XHUAA-TDT,

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19 (

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digital channel 22), is a

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located in

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, whose over-the-air signal also covers the

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across the

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in the

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. The station is owned by the

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. XHUAA began broadcasting in digital on UHF 22 in early 2006 making it the second station in Tijuana (and at the time one of very few in Mexico) to have a digital signal (sister station

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was the first). XHUAA signed on in 1990; its original concessionaire was Radiotelevisora de La Rumorosa, S.A. de C.V.

Digital television

Digital channels

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relocated from XEWT-TDT 12.2 in June 2019.

Analog-to-digital conversion

By then-current Mexican law, XHUAA was suggested to start broadcasting

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by January 1, 2010, although this station was allowed at its discretion to start broadcasting DTV before law required it to, and XHUAA-TDT had signed on in 2006. The original assignment was channel 20, but the chosen channel caused issues to land mobile services in Los Angeles, prompting the FCC in the United States to request a channel change. Due to the conversion mandate, XHUAA-TV shut down its analog signal on May 28, 2013 and again on July 18, 2013, due to issues relating to elections. Tijuana was the first Mexican city to start the analog to digital conversion in Mexico. XHUAA retained its virtual channel of 57 after October 2016 because channel 2 would create a channel conflict with

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over portions of

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. On March 6, 2020, it moved to the lowest number available in Tijuana, from channel 57 to channel 19.

Repeaters

XHUAA operates low-power

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Tecate Tecate () is a city in Tecate Municipality, Baja California. It is across the Mexico-US border from Tecate, California. As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area has a population of 132,406 inha ...

and Col. Playas de Tijuana.RPC: Shadow XHUAA Col. Playas de Tijuana
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References

External links

Televisa Tijuana

Canal de las Estrellas
HUAA-TDT Las Estrellas transmitters Televisa Television channels and stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub