XHDE-TDT is a television station in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. XHDE broadcasts on virtual channel 13 (physical channel 16). Last an independent station, XHDE has been off the air since November 2020, when unionized station employees voted to go on strike due to lack of payment.

History

XHDE began broadcasting on November 1, 1975, making it the first truly local television station in San Luis Potosí. (A repeater of the XEW network had previously been in operation.) XHDE maintained a partnership with

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

and carried programming from

FOROtv Foro (English: "Forum"), is a broadcast news television channel owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is seen on most Mexican cable systems and full-time on two stations in Mexico, including XHTV-TDT in Mexico City, with selected programs airing on Tele ...

, resulting in the station being defined as within the "preponderant economic agent" in broadcasting for regulatory purposes; 80 percent of its programming in 2014 was sourced from the company. Televisa programming was removed from XHDE in 2018 after the company multiplexed FOROtv on its own transmitter in San Luis Potosí. On November 12, 2020, a strike began as unionized employees blocked access to the station. Employees had not been paid since January. The station had been in poor financial condition since the disaffiliation from Televisa.

Programming

XHDE aired local ''CN13'' newscasts, as well as other locally produced programming.

References

Television stations in San Luis Potosí Television channels and stations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Mexico