XHTAM-TDT

Las Estrellas transmitter in Reynosa–Matamoros, Tamaulipas

25°56′36″N 97°50′57″W / 25.94333°N 97.84917°W / 25.94333; -97.84917LinksWebsitelasestrellas.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.

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 name	Programming
2.1	1080i	16:9	XHTAM	Las Estrellas
2.2	480i	16:9	XHTAM	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.

References

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

External links

Canal de las Estrellas (in Spanish)

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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Tamaulipas broadcast television areas by city: Matamoros / Reynosa; Nuevo Laredo; Tampico

v t e Mexican television stations serving an American audience (past and present)
Mexicali / Yuma / El Centro	XHILA-TDT (66.1 Ind.)
Ciudad Juárez / El Paso / Las Cruces	XHIJ-TDT (44.1 Ind.)
Nuevo Laredo / Laredo (former)	XHFTX-TV (57 Fox, 1995–2002)
Matamoros / Brownsville (former)	XHRTA-TV/XHFOX-TV (17 Fox, 1994–2002) XELD-TV (7 CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont, 1951–1954) XHRIO-TDT (2.1/15.1 English Ind./Spanish Ind./TMD/UPN/Fox/MundoFox/MundoMax/CW, 1979–2021)
Tijuana / San Diego (former)	XETV-TDT (6.1 Ind./ABC/Fox/The CW, 1953–2017) XHAS-TDT (33.1 Estrella) XHUPN-TV/XHDTV-TDT (49.1 UPN/MNTV, 49.2 MundoFox/MundoMax/Azteca, 1999–2018)
See also other Fox stations MNTV stations CW stations