XHUNAM-TDT is a television station operating on channel 11 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, owned by and broadcasting from the campus of the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM).

History

XHUNAM began broadcasts on analog channel 60 on December 5, 2000, where it broadcast for five years. On November 30, 2005, however, XHUNAM launched its digital signal, one of the first in the country and also one of the first digital-only stations in Mexico. Although the

(UNAM) operates the TV•unam network since 2005, the programming on XHUNAM was until 2024 completely different from said network; it consisted merely of old concerts conducted by

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, looping all-day long, weekdays only, generally from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. as a signal test. TV UNAM instead largely depended on SPR transmitters, including

XHSPR-TDT XHSPR-TDT is a television station in Mexico City, the flagship station for the Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano (SPR) transmitter system. It broadcasts on channel 30 from a transmitter atop Cerro del Chiquihuite; its primary ...

in Mexico City, for broadcast coverage. Initially broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 200 watts, XHUNAM generally covered only the greater UNAM area in Mexico City. A power increase to 1,500 watts was approved in 2017 and extends the signal reach beyond the immediate campus to other parts of western and southwestern Mexico City. In October 2023, as part of its 18th anniversary, XHUNAM changed its frequency to 11 VHF (the same frequency used by

XHTDMX-TDT XHTDMX-TDT (channel 6) is a television station in Mexico City, an owned-and-operated station of the Monterrey-based Multimedios Televisión network. Owned by Grupo Firmas Globales through the subsidiary company Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V., ...

between 2018 and 2023). The station began testing its new digital channel during February 2024. On March 5, 2024, XHUNAM formally began broadcasting the TV•unam signal. XHSPR removed the 480i signal on the night of March 4.

References

HUNAM-TDT National Autonomous University of Mexico Public television in Mexico Spanish-language television stations in Mexico Television channels and stations established in 2000 2000 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub