XHAB-TDT

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 Nueve's programming. XHAB also shares a sales office with XERV-TV in McAllen, Texas, for sales of commercial time from American businesses.

XHAB-TDT
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexico
ChannelsDigital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 8[1]
Branding
  • Vallevision
  • Televisa Noreste
Programming
Subchannels8.1 Televisa Regional/NU9VE
Ownership
OwnerTelevisa
(Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.)
History
Founded1968[2]
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
7 (VHF, 1968–2015)
Canal de las Estrellas
Canal 5
Call sign meaning
Alejandro Burillo Pérez[3]
Technical information
ERP300 kW[4]
Links
Websitetelevisaregional.com/tamaulipas/

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.

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

  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified 20 November 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. XHAB history video
  3. DOF October 14, 1966
  4. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-01-14. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  5. http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=497127


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