XHCJH-TDT

XHCJH-TDT is a television station based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The station serves the Ciudad Juárez market and reaches viewers in the neighboring El Paso, Texas, area in the United States. It is owned by TV Azteca and carries programming from the Azteca 7 network, making it a local broadcast outlet within TV Azteca’s Mexican television operations rather than an independently positioned national network brand. The station is identified by the call sign XHCJH-TDT and operates on virtual channel 20. Its digital-channel identity reflects a local regulatory and technical arrangement: although the station carries Azteca 7 programming, it retained virtual channel 20 after October 2016 because using virtual channel 7 would have conflicted with KVIA-TV, an El Paso television station using that channel. This distinction allows the station to distribute the Azteca 7 service while maintaining a separate channel position in the cross-border viewing area. XHCJH-TDT’s analog service, previously identified as XHCJH-TV on analog channel 20, was discontinued on July 14, 2015, as part of Mexico’s federally mandated transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. The station subsequently operated through its digital transmission infrastructure. Its digital signal is multiplexed, allowing the transmission facility to carry more than one stream or service within its allocated digital broadcast capacity, although the available reference material does not specify the full subchannel lineup. As a local transmitter and network affiliate, XHCJH-TDT’s principal offering is free over-the-air television distribution rather than a separately marketed product portfolio. Its role is to deliver Azteca 7 programming to viewers in Ciudad Juárez and the surrounding cross-border region. Publicly available reference material identifies the station’s ownership, network affiliation, market, virtual channel, and digital-transition history, but does not establish a separate founding date, named founder, executive roster, financial profile, independent corporate website, or distinct consumer campaign history. The supplied website is the Azteca 7 network website rather than a clearly identified station-specific site.

XHCJH-TDT is a television station located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, with service extending into the El Paso, Texas, area. The station is owned by TV Azteca and carries the Azteca 7 network. Its role is therefore primarily that of a local broadcast transmitter and network outlet, distributing Azteca 7 programming to a cross-border audience rather than operating as a separately branded national network. Before the completion of Mexico’s digital television transition, the station operated in analog form under the call sign XHCJH-TV on analog channel 20. In accordance with Mexico’s analog-to-digital conversion mandate, the analog signal was discontinued on July 14, 2015. The station then continued through digital terrestrial transmission under the XHCJH-TDT designation. The station’s digital signal is multiplexed, meaning that its digital transmission capacity can carry multiple broadcast streams or subchannels. The available reference material confirms the multiplexed nature of the signal but does not provide a complete list of the services carried on each subchannel. Following Mexico’s virtual-channel arrangements implemented in October 2016, XHCJH-TDT remained associated with virtual channel 20. Although its Azteca 7 affiliation might otherwise suggest use of virtual channel 7, that assignment would have conflicted with KVIA-TV, a station serving the El Paso area. Retaining channel 20 enabled XHCJH-TDT to preserve a distinct and technically workable identity in a market spanning the international border. The station’s documented history is consequently centered on broadcast technology, regulatory transition, and channel coordination. No reliable information in the supplied materials identifies a separate founding year, founder, station-specific executive team, independent financial results, major advertising campaigns, scandals, lawsuits, acquisitions, or product launches. The available network website is associated with Azteca 7, while the station itself is principally described through its call sign, location, ownership, affiliation, and transmission history.

• 2016

  Virtual channel 20 retained

  [1]XHCJH-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  After October 2016, the station continued using virtual channel 20 because virtual channel 7 would have conflicted with KVIA-TV in El Paso.

• 2015

  Analog service discontinued

  [1]XHCJH-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  The former XHCJH-TV analog transmission on channel 20 was shut down on July 14 as part of Mexico's mandated conversion to digital television.

A local TV Azteca broadcast station and Azteca 7 network outlet serving Ciudad Juárez and the adjacent El Paso cross-border market.

• Television network programming

  Azteca 7 broadcast service

  XHCJH-TDT carries TV Azteca's Azteca 7 network programming for viewers in Ciudad Juárez and the adjacent El Paso market. The service is delivered over the station's digital terrestrial signal and is the station's principal programming offering.

• Broadcast transmission · 2015

  Digital terrestrial television transmission

  The station provides a multiplexed digital television signal under the XHCJH-TDT call sign. Digital transmission replaced the station's former analog service after the analog signal was shut down in July 2015.

• 2016

  Retention of virtual channel 20Other

  Background

  The use of virtual channel 7 would have conflicted with KVIA-TV in the neighboring El Paso market.

  Action taken

  XHCJH-TDT continued using virtual channel 20 after October 2016 despite carrying Azteca 7 programming.

  Aftermath

  The station maintained a distinct virtual-channel identity while continuing its Azteca 7 affiliation.

  Source

• 2015

  Conversion from analog to digital broadcastingStrategy

  Background

  Mexico's analog-to-digital conversion mandate required television stations to discontinue analog transmissions and move to digital broadcasting.

  Action taken

  XHCJH-TV's analog channel 20 service was shut down on July 14, 2015, with the station continuing as XHCJH-TDT through digital transmission.

  Aftermath

  The station operated as a digital, multiplexed television service and retained its local broadcast role for the Ciudad Juárez–El Paso area.

  Source

• 2016

  Station retained virtual channel 20[1]XHCJH-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  XHCJH-TDT continued using virtual channel 20 after October 2016 because assigning virtual channel 7 would have conflicted with KVIA-TV in the neighboring El Paso market.

• 2015

  Analog transmission ended during Mexico's digital television transition[1]XHCJH-TDTen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The station's former analog service, identified as XHCJH-TV on channel 20, was shut down on July 14, 2015, in accordance with Mexico's analog-to-digital broadcasting transition.

1. 1XHCJH-TDTen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Azteca 7azteca7.com