XEWT-TDT (channel 12), informally called ("Your Channel"), is a

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, Baja California, Mexico, owned by

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. XEWT's over-the-air signal also covers the

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region across the

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(and holds cable coverage in San Diego on Cox systems). XEWT's transmitter is located on Mount San Antonio in Tijuana, with a San Diego bureau on Third Avenue in

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. Though its callsign seems to indicate that it is a

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XEW-TDT XEW-TDT (channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City, Mexico. The station is owned by TelevisaUnivision and is the flagship station to the Las Estrellas network. XEW is the second-oldest Televisa station and Mexico City's second-oldest s ...

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, XEWT airs a selection of programming from all four Televisa networks. It also airs local news and programming aimed towards Hispanics on both sides of the border.

History

XEWT was the first

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station for San Diego and Tijuana. It signed on July 18, 1960, and received its concession on August 6 of that year, with Telesistema Mexicano owning it through concessionaire Televisora de Calimex, S.A. It was Tijuana's second TV station, with

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sister station

XETV XETV-TDT (channels 6 and 16) is a television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, broadcasting programs from Canal 5 (Mexico), Canal 5 and NU9VE. Its terrestrial television, terrestrial signal also covers the San Diego area acros ...

signing on in 1953. From the 1970s through the end of 1990, XEWT was originally an affiliate of the Spanish International Network (later

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Programming

As the local Televisa station in Tijuana, XEWT produces local programs during the day and overnight. During the afternoons and evenings (from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.), the station simulcasts Televisa's national network

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, which is dedicated to

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s, comedies, and

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.XEWT's program guide
/ref> Las Estrellas can also be seen on XEWT's sister station XHUAA-TDT, which is the network's repeater station in Tijuana. There are several interesting schedule overlaps between XEWT and San Diego's

affiliate,

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(channel 17). Although both are competitors in the San Diego/Tijuana market, they both carry some of the same programming. Univision carries some Televisa programming in its lineup and this is thus reflected in KBNT's lineup.

Newscasts

XEWT established a reorganized news department called (formerly until 2019) on February 29, 1988. It originally established a Tijuana-centric 5 p.m. newscast and a 10:30 p.m. newscast focusing on all of Baja California. Among the personalities who have anchored and reported for ''Notivisa'' is veteran anchor Fernando del Monte, who worked for the station from 1989 to 2007 and again since 2015, running as the PRI candidate for Municipal President of Tijuana in between stints. Like its sister stations in Baja California, XEWT produces hours of locally produced newscast each week, including a weeknight regional newscast, as seen on XEWT, XHBC in

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, and XHS in Ensenada, which share some of XEWT's resources and news reports. XEWT previously produced a 6pm newscast until 2016. As of January 28, 2019, XEWT revamped its hours of local news. The station now airs a 90-minute morning newscast at 6:30 a.m. (followed by Que Buen Dia), a full-hour newscast at 2 p.m., a new 90-minute evening newscast at 5 p.m., and a late night newscast at 10:30 p.m. which focuses on all of Baja California, as well as San Diego and the

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Technical information

Subchannel

Televisa was approved to add FOROtv to six stations, primarily regional outlets, in northern Mexico in January 2018. Nationally, FOROtv moved to subchannels of

transmitters, including XHUAA-TDT, in spring 2019.

Analog-to-digital conversion

XEWT discontinued its analog signal on May 28, 2013. Tijuana was the first city in Mexico where the analog-to digital conversion took place. Immediately after the closure, worries about effects on the Baja California elections prompted the restoration of analog service until July 18, when XEWT and other Tijuana TV stations discontinued their analog signals again, this time for good. At this time, the callsign changed to XEWT-TDT.

Repeaters

XEWT operates repeaters in

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(which was not converted until 2015) and Col. Playas de Tijuana.RPC: Shadow XEWT Col. Playas de Tijuana
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xewt-Tdt 1960 establishments in Mexico Canal 5 (Mexico) transmitters Las Estrellas transmitters Nueve (Mexican TV network) affiliates Spanish-language television stations in Mexico Televisa Regional Television channels and stations established in 1960 EWT-TDT