XHDTV-TDT
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XHDTV-TDT (channel 49) is a television station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, affiliated with Milenio Televisión and serving the Tijuana–San Diego international metropolitan area. The station's license and transmitter are owned by Mexican company Televisora Alco, which is 40% owned by station operator Entravision Communications;[3] XHDTV is a sister station to Entravision-owned Univision affiliate KBNT-CD (channel 17), UniMás affiliate KDTF-LD (channel 36) and Azteca América affiliate XHAS-TDT (channel 33). All four stations share studios on Ruffin Road in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego, California, United States; XHDTV's transmitter is located on Cerro Bola, within the municipality of Tecate. Despite no longer carrying American content, XHDTV continues to be carried on channel 13 by San Diego Cox systems on the U.S. side of the market; the station is also carried in Tijuana on Izzi channel 49.
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City | Tecate, Baja California |
Channels | |
Branding | Milenio Televisión |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 49.1: Milenio Televisión |
Ownership | |
Owner | Televisora Alco, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
Operator | Entravision Communications (40% owner of Televisora Alco) |
KDTF-LD, KBNT-CD | |
History | |
First air date | 1 November 1999 (24 years ago) (1999-11-01) |
Former call signs | XHTEB-TV (1998–1999, never used on air) XHUPN-TV (1999–2006) XHDTV-TV (2006–2015) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 49 (UHF, 1999–2015) |
Analog/DT1: UPN (1999–2006) MyNetworkTV (2006–2018) DT2: MundoFox/MundoMax (2012−2016) Azteca América (March−July 2017) | |
Call sign meaning | High-definition television (on-air branding: possible disambiguation of former sister station XETV-TV or San Diego MyNetworkTV) |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | IFT |
Facility ID | 7020147 |
ERP | 300 kW |
HAAT | 801.1 m (2,628 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°18′49″N 116°39′53″W |
As it is licensed by the Mexican government, XHDTV is not covered under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s must carry rules. This means that local cable providers in the San Diego market are not required to carry the station, even if it requests to be carried under this provision. However, the station must be carried by Mexican pay-TV providers in the Tijuana viewing area.