XHTM-TDT
{{short description|Las Estrellas transmitter on Altzomoni, State of Mexico}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = XHTM-TDT
| logo =
| logo_size = 200px
| branding = Las Estrellas
(The Stars)
| digital = 36 (UHF)
| virtual = 2
| subchannels = 2.1 Las Estrellas
2.2 FOROtv
| affiliations = Las Estrellas
| airdate = {{start date|1952}}
| location = Altzomoni, State of Mexico
Puebla, Puebla
| country = MX
| callsign_meaning = XH Televisión Independiente de México (see article)
| owner = Grupo Televisa
| licensee = Televimex, S.A. de C.V.
| former_callsigns = XEQ-TV (1952-1985)
XHTM-TV (1985-2015)
| former_channel_numbers = Analog:
9 (VHF, 1952-85)
10 (VHF, 1985-2015)
| former_affiliations =
| licensing_authority = IFT
| erp = (Altzomoni) 236 kW{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=2015-10-18}}
| coordinates = {{coord|19|07|10|N|98|39|13|W|type:landmark_scale:1200}}
| homepage = [http://www.lasestrellas.tv]
}}
XHTM-TDT is a television station licensed to and broadcasting from Altzomoni, State of Mexico on virtual channel 2. Founded in 1952, it was the second television station built outside of Mexico City and the first relayer of Las Estrellas.
XHTM, along with Canal 5 transmitter XEX, serves one of Mexico's largest television service areas with a string of transmitters stretching from Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero to Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, including transmitters in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Cuernavaca, Morelos and San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla. XHTM's digital transmitter was initially located at Televisa's Puebla transmitter site along with the digital operations of its Altzomoni sister stations and both analog and digital signals of Televisa's Puebla independent XHP-TV; in 2015, final digital facilities were built on Altzomoni, coinciding with a power increase from 45 kW to 236.
History
XHTM channel 10 started life with a different callsign and channel number. In late 1952,[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/BC-1953-06-15.pdf "Television Fiesta Style"], Broadcasting 15 June 1953 XEQ-TV channel 9 took to the air; owned by Emilio Azcárraga and bearing the callsign of his XEQ AM radio in Mexico City, it was the second television station outside of the nation's capital (preceded only by XELD-TV in Matamoros) and the nation's fourth. The original concessionaire was Radio Panamericana, S.A., making it a direct sister station to XEQ radio.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/090252648002a7e8.pdf 1969 concession for XEQ-TV Altzomoni], as obtained from the IFT Public Registry of Concessions, placed in the file for station XHTM-TV; the concession for XHTM-TV Mexico City is likewise placed in the file for station XEQ-TV The transmission from Paso de Cortés (Cortez Pass), {{convert|13405|ft|m}} high, was said to make channel 9 the world's highest television station.[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/BC-1953-11-16.pdf "XEQ-TV, Powerful"], Broadcasting 16 November 1953 The sign-on of XEQ-TV was the first step in the development of a national relay network, reaching an additional three million people. Not long after, Romulo O'Farrill built his own relay station on the mountain, XEX-TV. The establishment of XEQ thus led to Televisa's massive system of relay stations covering most of Mexico.
In 1985, XEX-TV and XEQ-TV were affected by a series of moves that added a VHF channel to the Mexico City area. Mexico City had channel 8, then known as XHTM-TV. XHTM moved to channel 9, taking on the XEQ-TV callsign. A new television station was placed on channel 7, Imevisión's XHIMT-TV. To accomplish this move, XEX-TV was relocated to channel 8 and XEQ-TV to channel 10, picking up the XHTM callsign discarded in Mexico City.
In 1994, XEX and XHTM were joined on the mountain by a third Televisa station, XHATZ-TV (channel 32), as part of a 62-station concession used to help take XEQ-TV's signal national.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/090252648002a6b8.pdf 1994 "Concession to Operate 62 Commercial Television Stations"], as obtained from the IFT Public Registry of Concessions
Digital operations for Televisa's Altzomoni stations—XEX, XHTM and XHATZ—were based in Puebla proper until 2015.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/090252648002a7ed.pdf 2010 "Modification of Concession" - specifying digital operation], as obtained from the IFT Public Registry of Concessions
Repeaters
XHTM operates one of Mexico's most extensive networks of repeaters:
{{Mexico TV station table/top3}}
{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Ixtapan de la Sal|erp=.700 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011172.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Ixtapan de la Sal]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Tejupilco de Hidalgo|erp=20 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011175.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Tejupilco]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Tonatico|erp=.700 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011170.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Tonatico]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Taxco, Gro.|erp=21 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011173.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Taxco]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=39|VC=10|location=Pachuca, Hgo.|erp=8 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/091015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011198.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Pachuca]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|VC=9|location=Cuernavaca, Mor.|erp=45 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/250215-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-009573.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Cuernavaca]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=17|VC=9|location=Ciudad Serdán, Pue.|erp=0.096 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39069_211018211811_3328.pdf RPC: #053372 Relocation — Shadow XHTM Ciudad Serdán]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Huaquechula, Pue.|erp=2 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011174.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Huaquechula]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=San Martín Alchichica, Pue.|erp=2 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011176.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM San Martín Alchichica]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|VC=9|location=San Martín Texmelucan, Pue.|erp=20 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011177.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM San Martín Texmelucan]}}
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{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=36|location=Tlaxcala, Tlax.|erp=30 kW[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/051015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011199.pdf RPC: Shadow XHTM Tlaxcala]}}
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References
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{{Puebla City TV}}
External links
- [http://www.televisapuebla.tv/ Televisa Puebla]
Category:Television stations in Puebla
Category:Television stations in Tlaxcala
Category:Television stations in Morelos
Category:Television stations in Hidalgo
Category:Television stations in the State of Mexico
Category:Television stations in Guerrero
Category:Spanish-language television stations in Mexico
Category:Las Estrellas transmitters
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1952