XHUAA-TDT,

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19 (

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digital Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits. Businesses *Digital bank, a form of financial institution *Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) or Digital, a computer company *Digital Research (DR or DRI), a software ...

channel 22), is a Las Estrellas

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, Baja California, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the

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region across the

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. The station is owned by

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. XHUAA began broadcasting in digital on UHF 22 in early 2006 making it the second station in Tijuana (and at the time one of very few in Mexico) to have a digital signal (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 ...

was the first). XHUAA signed on in 1990; its original concessionaire was Radiotelevisora de La Rumorosa, S.A. de C.V. Since 2003, the station is available nationwide on

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and

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, where it replaced Ponchivisión on both operators due to a mutual agreement.

Digital television

Digital channels

FOROtv relocated from XEWT-TDT 12.2 in June 2019.

Analog-to-digital conversion

By then-current Mexican law, XHUAA was suggested to start broadcasting

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by January 1, 2010, although this station was allowed at its discretion to start broadcasting DTV before law required it to, and XHUAA-TDT had signed on in 2006. The original assignment was channel 20, but the chosen channel caused issues to land mobile services in Los Angeles, prompting the FCC in the United States to request a channel change. Due to the conversion mandate, XHUAA-TV shut down its analog signal on May 28, 2013 and again on July 18, 2013, due to issues relating to elections. Tijuana was the first Mexican city to start the analog to digital conversion in Mexico. XHUAA retained its virtual channel of 57 after October 2016 because channel 2 would create a channel conflict with

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over portions of

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. On March 6, 2020, it moved to the lowest number available in Tijuana, from channel 57 to channel 19.

Repeaters

XHUAA operates low-power repeaters in

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and Col. Playas de Tijuana.RPC: Shadow XHUAA Col. Playas de Tijuana
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References

External links

Televisa Tijuana

Canal de las Estrellas
HUAA-TDT Las Estrellas transmitters Televisa Television channels and stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub