XHRIO-TDT
TV station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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XHRIO-TDT (channel 15) was a television station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, which served the Rio Grande Valley area in southern Texas, United States. The station was 98%-owned by Mexican-based Televisora Alco, a 40%-owned subsidiary of station operator Entravision Communications;[4] XHRIO was a sister station to Entravision's duopoly of McAllen-licensed Univision affiliate KNVO (channel 48) and Harlingen-licensed Fox affiliate KFXV (channel 60), as well as three low-powered stations, all licensed to McAllen: Class A UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD (channel 32), KMBH-LD (channel 67, and its Brownsville-licensed translator Class A KXFX-CD), and KCWT-CD (channel 21, also a CW Plus affiliate). XHRIO-TDT maintained its basic concession-compliant studios in Matamoros, with a second studio facility across the border (shared with Entravision's other stations) on North Jackson Road in McAllen housing master control and other internal operations. XHRIO-TDT's transmitter was located near El Control, Tamaulipas.
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City | Matamoros, Tamaulipas (main facility located in McAllen, Texas) |
Channels | |
Branding | CW 15 Rio Grande Valley |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Defunct |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Operator | Entravision Communications (40% owner of Televisora Alco) |
KNVO, KMBH-LD, KTFV-CD, KCWT-CD, KXFX-CD | |
History | |
First air date | January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) |
Last air date | December 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)[2] (42 years, 353 days) |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF, 1979–2015) Virtual: 2 (PSIP, 2010–2016) |
English Independent (1979–1981) Spanish Independent (1981–1988) Telemundo (1988–1999) UPN (1999–2005) Fox (2005–2012) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016) The CW (2016–2021) | |
Call sign meaning | Rio Grande Valley |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | IFT |
Facility ID | 704902 |
ERP | 250 kW |
HAAT | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°56′28″N 97°50′49″W |
The station was long linked to programming from the United States, signing on as an independent station programmed from McAllen and serving as an affiliate of Telemundo, UPN, Fox, MundoFox/MundoMax, and The CW in its operational history. In 2019, Entravision announced that it had elected not to pay the 20-year renewal fee for the station's concession to broadcast beyond December 31, 2021, when the station closed down.