XHEW-TV

Former Once TV transmitter in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Channels

Analog: 13 (VHF)

ProgrammingAffiliationsOnce TVOwnershipOwnerPatronato Cultural de Televisión de Matamoros, Tamps., A.C.HistoryFoundedJanuary 22, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-01-22)

Last air date

June 29, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-06-29) (permit cancellation)Technical information

Licensing authority

CoFeTelERP1.5 kW^[1]LinksWebsiteOnce TV

XHEW-TV was the television call sign for the local Once TV repeater in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It was owned by Patronato Cultural de Televisión de Matamoros, Tamps., A.C., which was in turn represented by José Julián Sacramento Garza, a one-time senator and federal deputy for Tamaulipas.

History

XHEW was authorized on January 22, 1991.

The station went dark by 1999 due to equipment failure; its permit was cancelled by CoFeTel in 2007.^[2]^[3] Virtual channel 13 is now occupied by Imagen Televisión and its Reynosa-Matamoros transmitter, XHCTRM-TDT. Also, physical VHF channel 13 is now occupied by Weslaco's ABC affiliate KRGV-TV.

References

^ CFT: Infrastructure of TV Stations, June 2010 Archived October 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (station was already dark)
^ SCT: "XHEW-TV CHANNEL 13 MATAMOROS, TAMAULIPAS.- Termination notice of authorization 591 of January 22, 1991", 6/29/2007 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Radio-Info: "KRGV-DT 13 Rio Grande Valley", 8/26/2009. (includes translation of Cofetel notice)

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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