XEFE-TDT

XEFE-TDT is a Televisa local television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It broadcasts on virtual channel 17 and is known as XEFE, La Imagen Familiar. XEFE primarily carries programming from Televisa's FOROtv and NU9VE network as well as local news, information and entertainment programming. XEFE was the last television station in the Laredo – Nuevo Laredo area to broadcast digitally, doing so for the first time in March 2014.

XEFE-TDT
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Mexico
BrandingXEFE
SloganLa Imagen Familiar
ChannelsDigital: 17 (UHF)
Virtual: 17
AffiliationsTelevisa local/FOROtv/NU9VE
OwnerRamona Esparza González
First air dateOctober 1, 1962
Call sign meaningX Jefe (Spanish word for Chief)
Sister station(s)XHBR-TDT
XHLAR-TDT
Former channel number(s)2 (analog VHF, 1962-2015)
Former affiliationsSIN
Transmitter power100 kW (Digital)[1]
Transmitter coordinates27.4569951°N 99.5218769°W / 27.4569951; -99.5218769[1]
Websitexefetv.com

History

XEFE-TV signed on channel 2 on October 1, 1962, making it the first television station in Nuevo Laredo and second in the Laredo – Nuevo Laredo area after KGNS, which first went on the air January 7, 1956. In February 2013, XEFE received authorization from COFETEL to broadcast in digital on RF channel 17.[2] XEFE began broadcasting in digital in March 2014, ten months ahead of the market's analog shutoff in January 2015.

In October 2016, changes to allotment of virtual channels required XEFE to vacate channel 2 and begin using virtual channel 17, as channel 2 was nationally allocated for Las Estrellas.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed. XEFE began broadcasting in digital in March 2014, making it the last television station in the Laredo - Nuevo Laredo area to broadcast in digital, just ten months before analog shutoff in the Nuevo Laredo area in January 2015. It has one subchannel, 17.1, carrying its main programming.

Channel Video Aspect Programming
17.11080i16:9Main XEFE programming

Programming

XEFE broadcasts from 5:50am to 12:30am. Programming on weekdays originates from Las Estrellas and FOROtv during the morning hours (primarily its morning newscast Matutino Express until 12pm and relay again Las Estrellas until 2:30pm), with NU9VE network programs in prime time and the early afternoon and local programs at other times. On Saturdays, the station broadcasts a mix of local and NU9VE programming. On Sundays, XEFE broadcasts almost exclusively NU9VE programming.

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-07-01. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. El Universal: Cofetel autoriza transmisión digital en Nuevo Laredo


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