XHAB-TDT

Televisa Regional station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Channels

Digital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 8^[1]

Branding

Vallevision
Televisa Noreste

ProgrammingSubchannels8.1: Televisa Regional/Nu9veOwnershipOwner

Grupo Televisa
(Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.)

HistoryFounded1968^[2]

Former call signs

XHAB-TV (1968-2015)

Former channel number(s)

Analog:
7 (VHF, 1968–2015)
Virtual:
7 (2009–2016)

Call sign meaning

Original concessionaire Alejandro Burillo Pérez^[3]Technical information

Licensing authority

IFTERP348 kW^[4]LinksWebsitetelevisaregional.com/tamaulipas/

XHAB-TDT, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 30), is a Televisa television station licensed to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The channel can also be seen in Texas' Rio Grande Valley market. In addition to local news and programming, XHAB also airs a selection of Nu9ve's programming. XHAB also shares a sales office with XERV-TV in McAllen, Texas, for sales of commercial time from American businesses.

XHAB returned channel 7 to the air in Matamoros upon signing on in 1968; the channel had been occupied by XELD-TV in the early 1950s. Programming included the locally produced El Mundo de los Niños and Las Aventuras de los Hermanos Donnie.

Grenade attacks

The television station has been attacked twice, once in July 2009 and again on August 15, 2010. No one was injured, but two automobiles were damaged.^[5]

References

^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
^ XHAB history video^{[dead link]}
^ DOF October 14, 1966
^ "RPC #055372: Technical Changes — XHAB-TDT" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. September 9, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
^ "Televisa studios attacked in Matamoros, Monterrey". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.

External links

Televisa Tamaulipas website

Broadcast television in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including Brownsville, Harlingen, McAllen, Reynosa, and Matamoros

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

English stations

Full-power OTA stations	KGBT-TV (4.1 ANT/MNTV, 4.2 REW, 4.3 Comet, 4.5 Mystery, 4.6 Grit) KRGV-TV (5.1 ABC, 5.3 Ind.) KVEO-TV (23.1 NBC, 23.2 CBS) KTLM (40.3 Cozi, 40.4 Lx, 40.5 Oxygen) KLUJ-TV (44.1 TBN, 44.2 Inspire, 44.3 Smile) KNVO (48.4 Ion, 48.5 Court) KFXV (60.1 Fox, 60.3 Bounce)
Low-power OTA stations	KXFX-CD (20.1 Fox, 20.3 Bounce) KCWT-CD (21.1 CW+, 21.3 Laff, 21.4 PBS) KTFV-CD (32.2 Charge!, 32.3 TBD, 32.4 Nest) KRZG-CD (35.1 Ads, 35.2 SBN, 35.3 LC, 35.4 HSN, 35.5 QVC, 35.6 [blank], 35.8 Daystar, 35.9 QVC2) KNWS-LD 64 (.2 Ads., .3 Buzzr, .6 Ads., .7 NOST) KMBH-LD (67.1 Fox, 67.2 CW+)

Spanish stations

American subchannel	KJST-LD (11.1 Esp. Ind.) KGBT-TV (4.4 Estrella) KRGV-TV (5.2 Novelisima) KTFV-CD (32.1 UniMás) KRZG-CD (35.7 Majestad TV) KTLM (40.1 TMD, 40.2 TXO) KLUJ-TV (44.4 Enlace) KNVO (48.1 UNI, 48.2 UniMás, 48.3 LATV) KNWS-LD 64 (.1 Novelisima, .4 Azteca Corazón, .5 Azteca Clic) KSOY-LD (69.1 NV TV, 69.2 La Raza, 69.3 Éxitos)
Mexican subchannel	XHMTA-TDT/XHREY-TDT (1.1 Azteca Uno, 1.2 adn40) XHTAM-TDT (2.1 Las Estrellas, 2.2 Canal 5) XHVTV-TDT (6.1 Multimedios, 6.2 Milenio, 6.3 Teleritmo, 6.4 MVS TV) XHOR-TDT (7.1 Azteca 7, 7.2 a+) XHAB-TDT (8.1 Televisa Regional) XERV-TDT (9.1 Las Estrellas) XHCTRM-TDT (13.1 Imagen, 13.4 Excélsior TV) XHRBA-TDT (RF 29, future)

Defunct stations

XELD-TV 7 (CBS, Ind.)
XHEW-TV 13 (Once TV)
XHRIO-TDT (15.1 Ind./TMD/UPN/Fox/MundoMax/CW+)
KRIO-TV 20 (Unknown)
XHRBT-TV 42 (Proyecto 40)
"KMHB" (WB 100+/CW+, cable-only)

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