XEW-TDT (channel 2) is a

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. The station is owned by

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and is the flagship station to the Las Estrellas network. XEW is the second-oldest Televisa station and Mexico City's second-oldest station, founded in 1951.

History

XEW-TV came on air March 21, 1951. It was the second television station to come to air in Mexico and built on the tradition of the successful and influential

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900. The concession was and remains held by Televimex, S.A. de C.V. The first transmission was a baseball game from Delta Park. The station came on air with its studios, known as Televicentro, still under development; these did not open formally until January 1952. XEW's initial programming was an improvement over XHTV's amateur output. It was not until 1982 that XEW, now the keystone of a national network, took on the name Canal de las Estrellas (Channel of the Stars). In 2016, the name was shortened to Las Estrellas as part of a branding refresh.

Technical information

Digital subchannels

The station's digital channel carries one program stream:

Analog-to-digital conversion

XEW-TV, alongside other television stations in Mexico City, discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, at 12:00 a.m. on December 17, 2015, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. In 2016, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38-51), XEW was allowed to move from channel 48 to channel 32. The change occurred in April 2017, including a brief period in which both facilities operated at the same time.

Repeaters

XEW-TDT maintains two of its own repeaters that account for terrain masking and gaps in coverage within the licensed coverage area: , - , -

Logos

File:XEWTV2.png, 1951 File:XEW 1952.png, 1952 File:XEW-TV2 (1966).png, 1966 File:XEW-TV2 (1968).svg, 1968 File:Canal 2 1970s logo.PNG, 1970 File:El Canal de las Estrellas 1993.png, 1993 File:XEW-TV Canal 2 (El Canal De Las Estrellas 1996).svg, 1996 File:XEW-TV2 El Canal de Las Estrellas 1997.png, 1997 File:Xewtv1997.gif, 1997 File:Canal de las Estrellas logo.svg, alt=, 2015 File:Las Estrellas logo (2016).svg, 2016 File:Las estrellas 2017.jpg, 2017 File:Canal Las Estrellas (Logo 2023) Zoom.jpg, 2023

External links

Official site

References

Las Estrellas transmitters Television stations in Mexico City Television channels and stations established in 1951 Spanish-language television stations in Mexico 1951 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub es:XEW-TV hu:XEW-TV pt:XEW-TV sv:Las Estrellas