XHCJE-TDT (channel 1) is a

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, Chihuahua, Mexico, broadcasting programming from

Azteca Uno Azteca Uno (formerly Azteca Trece) is a Mexican national broadcast television network owned by TV Azteca, with more than 100 transmitters across the country. Azteca Uno broadcasts on virtual channel 1. Azteca Uno programming is available in M ...

. The station is owned by the

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subsidiary of

Grupo Salinas Grupo Salinas is a corporate conglomerate formed in 2001 by several Mexican companies. The group consists of TV Azteca, Grupo Elektra, Mazatlán F.C., Telecosmo, and Italika. Each of these companies operates independently with its own mana ...

History

The station signed on in 1981, initially as a satellite of XHCH-TV, at the time a rare local station owned by then-Mexican public broadcaster

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would acquire Imevisión in 1993, becoming

; local facilities opened on August 11, 1992. In 2005, XHCJE-TV began broadcasting in

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. The channel was then reassigned to channel 1 in 2016, as part of a nationwide move of Azteca Trece to that virtual channel. XHCJE-TV shares resources with

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affiliate

KTDO KTDO (channel 48) is a television station licensed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Telemundo network to the El Paso, Texas, area. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the st ...

and

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affiliate

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especially with violence in Juárez.

Programming

Currently, XHCJE-TDT broadcasts the entire schedule of Azteca Uno, with local advertisements and local news broadcasts. News opt-outs ''Hechos Meridiano Juárez'', a news program that debuted in 2001 to compete against the ''Noticiero 56'' newscast on competing station XHJUB (now ''Las Noticias'' on

XEPM XEPM-TDT is a television station in Ciudad Juárez owned by Televisa. Broadcasting on physical channel 29 and virtual channel 2, XEPM carries Las Estrellas programming. History XEPM received its concession in June 1960 and came on air on January ...

). ''Hechos Meridiano Juárez'' is broadcast weekdays from 3:30 to 4 p.m., and is anchored by Ricardo García and Gabriela Salazar. An evening newscast, ''Hechos Noche Juárez'', is broadcast weeknights from 10 to 11 p.m., anchored by Gabriela Aguilar and Luis Alfonso Higareda. Local inserts are also broadcast during Azteca Uno's morning program, ''Hechos AM''. XHCJE also broadcasts games of the

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soccer club, broadcast on tape delay Fridays at 11:45 p.m.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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: On November 29, 2012, XHCJE began broadcasting the Proyecto 40 network (now known as ADN 40) on digital subchannel 34.3 (virtual channel 11.2, later 1.2).

Analog-to-digital conversion

Due to the Mexican analog-to-digital conversion mandate, XHCJE's analog signal on channel 11 left the air on July 14, 2015.

References

External links

Azteca UnoAzteca Locales.tv
{{Grupo Salinas Azteca Uno transmitters HCJE-TDT Television channels and stations established in 1980 1980 establishments in Mexico