TV BUAP

TV BUAP is the television station of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It broadcasts on two transmitters, XHBUAP-TDT in Puebla City and XHTEH-TDT in Tehuacán, both on VHF channel 8 and virtual channel 18.

XHBUAP-TDT

Puebla, Puebla Mexico
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 18[1]
Programming
Subchannels	18.1 TV BUAP
Ownership
Owner	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Sister stations	Radio BUAP
History
First air date	March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14)
Technical information
ERP	17.5 kW[2]
Transmitter coordinates	19°04′27.71″N 98°20′49.48″W
Repeater(s)	XHTEH-TDT 8 (VC 18) Tehuacán (1.368 kW ERP[3])
Links
Website	radioytv.buap.mx

History

The BUAP University Cultural Complex houses TV BUAP's studios

BUAP, which has operated a radio station (XHBUAP-FM) since August 1997, filed an application for a permit television station in Puebla on March 16, 2010, and another in Tehuacán on November 15, 2011. The applications languished until they were approved for public concessions by the Federal Telecommunications Institute on June 19, 2019. Construction took place in 2020 on facilities in the University Cultural Complex, which also houses Radio BUAP.^[4] TV BUAP began broadcasting March 14, 2021.^[5] The Tehuacán transmitter began broadcasting on June 17, 2022.^[6]