XHRCG-TDT
{{short description|TV station in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = XHRCG-TDT
| logo =
| branding = RCG Televisión Saltillo
| virtual = 8
| digital = 30 (UHF)
| affiliations = FOROtv
Televisa Regional
| founded =
| airdate = September 7, 1968{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1976-TV-Factbook/1976-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1976 |accessdate=19 October 2023 |page=1101-b }}
| location = Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
| callsign_meaning = XH Roberto Casimiro Gonzalez
| former_callsigns = XHAD-TV
| former_channel_numbers = 7 (1968-2016)
| owner = Grupo Empresarial RCG
| licensee = Roberto Casimiro González Treviño
| sister_stations = XHZCN-FM, XHSJ-FM
| former_affiliations =
| licensing_authority = IFT
| erp = 31 kW{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=2015-08-22}}
| class =
| facility_id =
| coordinates = {{coord|25|26|37|N|100|59|22|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| homepage = [http://www.rcg.com.mx rcg.com.mx]
}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = XHCAW-TDT
| logo =
| branding = RCG Acuña
| virtual = 58
| digital = 36 (UHF)
| affiliations =
| founded = December 8, 1991 (concession)
| airdate =
| location = Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
| callsign_meaning = Ciudad Acuña (W)
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers =
| owner = Grupo Empresarial RCG
| licensee = Hilda Graciela Rivera Flores
| licensing_authority = IFT
| class =
| facility_id =
| coordinates = {{coord|29|18|09.7|N|100|55|30.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| homepage = [http://www.rcg.com.mx rcg.com.mx]
}}
XHRCG-TDT, also known as RCG Televisión Saltillo, is a television station located in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The station was previously a Televisa local station, with programming from FOROtv. It currently airs as its own local productions and news, and is owned by Grupo RCG.
History
XHRCG came to air as XHAD-TV, owned by Alberto Jaubert and receiving its concession in 1968. Broadcasts started on September 7 that year as an affiliate of Televisión Independiente de México, led by XHTM-TV. In the 1980s, after Jaubert's death, the station was sold to Roberto Casimiro González Treviño, and in 1991 it was rechristened XHRCG-TV.
The station has a repeater, XHCAW-TDT channel 36 (virtual channel 58) in Ciudad Acuña. XHCAW produces its own local news but is tightly integrated into XHRCG's programming.
RCG Televisión gained international attention during its coverage of the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, where the station accidentally broadcast footage of a man's testicles being "eclipsed". The video was sent by Twitter user Rhevolver who claims copyright over the video, but said video had been circulating since at least the Chilean eclipse of 2019.{{cite web |title=Mexican TV outlet accidentally airs man’s testicles during solar eclipse coverage|url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/world-news/mexican-tv-outlet-accidentally-airs-mans-testicles-during-solar-eclipse-coverage/ |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=The New York Post |date=9 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410043817/https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/world-news/mexican-tv-outlet-accidentally-airs-mans-testicles-during-solar-eclipse-coverage/ |archive-date=10 April 2024}}
Digital television
XHRCG and XHCAW applied for and built digital facilities in 2015. XHRCG was the last station to come to air in Saltillo; it went off air along with other stations there on December 11.[http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-11-de-diciembre-sera-el-siguiente-apagon-analogico-ift-comunicado-942015 IFT Comunicado 94/2015: "El 11 de diciembre será el siguiente apagón analógico: IFT", November 6, 2015] XHCAW went off the air with stations in Acuña on the 22nd.
External links
- [http://www.rcg.com.mx RCG Homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804174454/http://www.rcg.com.mx/reproductor.php RCG online feed]
References
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Category:Independent television stations in Mexico
Category:Television stations in Coahuila
Category:Mass media in Saltillo
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1968