XHTAM-TDT,

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2 ( UHF digital channel 28), is a dual Las Estrellas/ Canal 5

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located in Matamoros,

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, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the

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across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by

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; it is the second Las Estrellas affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley,

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being the other. The station also broadcasts Canal 5 on channel 2.2.

History

The station originally signed on for the first time on September 4, 1994, as XHFOX-TV (changed from the original XHRTA-TV before launch), broadcasting programming from the

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network for Texas'

; prior to XHFOX's sign-on and after its switch to Las Estrellas in 2002, viewers in the valley (including

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) received their Fox programs on cable via the national

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service. In 2001, its final year as a Fox affiliate, XHFOX broadcast a local newscast at 9:00 p.m. produced by

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. In 2002, XHFOX disaffiliated from Fox and became XHTAM-TV, largely rebroadcasting programming from Las Estrellas. The Fox affiliation was carried over to

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from 2005 to 2012; Fox programming today can be seen on KFXV.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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: XHTAM is one of two Canal 5 transmitters not using virtual channel 5 because the number is used by a nearby US station, in this case

References

External links

Canal de las Estrellas
Las Estrellas transmitters Television stations in Reynosa Mass media in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Television stations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Television channels and stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub