XHIT-TDT

XHIT-TDT is a television station based in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is affiliated with TV Azteca and carries the network's Azteca Uno service. The station is identified with virtual channel 1 and currently transmits digitally on RF channel 23. Its Azteca Uno programming is broadcast with a one-hour delay relative to the network's standard schedule. The station's history dates to 1968, when XHIT began broadcasting on analog channel 4 under Tele-Cadena Mexicana. At that time, Tele-Cadena Mexicana also owned XHCH-TV, a separate Chihuahua station on channel 2. In 1970, the concessionaire of XHIT, Televisora de Chihuahua, merged with the concessionaire associated with XHCH. XHIT subsequently left the air in December 1972, creating a regulatory and public-service issue because the interruption removed part of the local population's access to the station's cultural, civic, and entertainment programming. A federal decree published in Mexico's Diario Oficial de la Federación on August 8, 1973, ordered that the station's concession be offered again. The concession was then awarded to Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión, the government-controlled operator of Canal 13. Several parties reportedly sought the concession, including Francisco Galindo Romero, who had founded the Televisa-affiliated XHL-TV station in León, Guanajuato. Under the Canal 13 and later Imevisión operating eras, XHIT served as the market's only Canal 13 rebroadcaster. XHCH, by contrast, had been associated for years with the XHGC network and was operated separately by Imevisión as a local station. Following the transition of Canal 13's broadcasting assets into the TV Azteca system, XHIT and XHCH were both converted to rebroadcast Azteca Uno. XHIT retained a distinct scheduling role by carrying the network feed one hour later than the standard schedule. This arrangement makes the station part of TV Azteca's terrestrial distribution network while preserving its local transmitter identity. Before Mexico's nationwide virtual-channel standardization in October 2016, XHIT was identified by viewers on virtual channel 4, reflecting its former analog channel position. After standardization, it adopted virtual channel 1, resulting in XHIT and XHCH appearing as two channel 1 services for viewers in the market. The station's principal function is terrestrial distribution of Azteca Uno programming rather than the operation of a separately documented national programming brand.

XHIT began broadcasting in 1968 from Chihuahua on analog channel 4. It was established under Tele-Cadena Mexicana, which also owned XHCH-TV, a separate station in the same city on channel 2. The original concessionaire, Televisora de Chihuahua, merged with the concessionaire associated with XHCH in 1970. The station went off the air in December 1972. Its disappearance prompted federal action because the interruption was viewed as limiting a segment of the local population's access to cultural, civic, and entertainment programming. On August 8, 1973, the Diario Oficial de la Federación published a decree requiring that the station be put out for bid again. The renewed concession process attracted multiple applicants, including Francisco Galindo Romero, who had founded the Televisa-affiliated XHL-TV station in León, Guanajuato. The concession was ultimately awarded to Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión, the government operator of Canal 13. During the Canal 13 and Imevisión periods, XHIT occupied a particular role in Chihuahua television. It was the market's only Canal 13 rebroadcaster, while XHCH remained connected for years to the XHGC network and was operated separately by Imevisión as a local station. This distinction made XHIT an important terrestrial outlet for Canal 13 programming in the market. After the relevant broadcasting assets moved into the TV Azteca system, XHIT and XHCH were converted to Azteca Uno rebroadcasting stations. XHIT's current network role includes a one-hour delay from the regular Azteca Uno schedule. The station therefore functions primarily as a local transmitter and network outlet rather than as an independently programmed national channel. Technically, XHIT-TDT now broadcasts on RF channel 23 and uses virtual channel 1. Before Mexico standardized virtual channel assignments in October 2016, the station used virtual channel 4, corresponding to its former analog identity. The change placed XHIT and XHCH on the same virtual channel number for viewers in the Chihuahua market, although they remain distinct transmission services.

• 2016

  Virtual-channel change

  [1]XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  XHIT changes from virtual channel 4 to virtual channel 1 during Mexico's virtual-channel standardization.

• 1973

  New concession process

  [1]XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  A federal decree orders the station's concession to be offered again, and it is awarded to Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión.

• 1972

  Temporary shutdown

  [1]XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  XHIT goes off the air in December.

• 1970

  Concessionaire merger

  [1]XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  Televisora de Chihuahua merges with the concessionaire associated with XHCH-TV.

• 1968

  Launch on analog channel 4

  [1]XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  XHIT begins broadcasting in Chihuahua under Tele-Cadena Mexicana.

A local Chihuahua transmission outlet for TV Azteca's Azteca Uno network, with the network schedule carried on a one-hour delay.

• Television network service

  Azteca Uno

  The principal television service carried by XHIT-TDT. The station rebroadcasts TV Azteca's Azteca Uno programming in the Chihuahua market, using a one-hour delay relative to the network's standard schedule.

• Broadcast transmission

  XHIT-TDT digital terrestrial service

  XHIT's current over-the-air digital service operates on RF channel 23 and is identified to viewers through virtual channel 1. It serves Chihuahua as a local TV Azteca transmission outlet.

• 2016

  Change to virtual channel 1Generation change

  Background

  Mexico standardized virtual television-channel assignments in October 2016.

  Action taken

  XHIT changed its virtual channel from 4 to 1 while retaining RF channel 23 for its digital transmission.

  Aftermath

  Viewers in the market identify XHIT through virtual channel 1, alongside the separate XHCH service.

  Source

• 1973

  Renewal of the station concession through a federal bidding processOther

  Background

  XHIT had stopped broadcasting in December 1972, and a federal decree stated that the interruption deprived part of the population of access to the station's programming.

  Action taken

  The government ordered the concession to be offered again. Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión received the concession after the renewed process.

  Aftermath

  XHIT became part of the Canal 13 broadcasting structure and later the Imevisión-era distribution system.

  Source

1. 1XHIT-TDTen.wikipedia.org
2. 2TV Aztecatvazteca.com