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in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and

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Events

*January - The broadcast facility of defunct station

XHK-TV XHK-TV was a television station on channel 10 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It broadcast from facilities in Colina del Sol, on the east side of the city of La Paz, and was owned by Televisión La Paz, S.A. History XHK was the first tele ...

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is demolished. *31 May - In

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ends its 64-year-long history of providing

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programming to the Tijiana-

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borderplex area when the area's affiliation with

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in the

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moved to San Diego-based KFMB-DT2, and XETV's Canal 5 affiliation moving to the main channel while discontinuing its second

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upon the switch.Lafayette, John (6 March 2017)
“Azteca America Adds New Affiliate in San Diego Market”
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Television programs

Debuts

*'' 40 y 20'' (2016–present) *'' El Chiapo'' (2017–present) *''Ingobernable'' (2017-201?) *'' Sin tu mirads'' (2017–present)

Miniseries

*'' The Day I Met El Chiapo''

Programs on-air

1970s

*'' Plaza Sesamo'' (1972–present)

1990s

*''

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'' (1995–present) *'' Corazon salvaje'' (1993–present) *'' Esmeralda'' (1997–present) *'' La usurpadora'' (1998–present)

2000s

*'' Alma de hierro'' (2008–present) *''

Big Brother México ''Big Brother México'' is a reality television series based on the international '' Big Brother'' format produced in the Netherlands by Endemol. ''Big Brother México'' was launched by Televisa in 2002. Before its debut, the idea of being watche ...

'' (2002-2005, 2015–present) *'' Hotel Erotica Cabo'' (2006–present) *''

Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres ''Lo que callamos las mujeres'' (English: ''What We Women Keep Silent''), is a Mexican anthology television series which deals with the social problems of Mexican society. The show started airing on the Mexican television network Azteca 13 as a ...

'' (2001–present)

2010s

*'' 40 y 20'' (2016–present) *''

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'' (2011–present) *''El Chiapo'' (2017–present) *'' La Voz… México'' (2011–present) *'' México Tiene Talento'' (2014–present) *'' Sin tu mirads'' (2017–present) *'' Valiant Love'' (2012–present)

Events

Television programs

Debuts

Miniseries

Programs on-air

1970s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Television stations

Station launches

Network affiliation changes

Station closures

Deaths

See also

References