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TV Stations of Mexico as received in North Louisiana
The TV Stations of Mexico series features ID photographs of more than 100 Mexico TV stations in twenty-nine states from my personal TV DX photo collection. TV DX Expo pages and images (except where noted) are owned, maintained, and © copyrighted 2015 by Danny Oglethorpe. Logos and programming are property of Televisa, Azteca TV, state-owned networks, and others.
ESTADO DE MEXICO
"State of Mexico"



A tall "4" is broadcast from a tall mountain and
received in Louisiana via E-skip.The year is 2000.
XHTV-4 serves Mexico City, DF, from a transmitter
site at Cerro Pico Tres Padres, Estado de Mexico.



ESTADO DE MEXICO Geography
The State of Mexico surrounds much of the Federal District. The state of Morelos is south of DF.

MEXICO Geography
States: 31 and Federal District (DF)
Terrain: Many mountainous areas

Estado de Mexico analog TV logs: 1

Mexico states logged: 29

Mexico states not logged: Morelos and Tlaxcala

APPRECIATION:
Much appreciation to Raymie Humbert for helping me (and other DXers, as well) by providing a large amount of highly useful information about Mexico TV. That information was unknown to DXers in the U.S. until Raymie did the research and reported his findings on WTFDA Forums. Read his reports here.

A Common E-skip Reception Pattern:
1318 Central Time on July 13, 2015


1318 CT
Channel 2


1326 - 1342 CT
Channel 4
XHTV-4
Top line of text ID upper left in second photo reads:
XHTV-TV Canal 4





1327 CT
Channel 5

Televisa's Mexico City TV Transmitters Are Actually
Located at Cerro Pico Tres Padres, Estado de Mexico


CERRO PICO TRES PADRES:

Just for clarification, "Pico Tres Padres" is the peak of a mountain that is located a short distance north of the Federal District, near the border that runs between the Federal District and the State of Mexico.

Televisa stations XEW-2, XHTV-4, XHGC-5, and XEQ-9 serve Mexico City, DF, via transmitters located at "Cerro Pico Tres Padres" in the state of Mexico. Those transmitters are about 946 miles from my location, which is in perfect E-skip range.

XHTV-4:

In the 1990s and early 2000s, some sources claimed XHTV-4 was relayed all over Mexico like XEW-2 and XHGC-5. I actually believed that, too, at one time. However, my experience with low-band TV in the 1990s and 2000s (before Foro) was that some Televisa independents did run a few hours of programs on weekdays and occasional special programs that originated at XHTV. Those relayers, however, did not show the XHTV logo, did not run ads from XHTV, and did not run promos from XHTV. Some did not even broadcast the programs at the time XHTV-4 aired them. Other than that few hours, XHTV's programming was seen only in DF on the low-band.

For a year or two after switching from independent, and prior to becoming a full-time Galavision (XEQ-9) relayer, XEDK-5 Guadalajara did relay XHTV-4 on a full-time basis.

Other stations, like XEFB-2 Monterrey and XHP-3 Puebla, were never full-time XHTV relayers - in spite of what some sources claimed.

XHTV-4 was an oddity among low-band Televisa independents during their "Central 4" and "4TV" years, and XHTV had little in common with XHG-4 Guadalajara and XEFB-2 Monterrey. At that time, XHTV used more U.S.-produced sitcoms and dramas than some of the other Telvisa independents on the low-band. Unusual ID material was also a trademark of "Central 4."



"Central 4" Era

XHTV-4 Mexico City (2000)


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2000)


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2000)


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2000)


XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

"Central 4 "
2000

XHTV-4 Mexico City (2000)


XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

2000

XHTV/C4 (December 1997)


1997


1997


1997


"Diversion TV" (1997)


1997


"4TV" Era


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2003)


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2003)


XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

DF ad
June 24, 2010

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

DF ad
June 24, 2010

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

DF ad
June 24, 2010

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

DF ad
June 24, 2010



"Foro TV" Era

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

"f" logo lower left
December 29, 2010

XHTV-4 Mexico City (2012)


XHTV-4 Mexico City (2012)


XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

"f" logo lower right
July 14, 2014

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

"f" logo
June 21, 2015

XHTV-4
Pico Tres Padre, Mexico

Text ID upper left
June 21, 2015

No, this is not XHTV-4

XHTV-4 text ID on XHP-3 Puebla
XHP-3 is relaying national news from XHTV (Foro TV).

XHTV-4 text ID upper left
XHP-3 "TV3" logo upper right
August 11, 2014
Text ID reads:
XHTV-TV Canal 4
MEXICO Distrito Federal


PHOTO EXPOSITIONS OF TV STATIONS RECEIVED FROM TWENTY-NINE MEXICO STATES (TV stations logged by transmitter location when such information is known. The Televisa TV transmitters that serve Mexico City, DF, are in Estado de Mexico.)
Aguascalientes | Baja California Norte | Baja California Sur | Campeche | Chiapas | Chihuahua | Coahuila | Colima | Durango | Guanajuato | Guerrero | Hidalgo | Jalisco | Estado de Mexico | Michoacan | Nayarit | Nuevo Leon | Oaxaca | Puebla | Queretaro | Quintana Roo | San Luis Potosi | Sinaloa | Sonora | Tabasco | Tamaulipas | Veracruz | Yucatan | Zacatecas | Mexico TV DX Home |
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