XHL-TDT

XHL-TDT is a television station in León, Guanajuato, Mexico on virtual channel 12. The station is part of the Televisa Regional division of Televisa and is known as Televisa del Bajío, airing local content and programming for viewers in León and Guanajuato.

XHL-TDT
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
ChannelsDigital: 23 (UHF)
Virtual: 12[1]
BrandingTelevisa del Bajío
Programming
Subchannels9.1 Nu9ve
12.1 Televisa del Bajío
Ownership
OwnerTelevisa
(Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.[2])
History
First air date
March 7, 1968
Former channel number(s)
10 (1968–1990s)
11 (analog and digital virtual, 1990s–2016)
23 (virtual, 2016–2018)
9 (virtual, 2018–2019)
Call sign meaning
León
Technical information
ERP180 kW
Transmitter coordinates21°09′35.21″N 101°42′53.79″W
Translator(s)RF 23 Guanajuato
RF 23 Irapuato/Celaya
Links
Websitetelevisaregional.com/guanajuato/inicio/

History

XHL-TV's concession was issued on March 26, 1968, to the Compañía Televisora de León, Guanajuato, S.A. (Leon, Guanajuato Broadcasting Company).[3] The station had signed on March 7.[4] XHL broadcast on channel 10 until the mid-1990s, when it was relocated to channel 11. The station, founded by Francisco Galindo Romero, was affiliated with Televisa from the start and had been planned since 1963.[5]

Televisa switched the channels for its local programming in León in 2006, moving it to XHLGT-TV (channel 2), which would be known as Canal de Casa, and converting XHL into a full-time repeater of El Canal de las Estrellas.[4] The swap was reversed in January 2016. In late 2019, the "Bajío TV" moniker used for XHL was dropped.

In late January 2022, rumors began to swirl that Televisa del Bajío would be shuttered. On January 29, 2022, this agreement was confirmed. At the same time, XHL moved to virtual channel 9, where Televisa del Bajío was a subchannel of Nu9ve transmitters, the channel was replaced with "Televisa Multicast", primarily featuring simulcasts of radio programming.

Programming

XHL airs all of Televisa's locally produced programming for León and Guanajuato, including news, sports and local entertainment programming.

Digital television

XHL-TDT began broadcasting October 25, 2010.[4] In 2013, the transmitter was upgraded to broadcast in HD. On October 25, 2016, XHL began using virtual channel 23—its physical channel—as a result of virtual channel realignment: XHL's former analog number of 11 had been reserved nationally for Canal Once.

Bajío TV moved to virtual channel 12 in July 2019 until 2022 after occupying channel 9 since 2018.[6][7]

Subchannel

Televisa del Bajío carries Nu9ve as a subchannel on virtual channel 9.1 (formerly 9.2) until 2022.[8] The channel, then known as Gala TV, was added in 2017 as virtual channel 23.2.[9]

Repeaters

XHL-TDT is broadcast on two dependent repeaters.[2]

RF Location ERP
27 Guanajuato 20 kW
27 Irapuato, Celaya
(Cerro Culiacán)		 50 kW

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified 20 November 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved November 13, 2019. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. RPC: 1968 Concession — XHL-TV
  4. "Historia de la Ingeniería XHL-TV Canal 10 desde León, Gto" (PDF). En Contacto. November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. "NOTIFICACIÓN relativa a la solicitud del C. Francisco Galindo Romero a nombre de Compañía Televisora de León, Guanajuato, S.A. de C.V., para instalar y explotar una estación de televisión comercial en León, Gto". Diario Oficial de la Federación. December 4, 1964. p. 11. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. RPC: #036271 Virtual Channel Change (23 to 9) — XHL-TDT
  7. IFT: Modifications to the Multiprogramming List, July 12, 2019
  8. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Autorizaciones de Acceso a Multiprogramación. Last modified 22 December 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. RPC: #020959 Multiprogramming — XHL-TDT
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