I grew up in Sylmar, in the northeast San Fernando Valley of LA. That area is shadowed from Mt Wilson but with nearby mountains resulting in severe multipath reception. Back in the analog era, the reflected signal caused ghosting so bad it looked like a scrambled cable channel. BUT. On warm sunny days, all of the VHF San Diego and Tijuana stations came in perfectly like it was local. Channels 6, 8, 10, 12 Even to this day, the strong inversion layers that develop along the coast blast 90.3 91.1 and 92.5 to huge parts of Southern California.
XETV first went on the air in 1953 as Tijuana's first TV station and at the same time the second station to serve San Diego. It originally aired programs in both English and Spanish, but mostly English because the San Diego audience at the time was much larger, and more profitable, than TJ's. Today TJ is almost twice as large as San Diego, and XETV is enjoyed on both sides of the border because of the large English-speaking population in Tijuana.
When I first moved to San Diego in 2003 I saw a version on XEWT 12 that had the lyrics at the bottom of the screen, and also showed an announcement relating to the SITATYR broadcast workers union.
XETV is closing it's doors on May 31 as a CW affiliate with news ending on March 31. CW is moving to a subchannel of KFMB but will likely remain on Channel 6 for Cable, Satellite, and U-verse subscribers.
Mexican law requires radio and TV stations to play its national anthem at sign-on and sign-off, traditionally midnight and 6am. The anthem of a guest country is immediately played afterward at events where that country's dignitaries are present. So the bilingual sign-on is most appropriate, and nicely done too. It might be the only San Diego area channel left that still plays the U.S. national anthem (sad). Being a 24-hr channel, XETV airs this at either 5am Mon-Sat or 6am Sunday.
I remember hearing this every morning as I got ready for Work listening to XETRA 91 X Now I am in NORTHERN INDIANA and enjoy Canadian Border Blasters at night such as Toronto's AM 740
I lived in North Anderson Indiana for a couple of years. I remember being able to hear zoomer radio at 740, AM 800 CKLW, some CBC station on 990, WABC in New York City, WBAP in Dallas Fort Worth, and KOKC in Oklahoma City. I was also able to watch both Indianapolis TV stations and Fort Wayne TV stations. One night I was able to get two of the Dayton Ohio TV stations. And on a very rare occasion I was able to get WLFI Lafayette.
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They played the National Anthems of Mexico and the United States, this because San Diego, California is bordered with the Mexican city of Tijuana, Baja California. Even because the transmitter of XETV is located in Baja California, and the station is not licensed by the FCC like the rest of American TV stations that are not licensed to a Mexican area. But when the station became a CW affiliate, they only played the Mexican National Anthem on every sign-on and sign-off, even in 2017 when the station became an affiliate of Televisa's Canal 5.
@kstar8706: Thanks for that. I also think that the Mexican national anthem is required for radio as well, as well as a programme called "La Hora Nacional" on Sundays, IIRC (and if my copy of the WRTH is right).
It is still on Channel 6, but broadcasts Televisa's (they owned the CA/BA station all along through a subsidiary) Canal 5 (originating XHGC - Mexico City) network, the 2nd and oldest (b. 1950) in "La República".
@@bananitosnationalanthems7974 - but Canal 6 (Multimedios) is NOT on Ch. 6 in Tijuana, BA. Canal 5 network (originated by XHGC in CDMX) is shown on Ch. 5 everywhere in La República except in Tijuana (XETV, Ch. 6) and Matamoros (Ch. 11).
Technically, XETV is equivalent to the AM radio "border blasters" of the 1950's and 60's. They were English stations licensed to operate along the Mexican side of the border. Wolfman Jack got his big break working for XERF in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, across the river from Del Rio, Texas with a 250,000 watt signal that, at night, reached as far away as Canada and parts of Central America.
From watching these signoffs all over UA-cam and the knowledge of analog TV's demise 10 years ago I have come to think that the signoff era went with it. I just never stayed up late enough to see one of these and I'm almost 30.
XHDTV is getting a digital signal on UHF 47. They will co-channel with KAZA-DT in LA. XHDTV is in Cerro Bola while KAZA-DT is mounted on Mt. Wilson. Supposedly Mexico has had 47 as an allocation. They also might move some Mexican stations to a lower channel number since 52-69 is being blocked off for TV use in the US after 2.17.09. There will be more info as the time goes on.
@rendezvous65 Now XHDTV has a digital signal on RF 47 out of Cerro Bola, with the assigned channel number being 49.1. This new signal is HD as well, but don't count on cable carrying it anytime soon.
XETV and XHDTV are participating in the San Diego DTV test at 6:58 PM even though XHDTV has no digital signal up yet. We all know that XHDTV has chosen CH. 47 for their OTA digital signal. XETV and XHDTV will keep their analogs up past 2.17.09.
@intoodeep7106 That's true. However, that also means that XETV is vulnerable to having its US network affiliations stripped at any time in favor of a US channel in San Diego, as happened with its losing ABC in 1972 and Fox in 2008. It originally had those network affiliations because no other San Diego channel existed at those times to carry them. Betwen 1972 and 1986 XETV was an independent, and was prepared to go indie again if it didn't get The CW.
@Hampstead343: Vraiment? I always thought that regardless of whether the station was broadcasting programming in English or Spanish, the Mexican anthem had to played anyway.
-- Cont'd For example: Montreal is within reach of many Burlington, Vermont stations but many have trouble getting the ABC and FOX stations. Theoretically, a station could be started if there were no laws prohibiting it that would essentially be affiliate of an American network and make it easier for folks in urban areas to get programs over the air. - Cont'd
@Colortinis: The station would have to go digital anyway, because it is carrying US network programming. The people involved with the station on the US side of the border would've known about the FCC regulations, and thus, would convert to digital around the same time as the other San Diego stations. I know since this might be the case with Canadian stations (CBC/Radio-Canada and CTV, among others, already have digital signals and are converting to all-digital).
Now it won't be an independent station. They will be the CW affiliate. They will broadcast CW in HD but no plans for HD news. All the usual XETV shows will be shown. They will just add CW. Don't worry sygo7g. KUSI will be the indie station in San Diego.
Television stations licensed in Mexico are required to play the Mexican National Anthem only if they air English language programming, which is XETV's case.
But they should also be required to play the American National Anthem right after if the audience is in the states. It shows the audience respect to play both, not just the Mexican Anthem
I've seen the new Sign on. It's roughly the same. They changed the announcement and the only real change is the San Diego 6 logo. Other than that it's virtually the same.
Some did at one time. The states that border Canada played "O Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner" at sign on and off. More than a few stations also played "God Save The Queen" in addition to the other two.
The good news is that all the XETV programming will stay on San Diego 6 except the fox primetime. That will go to KSWB. So I guess you will see those simpsons and that 70s show reruns. As for primetime will probably be some reruns of some other show. Don't know if they will pick up any older seasons of fox shows.
- Cont'd So many of them, especially now in the digital age, respond by setting up large towers with outdoor antennas that can catch signals from border American local stations. This is true for not only Windsor but the Golden Horseshoe up to Oshawa, such as that Buffalo stations could be considered semi-local in Mississauga. I got way off-topic so I'll end there.
I agree -- and the arrangement for band is also quite good. Never having heard it before -- or having heard a Mexican sing it -- I'm wondering whether the version used is perhaps a bit "up-tempo": it's hard to imagine a bunch of "civilians" singing that many syllables that fast! Fascinating about XETV as a Tijuana station beaming into San Diego for all those years, too.
+Turkish Superhuman : The Wikipedia article on XETV-TDT suggests that there remains one Tijuana-based station that still broadcasts English-language programming to San Diego, though perhaps not exclusively so.
In the meantime FOX5 will be broadcasting news in HD. Kathleen Bade will be anchoring the 10PM news with another anchor that hasn't been hiring yet. There are hiring ads in Craigslist and on the San Diego CW website. Mainly for news broadcasts. KUSI has thought about getting CW. Maybe XETV could get CW as a compromise. Who knows.
Anyone remember in 89 or 90 they used to play some very cool music over the color bars in the morning before the channel started programming? It was some instrumental guitar music that probable was some sort of smooth jazz. I've been trying to find onfo on that music for a while, anybody know?
Rare since the tapes were harder to find. The sign on for this station at that time would be like this (Mexico National Anthem) (United States National Anthem) "This is FOX 6 XETV San Diego beginning our broadcast day, so stay tuned and enjoy our day with us on FOX 6." And this would be the sign off "This is FOX 6 XETV San Diego concluding our broadcast day. From all of us at FOX 6, goodnight!" (Mexico National Anthem) (United States National Anthem) (Mexican stations go 24/7 nowadays, the Televisa channels air informercials during the overnight hours)
@schs1977 Because Mexican television companies, back then, knew it was good business to do business with US TV networks. It's a matter of dollars and cents. Besides, the main Mexican TV networks already have their stations in place.
@sygo7g: I would think that CBET has an HD signal by now - after all, Detroit is just a stone's throw away and I would assume that a lot of Detroit people watch CBC Television through CBET. After all, most of the major metro areas - Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, and Vancouver, for example - already have HD signals by now. Same with CTV and Global, and maybe even the French-language stations as well. (Hmm, could TVA attract an audience in Detroit?)
Jm Lim not really, it doesn't really work out as well because of the Canadian minimum content laws required by the Canadian Real Commission. A certain amount of Canadian content is required on all Canadian broadcast television and radio at times replacing American broadcast content. There's even rules surrounding the broadcasting of similar shows on American networks and Canadian Networks, where if the same show is being broadcast on an American Network and the Canadian Network the Canadian must replace the frequency of the American Network. IE The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Global rather than CBS. This added to the fact that broadcasting from offshore Studios with a transmitter in Canada will cause you to lose your broadcasting license means that essentially this doesn't really happen, although Canadians and Americans on both sides of the Border can pick up stations from either country if they point their Aerials in the right way, although this is usually regarded as an unintentional interference.
@@gidzmobug2323 I can think of a few other cities. Buffalo, Plattsburgh, Bangor, Watertown, The UP of Michigan, Parts of far northern Minnesota, parts of far northern North Dakota, and many others.
-Cont'd What happened instead, is that Industry Canada would buy rights to certain American TV programs to air them simultaneously with the American network airing them the same nights. During commercial breaks, they "substitute" the commercials that the respective American network has scheduled for commercials targeted at Canadian audiences. Hence, the simsub rule. Many Candians don't like the rule because, for example, the Super Bowl commercials won't be seen if they have cable/sat. -Cont'd
Stations in Mexico do start with X (like XEW, as in Televisa's, the true owner of that station at the time through a subsidiary, main Mexico City 1st network station) rather than the US's K or W, and since the station at that moment broadcasted from Baja California rather than California the Mexican Federal Government was the regulator of the station, hence the X callsign... If you search into the Wikipedia link on the top you'll find how each country has been designated with a letter or 2 (or even parts of one) to designate each radio and TV broadcasting station.
Because it operates with a mexican permit from Tijuana, although it´s entirely in English and was a FOX affiliate at the time. That´s why they must put the mexican anthem at midnight and 6 A.M. There is another similar TV station in Matamoros, on the border with Texas. XHRIO-TV
KUSI would have actually have been a Fox affiliate if Sam Zell stepped in. KUSI would have had to rework their all news lineup for Fox but thats ok. KSWB has been ironing out it's bugs. For Fox programming they seem to be fine. XHRIO is the only Mexican Fox affiliate to exist. Although XHRIO's Digital signal is on KVNO. However San Diego has a Mexican Mynetwork station which is also owned by Fox's parent company News Corp.
I should say that XHDTV is owned by Televisora Alco but Entravision manages it. Too bad they don't have a digital signal. If Mynetwork had some good HD shows it could get a cable/DBS/U-verse carriage.
If XHDTV-DT is at 1,000kw ERP then it will be able to interfere with KAZA-DT despite it's location. Cerro Bola is 18 to 20 miles away from Tijuana. Cerro Bola has a few radio stations. This new station if it runs at 1,000 kw ERP will have much, much better reception than their analog station.
Nope, "El Canal De Las Estrellas" (Canal 2, XEW, b. 1951) is Televisa's main network and Mexico's largest. "Canal 6" (Tijuana, BN) is the O&O affiliate of Canal 5 (XHGC, b. 1950) Televisa's 2nd largest network and Mexico's oldest.
Does XHDTV (My 13/49) also sign on with the Mexican and U.S. anthems? I recall that XHDTV was a UPN affiliate, and it switched to MyNet when KSWB 5/69 became San Diego the CW 5. The only other UPN stations to sign off (in my thoughts) were WCGV Milwaukee, WUPL New Orleans and KTXA Fort Worth/Dallas. Maybe you can upload the XHDTV sign off for us?
Years later……so XHDTV always aired 24/7 from its sign on but the Mexican and US National Anthems would play during the sunrise hours on that station. However since XHDTV is currently a Milenio TV relay…Milenio airs 24/7 nonstop.
@Colortinis and samacal: I would assume that XETV would fight it. After all, it has been a FOX affiliate from the very beginning. Also, it is owned by the same people that launched the TV station in the first place - the Azcarraga family, who also controls Televisa and some (if not all) of Univision's programming. The Azcarragas are very wealthy and they would fight it to the bitter end.
@sygo7g I think Art7220's question was concerning why the Canadian stations did not (I'm not so sure of it myself) affiliate directly with American over-the-air networks. One has to point to the direction of CanCon rules and simsubbing for the answers. If not for them, I think many Canadian OTA stations in major urban areas would not resisted the temptation to affiliate. -- Cont'd
There was an american station that affiliated with a Canadian network back in the 90’s. The station was KVOS 12 Bellingham. Today, KVOS caries heroes and icons, or H&I for short. If you read the history of KVOS, you will see how many network affiliations KVOS had gon through.
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra el acero aprestad y el bridón. 𝄆 Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del cañón. 𝄇 I Ciña ¡Oh Patria! tus sienes de oliva de la paz el arcángel divino, que en el cielo tu eterno destino por el dedo de Dios se escribió. Mas si osare un extraño enemigo profanar con su planta tu suelo, piensa ¡oh Patria querida! que el cielo 𝄆 un soldado en cada hijo te dio. Mexicanos, al grito de guerra el acero aprestad y el bridón. 𝄆 Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del cañón
This affiliation switch just happened yesterday night. Still CW will damage their ratings. KSWB is probably laughing their way to the bank. Fox is one of the most lucrative networks an affiliate can get. Top rated shows and great advertising for them.
The only good thing I can think about Mexico is the food. I’m not saying all Mexicans are bad, but there are plenty of drug smugglers and other dangerous people from there. RIP those killed in the El Paso shooting (and the Dayton shooting)
Say hello to the San Diego 6. Maybe they will fight the affiliation switch but they are going independent. If the CW continues to do so poorly in ratings then the CW will probably go bye-bye after this season.
*Hello American Citizens of the United States of America, this is the Mexican government your land has been annexed by Mexico we will play your anthem after ours one more time so you remember that your country is now under Mexican occupation, goodnight comrade tomorrow is another work day!
I was visiting San Diego one time and left the TV on as I went to sleep and I woke up to this. Unexpected to say the least lol
The Mexican and American National Anthems are beautiful to listen to
A very unique TV station sign on & I always wondered how XETV handled that. Thanks for posting this.
With the American anthem playing immediately after!
I grew up in Sylmar, in the northeast San Fernando Valley of LA. That area is shadowed from Mt Wilson but with nearby mountains resulting in severe multipath reception. Back in the analog era, the reflected signal caused ghosting so bad it looked like a scrambled cable channel.
BUT.
On warm sunny days, all of the VHF San Diego and Tijuana stations came in perfectly like it was local. Channels 6, 8, 10, 12
Even to this day, the strong inversion layers that develop along the coast blast 90.3 91.1 and 92.5 to huge parts of Southern California.
XETV first went on the air in 1953 as Tijuana's first TV station and at the same time the second station to serve San Diego. It originally aired programs in both English and Spanish, but mostly English because the San Diego audience at the time was much larger, and more profitable, than TJ's. Today TJ is almost twice as large as San Diego, and XETV is enjoyed on both sides of the border because of the large English-speaking population in Tijuana.
When I first moved to San Diego in 2003 I saw a version on XEWT 12 that had the lyrics at the bottom of the screen, and also showed an announcement relating to the SITATYR broadcast workers union.
XETV is closing it's doors on May 31 as a CW affiliate with news ending on March 31. CW is moving to a subchannel of KFMB but will likely remain on Channel 6 for Cable, Satellite, and U-verse subscribers.
Mexican law requires radio and TV stations to play its national anthem at sign-on and sign-off, traditionally midnight and 6am. The anthem of a guest country is immediately played afterward at events where that country's dignitaries are present. So the bilingual sign-on is most appropriate, and nicely done too. It might be the only San Diego area channel left that still plays the U.S. national anthem (sad). Being a 24-hr channel, XETV airs this at either 5am Mon-Sat or 6am Sunday.
I remember during the last few years of it, it did not air the American anthem, which is disrespectful. If you broadcast to the states, you play both
Used to live in San Diego for a little bit. I remember hearing this when I woke up
I remember hearing this every morning as I got ready for Work listening to XETRA 91 X
Now I am in NORTHERN INDIANA and enjoy Canadian Border Blasters at night such as Toronto's AM 740
MrAccordionPimp Indiana does not border Canada 🇨🇦
AUXI SOLANO Tatian that is true however radio signals don’t know borders.
I lived in North Anderson Indiana for a couple of years. I remember being able to hear zoomer radio at 740, AM 800 CKLW, some CBC station on 990, WABC in New York City, WBAP in Dallas Fort Worth, and KOKC in Oklahoma City. I was also able to watch both Indianapolis TV stations and Fort Wayne TV stations. One night I was able to get two of the Dayton Ohio TV stations. And on a very rare occasion I was able to get WLFI Lafayette.
Why are you leave California 😟😟😟 California is the most liveable state in my opinion. And I feel that the Northern states, the Midwest states, and the Eastern states of America are the most boring states, The State of Southern borders are the best. 💖💖💖
You could still listen to 91X on radio.garden
They played the National Anthems of Mexico and the United States, this because San Diego, California is bordered with the Mexican city of Tijuana, Baja California. Even because the transmitter of XETV is located in Baja California, and the station is not licensed by the FCC like the rest of American TV stations that are not licensed to a Mexican area. But when the station became a CW affiliate, they only played the Mexican National Anthem on every sign-on and sign-off, even in 2017 when the station became an affiliate of Televisa's Canal 5.
@kstar8706: Thanks for that. I also think that the Mexican national anthem is required for radio as well, as well as a programme called "La Hora Nacional" on Sundays, IIRC (and if my copy of the WRTH is right).
As its 50 stars shine for are glory and freedom
This video has uploaded 10 years ago (10th anniversary of this video)
XETV is now Canal 5 for those who can still get the signal.
It is still on Channel 6, but broadcasts Televisa's (they owned the CA/BA station all along through a subsidiary) Canal 5 (originating XHGC - Mexico City) network, the 2nd and oldest (b. 1950) in "La República".
@@syxepop now here in mexico channel 6 is channel 6 made by multimedios television
@@bananitosnationalanthems7974 - but Canal 6 (Multimedios) is NOT on Ch. 6 in Tijuana, BA.
Canal 5 network (originated by XHGC in CDMX) is shown on Ch. 5 everywhere in La República except in Tijuana (XETV, Ch. 6) and Matamoros (Ch. 11).
@@syxepop ok but azteca uno? Las estrellas? Imagen televisión?
Technically, XETV is equivalent to the AM radio "border blasters" of the 1950's and 60's. They were English stations licensed to operate along the Mexican side of the border. Wolfman Jack got his big break working for XERF in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, across the river from Del Rio, Texas with a 250,000 watt signal that, at night, reached as far away as Canada and parts of Central America.
One more thing. Arthel Neville will be a morning news anchor for FOX 5 San Diego. Both morning and news at 10 will all be in HD.
I used to pick up this channel as far away as Upland CA. I used to call it Sex-ETV long ago
Nowadays XETV Became an Canal 5 affiliated (owned by Televisa based in Mexico)
XHDTV is now at CH. 36.13 for DTV. XHDTV is going HD according to Time Warner Cable.
The Mexican Nat'l Anthem is pretty catchy!
From watching these signoffs all over UA-cam and the knowledge of analog TV's demise 10 years ago I have come to think that the signoff era went with it. I just never stayed up late enough to see one of these and I'm almost 30.
In México the anthem has to be played at 12:00 and 6:00 i don't know why.
God bless 2 nation🇲🇽🇺🇸
XHDTV is getting a digital signal on UHF 47. They will co-channel with KAZA-DT in LA. XHDTV is in Cerro Bola while KAZA-DT is mounted on Mt. Wilson. Supposedly Mexico has had 47 as an allocation. They also might move some Mexican stations to a lower channel number since 52-69 is being blocked off for TV use in the US after 2.17.09. There will be more info as the time goes on.
Also CBET-DT may not sign on until 2012 when Canada goes all Digital. Maybe they will sign on earlier but they may wait until they do the switch.
hear in indianapolis IN, we receive AM 800 CKLW on real cloudy days. but if i want to listen to CKLW i just listen on line through tune in radio.
Growing up i used to call this station Sex E TV
@rendezvous65 Now XHDTV has a digital signal on RF 47 out of Cerro Bola, with the assigned channel number being 49.1. This new signal is HD as well, but don't count on cable carrying it anytime soon.
Never did notice that from the Detroit stations that much, though I suppose I should've paid attention!
XETV and XHDTV are participating in the San Diego DTV test at 6:58 PM even though XHDTV has no digital signal up yet. We all know that XHDTV has chosen CH. 47 for their OTA digital signal. XETV and XHDTV will keep their analogs up past 2.17.09.
Must be interesting to be able to recieve Mexican TV and radio stations in Aan Diego...
What? The spanish part is being spoken too fast. I can't understand a word the spanish announcer is saying?
CBET's digital channel hasn't yet signed on yet. They have it allocated but it might not be until Canada goes digital.
@intoodeep7106 That's true. However, that also means that XETV is vulnerable to having its US network affiliations stripped at any time in favor of a US channel in San Diego, as happened with its losing ABC in 1972 and Fox in 2008. It originally had those network affiliations because no other San Diego channel existed at those times to carry them. Betwen 1972 and 1986 XETV was an independent, and was prepared to go indie again if it didn't get The CW.
Yes they are the CW for primetime programming. Everything else is still XETV including the comedy lineup.
@Hampstead343: Vraiment? I always thought that regardless of whether the station was broadcasting programming in English or Spanish, the Mexican anthem had to played anyway.
Tell San Diego 6 the CW
-- Cont'd
For example: Montreal is within reach of many Burlington, Vermont stations but many have trouble getting the ABC and FOX stations. Theoretically, a station could be started if there were no laws prohibiting it that would essentially be affiliate of an American network and make it easier for folks in urban areas to get programs over the air.
- Cont'd
@Colortinis: The station would have to go digital anyway, because it is carrying US network programming. The people involved with the station on the US side of the border would've known about the FCC regulations, and thus, would convert to digital around the same time as the other San Diego stations. I know since this might be the case with Canadian stations (CBC/Radio-Canada and CTV, among others, already have digital signals and are converting to all-digital).
Now it won't be an independent station. They will be the CW affiliate. They will broadcast CW in HD but no plans for HD news. All the usual XETV shows will be shown. They will just add CW. Don't worry sygo7g. KUSI will be the indie station in San Diego.
@Colortinis: You'd think Rupert Murdoch would try that with the Azcarragas? That would be some huge feat there.
Television stations licensed in Mexico are required to play the Mexican National Anthem only if they air English language programming, which is XETV's case.
But they should also be required to play the American National Anthem right after if the audience is in the states. It shows the audience respect to play both, not just the Mexican Anthem
I've seen the new Sign on. It's roughly the same. They changed the announcement and the only real change is the San Diego 6 logo. Other than that it's virtually the same.
@intoodeep7106 Why don't Canadian stations do this?
Some did at one time. The states that border Canada played "O Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner" at sign on and off. More than a few stations also played "God Save The Queen" in addition to the other two.
Best Sign-on I've ever Seen.
Canal 5 is the stations affiliation as of June 2017.
CBET-DT uses UHF 35. Thats if they get it on the air. They may have to move it though since another LP repeater uses UHF 34. Hope this helps.
The good news is that all the XETV programming will stay on San Diego 6 except the fox primetime. That will go to KSWB. So I guess you will see those simpsons and that 70s show reruns. As for primetime will probably be some reruns of some other show. Don't know if they will pick up any older seasons of fox shows.
radio stations also at midnight.
- Cont'd
So many of them, especially now in the digital age, respond by setting up large towers with outdoor antennas that can catch signals from border American local stations. This is true for not only Windsor but the Golden Horseshoe up to Oshawa, such as that Buffalo stations could be considered semi-local in Mississauga.
I got way off-topic so I'll end there.
Lovely National Hymn for Mexico
Lovely National Hymn for Mexico
I agree -- and the arrangement for band is also quite good. Never having heard it before -- or having heard a Mexican sing it -- I'm wondering whether the version used is perhaps a bit "up-tempo": it's hard to imagine a bunch of "civilians" singing that many syllables that fast!
Fascinating about XETV as a Tijuana station beaming into San Diego for all those years, too.
Steve Vasta Are there any channels simmilar now?
+Turkish Superhuman : The Wikipedia article on XETV-TDT suggests that there remains one Tijuana-based station that still broadcasts English-language programming to San Diego, though perhaps not exclusively so.
Steve Vasta Sad. Wish there were more. It's cool
In the meantime FOX5 will be broadcasting news in HD. Kathleen Bade will be anchoring the 10PM news with another anchor that hasn't been hiring yet. There are hiring ads in Craigslist and on the San Diego CW website. Mainly for news broadcasts. KUSI has thought about getting CW. Maybe XETV could get CW as a compromise. Who knows.
Anyone remember in 89 or 90 they used to play some very cool music over the color bars in the morning before the channel started programming? It was some instrumental guitar music that probable was some sort of smooth jazz. I've been trying to find onfo on that music for a while, anybody know?
Rare since the tapes were harder to find.
The sign on for this station at that time would be like this
(Mexico National Anthem)
(United States National Anthem)
"This is FOX 6 XETV San Diego beginning our broadcast day, so stay tuned and enjoy our day with us on FOX 6."
And this would be the sign off
"This is FOX 6 XETV San Diego concluding our broadcast day. From all of us at FOX 6, goodnight!"
(Mexico National Anthem)
(United States National Anthem)
(Mexican stations go 24/7 nowadays, the Televisa channels air informercials during the overnight hours)
@schs1977
Because Mexican television companies, back then, knew it was good business to do business with US TV networks. It's a matter of dollars and cents. Besides, the main Mexican TV networks already have their stations in place.
FROM BEFORE TO TELESISTEMA MEXICANO
They are confirming those hours of reruns like the simpsons etc. So if you watch those shows during those hours on Fox 6 then you will be satisfied.
@sygo7g: I would think that CBET has an HD signal by now - after all, Detroit is just a stone's throw away and I would assume that a lot of Detroit people watch CBC Television through CBET. After all, most of the major metro areas - Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, and Vancouver, for example - already have HD signals by now. Same with CTV and Global, and maybe even the French-language stations as well. (Hmm, could TVA attract an audience in Detroit?)
Were there stations that had similar arrangements to this on the Canadian side of the border?
Jm Lim not really, it doesn't really work out as well because of the Canadian minimum content laws required by the Canadian Real Commission. A certain amount of Canadian content is required on all Canadian broadcast television and radio at times replacing American broadcast content. There's even rules surrounding the broadcasting of similar shows on American networks and Canadian Networks, where if the same show is being broadcast on an American Network and the Canadian Network the Canadian must replace the frequency of the American Network. IE The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Global rather than CBS. This added to the fact that broadcasting from offshore Studios with a transmitter in Canada will cause you to lose your broadcasting license means that essentially this doesn't really happen, although Canadians and Americans on both sides of the Border can pick up stations from either country if they point their Aerials in the right way, although this is usually regarded as an unintentional interference.
There are some American stations whose signals reach over the Canadian border. These would be in the far northern cities, like Seattle and Detroit.
@@gidzmobug2323 I can think of a few other cities. Buffalo, Plattsburgh, Bangor, Watertown, The UP of Michigan, Parts of far northern Minnesota, parts of far northern North Dakota, and many others.
It's probably identical to this one but with the San Diego 6 logo.
XETV is likely going to be a Univision or even an affiliate of another Mexican station.
Wound up as a Canal 5 (XHGC) repeater.
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What happened instead, is that Industry Canada would buy rights to certain American TV programs to air them simultaneously with the American network airing them the same nights. During commercial breaks, they "substitute" the commercials that the respective American network has scheduled for commercials targeted at Canadian audiences. Hence, the simsub rule. Many Candians don't like the rule because, for example, the Super Bowl commercials won't be seen if they have cable/sat.
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Why that stations begins with an X instead of a K (Maybe because KETV Omaha has a station)
Stations in Mexico do start with X (like XEW, as in Televisa's, the true owner of that station at the time through a subsidiary, main Mexico City 1st network station) rather than the US's K or W, and since the station at that moment broadcasted from Baja California rather than California the Mexican Federal Government was the regulator of the station, hence the X callsign...
If you search into the Wikipedia link on the top you'll find how each country has been designated with a letter or 2 (or even parts of one) to designate each radio and TV broadcasting station.
Because it operates with a mexican permit from Tijuana, although it´s entirely in English and was a FOX affiliate at the time. That´s why they must put the mexican anthem at midnight and 6 A.M. There is another similar TV station in Matamoros, on the border with Texas. XHRIO-TV
KUSI would have actually have been a Fox affiliate if Sam Zell stepped in. KUSI would have had to rework their all news lineup for Fox but thats ok. KSWB has been ironing out it's bugs. For Fox programming they seem to be fine. XHRIO is the only Mexican Fox affiliate to exist. Although XHRIO's Digital signal is on KVNO. However San Diego has a Mexican Mynetwork station which is also owned by Fox's parent company News Corp.
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I guess they don't sign on and off like they used to. Maybe on the weekends. If they did do a sign-on/off it would be the same with their new logo.
I should say that XHDTV is owned by Televisora Alco but Entravision manages it. Too bad they don't have a digital signal. If Mynetwork had some good HD shows it could get a cable/DBS/U-verse carriage.
If XHDTV-DT is at 1,000kw ERP then it will be able to interfere with KAZA-DT despite it's location. Cerro Bola is 18 to 20 miles away from Tijuana. Cerro Bola has a few radio stations. This new station if it runs at 1,000 kw ERP will have much, much better reception than their analog station.
what if 43 to 45
Now after the CW Mexican TV channel Canal 5 used the affiliate stations of el canal de la estrellas (since 2017 and 2018)
Nope, "El Canal De Las Estrellas" (Canal 2, XEW, b. 1951) is Televisa's main network and Mexico's largest.
"Canal 6" (Tijuana, BN) is the O&O affiliate of Canal 5 (XHGC, b. 1950) Televisa's 2nd largest network and Mexico's oldest.
@FairBolFL
Tijuana is minutes away from San Diego
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isn't that because it's really in Mexico?
Does XHDTV (My 13/49) also sign on with the Mexican and U.S. anthems? I recall that XHDTV was a UPN affiliate, and it switched to MyNet when KSWB 5/69 became San Diego the CW 5. The only other UPN stations to sign off (in my thoughts) were WCGV Milwaukee, WUPL New Orleans and KTXA Fort Worth/Dallas. Maybe you can upload the XHDTV sign off for us?
Years later……so XHDTV always aired 24/7 from its sign on but the Mexican and US National Anthems would play during the sunrise hours on that station. However since XHDTV is currently a Milenio TV relay…Milenio airs 24/7 nonstop.
@Colortinis and samacal: I would assume that XETV would fight it. After all, it has been a FOX affiliate from the very beginning. Also, it is owned by the same people that launched the TV station in the first place - the Azcarraga family, who also controls Televisa and some (if not all) of Univision's programming. The Azcarragas are very wealthy and they would fight it to the bitter end.
@sygo7g I think Art7220's question was concerning why the Canadian stations did not (I'm not so sure of it myself) affiliate directly with American over-the-air networks. One has to point to the direction of CanCon rules and simsubbing for the answers. If not for them, I think many Canadian OTA stations in major urban areas would not resisted the temptation to affiliate.
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There was an american station that affiliated with a Canadian network back in the 90’s. The station was KVOS 12 Bellingham. Today, KVOS caries heroes and icons, or H&I for short. If you read the history of KVOS, you will see how many network affiliations KVOS had gon through.
u mean they ARE the CW
Hence the "X" in the call signs.
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
el acero aprestad y el bridón.
𝄆 Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
al sonoro rugir del cañón. 𝄇
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Ciña ¡Oh Patria! tus sienes de oliva
de la paz el arcángel divino,
que en el cielo tu eterno destino
por el dedo de Dios se escribió.
Mas si osare un extraño enemigo
profanar con su planta tu suelo,
piensa ¡oh Patria querida! que el cielo
𝄆 un soldado en cada hijo te dio.
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
el acero aprestad y el bridón.
𝄆 Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
al sonoro rugir del cañón
This affiliation switch just happened yesterday night. Still CW will damage their ratings. KSWB is probably laughing their way to the bank. Fox is one of the most lucrative networks an affiliate can get. Top rated shows and great advertising for them.
I should say after this upcoming station.
Recuerdo esto
Canal 5 (stations of El canal de las Estrellas From Mexico)
¡Mexicanos al grito de GUERRA!
Well it looks like they didn't won. I will miss you Fox 6 XETV.
That's OK, I like it when it happens!
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The interference is mostly in southern parts of temecula. Some of those areas have hills that block Mt. Wilson for some reason.
I should say they are switching to CW.
¡Ole!
As the baby americn flag rises over America, we say hello to our flag
say hello to the CW.
The only good thing I can think about Mexico is the food. I’m not saying all Mexicans are bad, but there are plenty of drug smugglers and other dangerous people from there. RIP those killed in the El Paso shooting (and the Dayton shooting)
Mi novio oscar. Es. De mexicali. Baja California. México.
May boy ferind oscar is an mexicali baja. California México
may boi is veri gu
XETV San Diego Fox 6 2017.08.20
Say hello to the San Diego 6. Maybe they will fight the affiliation switch but they are going independent. If the CW continues to do so poorly in ratings then the CW will probably go bye-bye after this season.
Too bad xetv became canal 5 in 2017 but at least there is kfmb
XETV
FOX no es trabaja para tu.
HOLA
HELLO
HIMNO NACIONAL DE MEXICO
Y HIMNO NACIONAL DE EEUU
*Hello American Citizens of the United States of America, this is the Mexican government your land has been annexed by Mexico we will play your anthem after ours one more time so you remember that your country is now under Mexican occupation, goodnight comrade tomorrow is another work day!