XHUAA-TDT

XHUAA-TDT
Channels
BrandingLas Estrellas
(The Stars)
Programming
Affiliations19.1: Las Estrellas
19.2: N+ Foro
Ownership
Owner
XETV-TDT, XEWT-TDT
History
First air date
August 14, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-08-14)
(concession)
Former call signs
XHUAA-TV (1990–2013)
Former channel number(s)
57 (UHF analog, 1990–2013; digital virtual, 2006–2020)
Call sign meaning
Tijuana
Technical information
Licensing authority
IFT
ERP200 kW[2]
HAAT215 m (705 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°30′7.9″N 117°2′26.8″W / 32.502194°N 117.040778°W / 32.502194; -117.040778
Links
Websitewww.lasestrellas.tv

XHUAA-TDT, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Las Estrellas television station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the San Diego–Tijuana region across the Mexico–United States border. The station is owned by the Grupo Televisa. XHUAA began broadcasting in digital on UHF 22 in early 2006 making it the second station in Tijuana (and at the time one of very few in Mexico) to have a digital signal (sister station XETV was the first).

XHUAA signed on in 1990; its original concessionaire was Radiotelevisora de La Rumorosa, S.A. de C.V.

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[3]
19.1 1080i 16:9 XHUAA Main XHUAA-TDT programming / Las Estrellas
19.2 480i | XHTV N+ Foro

FOROtv relocated from XEWT-TDT 12.2 in June 2019.

Analog-to-digital conversion

By then-current Mexican law, XHUAA was suggested to start broadcasting digital television by January 1, 2010, although this station was allowed at its discretion to start broadcasting DTV before law required it to, and XHUAA-TDT had signed on in 2006. The original assignment was channel 20,[4] but the chosen channel caused issues to land mobile services in Los Angeles, prompting the FCC in the United States to request a channel change.

Due to the conversion mandate, XHUAA-TV shut down its analog signal on May 28, 2013 and again on July 18, 2013, due to issues relating to elections.[5] Tijuana was the first Mexican city to start the analog to digital conversion in Mexico.

XHUAA retained its virtual channel of 57 after October 2016 because channel 2 would create a channel conflict with KCBS-TV over portions of San Diego County. On March 6, 2020, it moved to the lowest number available in Tijuana, from channel 57 to channel 19.

Repeaters

XHUAA operates low-power repeaters in Tecate[6] and Col. Playas de Tijuana.[7]

References

  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-14. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for XHUAA
  4. ^ RPC: Modification of Concession for XHUAA
  5. ^ "DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación".
  6. ^ RPC: Shadow XHUAA Tecate
  7. ^ RPC: Shadow XHUAA Col. Playas de Tijuana


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