XHLL-TDT is a television station in
Villahermosa, Tabasco
Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Village") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the Municipalities of Mexico, municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an ...
, Mexico. XHLL broadcasts on virtual channel 6 (physical channel 33). The transmitter site is co-located with the studios of radio stations
XHVA and
XHTAB in Col. Gil y Sáenz in Villahermosa.
History
XHLL began broadcasting on October 12, 1968, with coverage of the opening ceremony of the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
from Mexico City. The station was owned by Televisión de Tabasco, S.A., a joint venture of Fernando and Baltasar Pazos de la Torre (owners of
XEVA radio) and Clemente Serna Alvear, owner of
Radio Programas de México
Radio Programas de México (RPM) was a radio company of Mexico, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Clemente Serna Martínez in 1941. It was a pioneer in the expansion of Mexican radio, particularly in the creation of radio networks.
RPM ...
, with which XEVA was affiliated.
XHLL operated as a local station until July 29, 1972, when the local operation was closed for financial reasons. For more than 47 years, XHLL operated in national network service, airing
the XEW network and switching to
Canal 5 when Televisa built its own XEW repeater in Villahermosa, XHVIZ-TV, in 1995.
In November 2019, Televisa received authorization to multiplex Canal 5 on the XHVIZ-TDT transmitter beginning January 1, 2020; in its application, it noted that Televisa's affiliation with XHLL-TDT would end on December 31, 2019.
The IFT assigned XHLL virtual channel 8 to use when Canal 5 moved to XHVIZ.
As a result of the lost program source, the station began broadcasting a time lapse loop of the Pazos studio and transmitter building on January 1.
Shortly after, XHLL affiliated with
Multimedios Televisión
Canal 6 (alternately known as Multimedios Televisión) is a network of Spanish language television stations primarily concentrated in northeastern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The system is part of Grupo Multimedios. The flagship st ...
. The virtual channel changed to channel 6 to match the programming in 2021.
References
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Television stations in Tabasco
Television channels and stations established in 1968
1968 establishments in Mexico