XHPBSA-TDT (channel 17) is a public television station in

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, Mexico. It is owned by the state government of Coahuila and forms half of the Coahuila Radio y Televisión state broadcaster, alongside the 16-transmitter Coahuila Radio network. The studios and transmitter are co-located with Coahuila Radio in a state office building on Periférico Luis Echeverría.

History

On February 15, 2016, the government of the state of Coahuila applied before the

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to build a new television station in Saltillo. On October 18, 2017, the IFT approved the application after a competing bid from the

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, which would have had priority over the state government as a federal agency, was withdrawn. In preparation for the new television station, on March 8, 2019, Radio Coahuila, the state agency that manages the radio network, was officially restructured into Coahuila Radio y Televisión.Periódico Oficial
March 8, 2019 The XHPBSA transmitter was turned on in January 2020.

References

{{Mexican broadcast television 2020 establishments in Mexico Television channels and stations established in 2020 Public television in Mexico Government of Coahuila Mass media in Saltillo