XHX-TDT is the

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for the

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on virtual channel 2.1 in both

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and Saltillo, Coahuila. The station carries the Las Estrellas network.

History

The first television station in Monterrey, XHNL-TV, came to air on channel 10 September 1, 1955, with a presidential report from President

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. XHNL broadcast from studios in two rooms of the Hotel El Mirador and a transmitter on

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and carried a wide variety of films and TV series on film. Not long after it started, it raised its power and its antenna height and changed its callsign to XHX-TV. In 1958, the opening of Televicentro de Monterrey allowed for local program production to begin. The station became a Las Estrellas transmitter in 1985.

Digital television

On September 24, 2015, XHX shut off its analog signal on analog channel 10 (9 in Saltillo); its digital signal on UHF channel 23 remained.IFT: El 24 de septiembre concluirán las señales de televisión analógica en diferentes localidades de cuatro estados
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References

External links

Canal de las Estrellas
Las Estrellas transmitters Spanish-language television stations in Mexico Television channels and stations established in 1958 Television stations in Monterrey 1958 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub