Radio y Televisión de Nuevo León (abbreviated RTV Nuevo León or RTVNL) is the radio and television service of the government of

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

. It operates a television network with 24 transmitters and nine radio stations.

History

Radio

The state entered broadcasting in March 1978 when it signed on

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102.1 in

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, known as "Radio Gobierno", adding

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1510 to its stable the next year. The service expanded outside of Monterrey in 1983 when the state built stations in Cerralvo,

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and Linares, and again in late 1988 and early 1989 with the addition of services for

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, Galeana and

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Television

On May 14, 1982, XHMNL-TV channel 28 signed on in Monterrey, operating from the 27th and 28th floors of the Latina Building as a repeater of Televisión Rural de México. TRM was an educational and cultural network subsumed into

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, but in 1984 channel 28 came under the control of the state government, and the next year it moved to new facilities. In the 1990s, channel 28 went statewide and built 23 transmitters across the state. In 2008, the radio and TV departments were combined.

Radio stations

The radio services are known as Radio Nuevo León, though they each have their own name, format and some of their own programming. *

102.1 Monterrey *

1510 Monterrey * XHAHU-FM 103.3 Anáhuac * XHCER-FM 100.7 Cerralvo * XHARR-FM 96.5 Doctor Arroyo * XHGAL-FM 93.7 Galeana * XHNAR-FM 103.3 Linares * XHLOS-FM 97.7 Montemorelos * XHSAB-FM 89.5 Sabinas Hidalgo

Television stations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio y Television de Nuevo Leon Public radio in Mexico Public television in Mexico 1982 establishments in Mexico Government of Nuevo León