XHTAM-TDT

XHTAM-TDT, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 28), is a dual Las Estrellas/Canal 5 television station located in Matamoros, 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; it is the second Las Estrellas affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley, XERV-TDT being the other. The station also broadcasts Canal 5 on channel 2.2.

XHTAM-TDT
Reynosa/Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexico
ChannelsDigital: 28 (UHF)
Virtual: 2
BrandingLas Estrellas
Programming
Subchannels2.1: Las Estrellas
2.2: Canal 5
NetworkLas Estrellas, Canal 5
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Televisa
(Televimex, S.A. de C.V.)
XERV-TDT, XHAB-TDT
History
First air date
September 4, 1994 (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 (PSIP, until 2016)
Fox (1994–2002)
Call sign meaning
Tamaulipas
Technical information
Licensing authority
IFT
ERP391.77 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates25°56′36″N 97°50′57″W
Links
Websitewww.televisa.com/canal-de-las-estrellas/

History

The station originally 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.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[3]
2.11080i16:9XHTAMLas Estrellas
2.2480iCanal 5

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

References
  1. "RPC #055374: Technical Changes — XHTAM-TDT" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. September 9, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  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


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