XHDY-TDT

XHDY-TDT

San Cristóbal de las Casas-Tuxtla Gutiérrez,Chiapas
Channels	Digital:36 (UHF) Virtual:13
Branding	Canal 13
Programming
Subchannels	13.1:Canal 13 13.3:TN23
Affiliations	Telsusa
Ownership
Owner	Albavisión (Comunicación del Sureste, S.A. de C.V.)
History
Founded	1984
Former call signs	XHDY-TV (1984-2016)
Former channel number(s)	5 (analog and digital virtual, 1984-2016) 9 (virtual, 2016-2018)
Technical information
Licensing authority	IFT
ERP	160 kW
HAAT	1,241.9 m
Transmitter coordinates	16°43′59″N92°45′40″W
Links
Website	comsureste

XHDY-TDTis a television station broadcasting from its transmitter inSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapasand studios in the state capital ofTuxtla Gutiérrez.XHDY broadcasts on virtual channel 13 (physical channel 36) and is part of theTelsusaregional network.

History

XHDY's concession was awarded on June 19, 1984, to José de Jesús Partida Villanueva, a businessman with connections to Televisa. In 1993, the station's concession was transferred to Comunicación del Sureste.

XHDY maintained a partnership withTelevisaand carried programming from itsChannel 9 NetworkandFOROtv,and as a Televisa partner, Comunicación del Sureste is defined as within the "preponderant economic agent" in broadcasting for regulatory purposes. In 2014, XHDY sourced 72 percent of its broadcast day from Televisa.In 2017, simultaneous events prompted XHDY to disaffiliate from Televisa. One was the unwinding of many local relationships as Televisa began to multiplexGala TVandFOROtvon subchannels of its own TV stations in some areas of the country where said programming had been broadcast on a local station, including Tuxtla Gutiérrez and San Cristóbal de las Casas. Another was the successful participation of Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V., a company also controlled by Remigio Ángel González, in the IFT-6 television station auction, in which it acquired TV stations in twelve cities primarily in southern and eastern Mexico.

On October 18, 2018, XHDY and its sister stations moved to virtual channel 13.

Programming

XHDY's local program output includes local newscasts, branded as13 Noticias Chiapas(previouslyNoticinco), and a morning magazine and talk show,Giros(previouslyDía Tras Día).

Outside of local programming, XHDY, its Chiapas sister stationXHGK,and its Tabasco sister stationXHTVL/XHTOEair almost all of the same programming. Since disaffiliating from Televisa, most of XHDY's entertainment programming has come from Albavisión television channels in other countries, such asEl show del problemaand the Argentina version ofCombate(produced byelnuevein Argentina) or been acquired on the international market, such as the Colombian telenovelaLo que diga el corazón.Weekends are taken up by older Mexican movies.

Repeaters

The primary transmitter for XHDY-TDT is located atop Cerro Pig inSan Cristóbal de las Casas.XHDY has a second transmitter atop Cerro Huitepec, another mountain in the same municipality, as Cerro Huitepec blocks reception of the Cerro Pig transmitter in some portions of San Cristóbal. Two additional repeaters provide significant coverage extensions:

City	RF channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter coordinates
Cerro Huitepec,San Cristóbal de las Casas	36	5kW	1243.7 m	16°44′16.4″N92°41′17.2″W
Bochil	36	1.2kW		16°59′34.58″N92°53′34.07″W
Comitán de Domínguez	36	3.66kW	485.9 m	16°15′56.9″N92°09′37.3″W
Las Margaritas	36	2kW		16°18′43.44″N91°59′55.89″W
Ocosingo	36	4kW		16°53′50.91″N92°06′02.41″W
Tonalá	36	3kW		16°05′42.02″N93°45′09.71″W
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	36	0.6kW	-317.7 m	17°30′30.1″N91°58′35.7″W