XHUAA-TDT

Last updated
XHUAA-TDT
Channels
BrandingLas Estrellas
(The Stars)
Programming
Affiliations19.1: Las Estrellas
19.2: FORO
Ownership
Owner
XETV-TDT, XEWT-TDT
History
First air date
August 14, 1990(32 years ago) (1990-08-14)
(concession)
Former call signs
XHUAA-TV (1990–2013)
Former channel number(s)
57 (UHF analog, 1990–2013; digital virtual, 2006–2020)
Call sign meaning
Tijuana
Technical information
Licensing authority
IFT
ERP 200 kW [2]
HAAT 215 m (705 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 32°30′7.9″N117°2′26.8″W / 32.502194°N 117.040778°W / 32.502194; -117.040778
Links
Website www.lasestrellas.tv

XHUAA-TDT, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Las Estrellas television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by the Grupo Televisa. XHUAA began broadcasting in digital on UHF 22 in early 2006 making it the second station in Tijuana (and at the time one of very few in Mexico) to have a digital signal (sister station XETV was the first).

Contents

XHUAA signed on in 1990; its original concessionaire was Radiotelevisora de La Rumorosa, S.A. de C.V.

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [3]
19.1 1080i 16:9 XHUAAMain XHUAA-TDT programming / Las Estrellas
19.2 480i 16:9 XHTV FORO

FOROtv relocated from XEWT-TDT 12.2 in June 2019.

Analog-to-digital conversion

By then-current Mexican law, XHUAA was suggested to start broadcasting digital television by January 1, 2010, although this station was allowed at its discretion to start broadcasting DTV before law required it to, and XHUAA-TDT had signed on in 2006. The original assignment was channel 20, [4] but the chosen channel caused issues to land mobile services in Los Angeles, prompting the FCC in the United States to request a channel change.

Due to the conversion mandate, XHUAA-TV shut down its analog signal on May 28, 2013 and again on July 18, 2013, due to issues relating to elections. [5] Tijuana was the first Mexican city to start the analog to digital conversion in Mexico.

XHUAA retained its virtual channel of 57 after October 2016 because channel 2 would create a channel conflict with KCBS-TV over portions of San Diego County. On March 6, 2020, it moved to the lowest number available in Tijuana, from channel 57 to channel 19.

Repeaters

XHUAA operates low-power repeaters in Tecate [6] and Col. Playas de Tijuana. [7]

Related Research Articles

XETV-TDT is a television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, broadcasting programs from Canal 5 and NU9VE. Its terrestrial signal also covers the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by Grupo Televisa, and its technical operations and transmitter facilities are located at Mount San Antonio in Tijuana.

XHDTV-TDT is a television station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, affiliated with Milenio Televisión and serving the Tijuana–San Diego international metropolitan area. The station's license and transmitter are owned by Mexican company Televisora Alco, which is 40% owned by station operator Entravision Communications; XHDTV is a sister station to Entravision-owned Univision affiliate KBNT-CD, UniMás affiliate KDTF-LD and Azteca América affiliate XHAS-TDT. All four stations share studios on Ruffin Road in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego, California, United States; XHDTV's transmitter is located on Cerro Bola, within the municipality of Tecate. Despite no longer carrying American content, XHDTV continues to be carried on channel 13 by San Diego Cox systems on the U.S. side of the market; the station is also carried in Tijuana on Izzi channel 49.

XEWT-TDT, virtual channel 12, informally called "Tu Canal", is a Televisa owned-and-operated television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. XEWT's over-the-air signal also covers the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States. XEWT's transmitter is located on Mount San Antonio in Tijuana, with a San Diego bureau on Third Avenue in Chula Vista.

XHTIT-TDT, virtual channel 21, is a television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The station is owned by TV Azteca and carries Azteca 7 with a two-hour delay.

XHBJ-TDT channel 45 is a television station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico owned by Grupo Cadena and operated by PSN Primer Sistema de Noticias

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XHIJ-TDT</span> TV station in Ciudad Juárez

XHIJ-TDT is a Spanish-language independent station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, serving the Juárez–El Paso–Las Cruces metropolitan area. Owned by Grupo Intermedia and known on air as Canal 44, the station has had a variety of affiliations since signing on the air in 1980 and also produces programs such as local news.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XEW-TDT</span> Las Estrellas transmitter in Mexico City

XEW-TDT is a television station in Mexico City, Mexico. The station is owned by Grupo Televisa 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XHTV-TDT</span> Foro TV station in Mexico City

XHTV-TDT, founded in 1950 by Romulo O'Farril, is a flagship TV station of Televisa and carries its FORO news network. FOROtv is available on various cable television companies and SKY México satellite service, along with several providers in the United States as part of Televisa and Univision's partnership. It is the oldest TV station in Mexico and Latin America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XHGC-TDT</span> Canal 5 transmitter in Mexico City

XHGC-TDT is a television station owned by Grupo Televisa, broadcasting from Mexico City, and is the flagship of the Canal 5 network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XEFB-TDT</span> TV station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

XEFB-TDT is a television station located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is known as Televisa Monterrey and carries Televisa's local programs for Monterrey, including local news, sports and entertainment programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XEPM-TDT</span> Las Estrellas transmitter in Ciudad Juárez

XEPM-TDT is a television station in Ciudad Juárez owned by Televisa. Broadcasting on physical channel 29 and virtual channel 2, XEPM carries Las Estrellas programming.

XHJCI-TDT is a television station in Ciudad Juárez, owned by Televisa. It carries all of Televisa's local programming for Ciudad Juárez and is branded as tucanal.

XHJUB-TDT is a Ciudad Juárez television station owned and operated by Televisa. The station carries the Canal 5 network. The station also airs NU9VE on channel 10.1 because channel 9 would conflict with KTSM-TV.

XHWX-TDT is a television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León and Saltillo, Coahuila. Broadcasting on digital channel 19 in both cities, XHWX is a transmitter of the Azteca Uno network and the key station in the TV Azteca Noreste regional system, which provides regional news and sports content to Azteca's stations throughout northeastern Mexico.

XHCNL-TDT is a Televisa owned and operated television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, broadcasting on virtual channel 8. Their signal is also available on SKY Mexico satellite system, on channel 152.

Nueve is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The primary station and network namesake is Channel 9 of Mexico City, though the network has nationwide coverage on Televisa stations and some affiliates. Nueve offers a range of general entertainment programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)</span> Mexican national TV network

Canal 5 is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952. Canal 5's program lineup is generally targeted at a younger audience and includes cartoons, foreign series and movies, along with a limited number of sporting events such as NFL games, boxing, the FIFA World Cup and, historically, the Olympic Games.

XHTM-TDT is a television station licensed to and broadcasting from Altzomoni, State of Mexico on virtual channel 10. Founded in 1952, it was the second television station built outside of Mexico City and the first relayer of Las Estrellas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">XHL-TDT</span> Television station in León, Guanajuato, Mexico

XHL-TDT is a television station in León, Guanajuato, Mexico on virtual channel 12. The station is part of the Televisa Regional division of Televisa and is known as Televisa del Bajío, airing local content and programming for viewers in León and Guanajuato.

References

  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-14. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for XHUAA
  4. RPC: Modification of Concession for XHUAA
  5. "DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación".
  6. RPC: Shadow XHUAA Tecate
  7. RPC: Shadow XHUAA Col. Playas de Tijuana