV (1994)
XHFOX-TV (1994–2002)
XHTAM-TV (2002–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
17 (UHF, 1994–2015)
Virtual:
17 (2013–2016)
Fox (1994–2002)
Call sign meaning
Tamaulipas
Technical information
Licensing authority
IFT
ERP 391.77 kW [1]
Transmitter coordinates 25°56′36″N97°50′57″W / 25.94333°N 97.84917°W / 25.94333; -97.84917
Links
Website lasestrellas.tv

XHTAM-TDT (channel 2) is a television station located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the Rio Grande Valley across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by Grupo Televisa and carries its Las Estrellas and Canal 5 networks. It is one of two Las Estrellas stations in the Rio Grande Valley, XERV-TDT being the other.

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History

The station signed on for the first time on September 4, 1994, as XHFOX-TV (changed from the original XHRTA-TV before launch), broadcasting programming from the Fox network for Texas' Rio Grande Valley; prior to XHFOX's sign-on and after its switch to Las Estrellas in 2002, viewers in the valley (including McAllen) received their Fox programs on cable via the national Foxnet service. In 2001, its final year as a Fox affiliate, XHFOX broadcast a local newscast at 9:00 p.m. produced by KRGV-TV. [2]

In 2002, XHFOX disaffiliated from Fox and became XHTAM-TV, largely rebroadcasting programming from Las Estrellas. [2] The Fox affiliation was carried over to XHRIO-TV from 2005 to 2012; Fox programming today can be seen on KFXV.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of XHTAM-TDT [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
2.1 1080i 16:9 XHTAM Las Estrellas
2.2 480i Canal 5

XHTAM is one of two Canal 5 transmitters not using virtual channel 5 because the number is used by a nearby U.S. station, in this case KRGV-TV.

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References

  1. "RPC #055374: Technical Changes — XHTAM-TDT" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. September 9, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Martinez, Susan (December 22, 2001). "Fox affiliate to drop programs". The Monitor. pp. 1A, 10A . Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for XHTAM