XEFB-TDT is a television station located in

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. It is known as Televisa Monterrey and carries Televisa's local programs for Monterrey, including local news, sports and entertainment programming.

History

XEFB signed on in 1958 on channel 3. The station was the first local station in Monterrey (joining

XHX-TV XHX-TDT is the television call sign for the Televisa television station on virtual channel 2.1 in both Monterrey, Nuevo León and Saltillo, Coahuila. The station carries the Las Estrellas network. History The first television station in Monter ...

channel 10, its sister started in 1955) and boasted the first Ampex video tape equipment in Mexico. It converted to color in 1970. The station moved to channel 2 in 1984 to allow XHWX, a new

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station, to sign on the air. In 2005, most of XEFB's local programming and focus moved to XHCNL channel 34. It returned in 2016 as part of XEFB's move to virtual channel 4, necessitated by the allocation of channel 2 to transmitters of Las Estrellas.

Digital television

On September 24, 2015, XEFB shut off its analog signal; its digital signal remained on channel 45.IFT: El 24 de septiembre concluirán las señales de televisión analógica en diferentes localidades de cuatro estados
/ref> In 2018, XEFB moved from pre-transition UHF channel 45 to post-transition channel 15 in order to clear all broadcast stations out of the 600 MHz band.

Repeaters

Three repeaters provide fill-in coverage in the Monterrey metropolitan area, while a fourth extends XEFB's coverage to include

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...

, Coahuila: , - , - , - When XHCNL was the primary local station for Televisa Monterrey, the XEFB repeater in Saltillo relayed its programming, not XEFB's.

References

External links

Televisa Monterrey
Televisa Regional Television stations in Monterrey Spanish-language television stations in Mexico Television channels and stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub