XHCNL-TDT

XHCNL-TDT is a TelevisaUnivision owned and operated television station in Cadereyta and Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. broadcasting on virtual channel 8. Their signal is also available on SKY Mexico satellite system, on channel 152. It also airs programming from Univision and Televisa Guadalajara.

XHCNL-TDT

Cadereyta/Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico
City	Monterrey, Nuevo León
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	Canal 8 Televisa Monterrey
Programming
Affiliations	Televisa Regional (1988-present; full time from 2006 until 2016) Univision
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Televisa (Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XHX-TDT XEFB-TDT XET-TDT XHMOY-TDT
History
Founded	October 25, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-10-25)
First air date	October 25, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-10-25)
Former call signs	XHCNL-TV (1988-2015)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 34 (UHF, 1988-2015) Digital: 48 (UHF, to 2017) Virtual: 34 (PSIP, 2013-2017)
Former affiliations	FOROtv
Call sign meaning	Cadereyta, Nuevo León
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	IFT
Facility ID	704795
ERP	200 kW[2]
HAAT	1184 m
Transmitter coordinates	25°37′52″N 100°14′04″W

History

XHCNL came to air in the late 1980s as an oddity in a large concession primarily awarded to expand Televisa's reach in rural areas. In the mid-1990s, it raised its power and became known as "Tu Objetivo Visual", carrying some local programs. In 2006, a swap between XEFB and XHCNL resulted in XHCNL becoming Televisa Monterrey (or Monterrey Televisión), the local station for Monterrey with news and local productions. It also picked up XEFB's translator in Saltillo, Coahuila. On October 27, 2016, the change was reversed, with local programs moving to XEFB (now on virtual channel 4) and Teleactiva moving to channel 34.

Programming of Univision

• El Gordo y la Flaca
• Primer Impacto
• Aquí y Ahora

Programming of Televisa Guadalajara

• Qué Pokar! El juego de la fama
• Qué Quiere la Banda

Digital television

The station's digital signal currently features two subchannels:^[3]

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming
8.1	1080i	16:9	XHCNL	Main XHCNL programming Canal 8 Televisa Monterrey
8.2	480i	16:9	XHCNL	CV Shopping

On September 24, 2015, XHCNL shut off its analog signal; its digital signal on UHF channel 48 remained.^[4]

In 2017, XHCNL moved from physical channel 48 to its former analog channel 34 in order to clear the 600 MHz band for mobile services.^[5]

On December 23, 2017, XHCNL changed virtual channels from 34 to 8.^[6] In 2016, XHCNL added a shopping channel partly owned by Televisa, CJ Grand Shopping, on its second digital subchannel; the channel was removed in March 2019 after Televisa divested its 50% stake in the channel in 2018.^[7] In June, a new CV Shopping channel wholly owned by Televisa was added to XHCNL's second subchannel.

Repeaters

Two repeaters provide fill-in coverage in the Monterrey metropolitan area:

RF	Location	ERP
34	Col. Country Cerro El Mirador	1 kW[8]
34	General Escobedo	.220 kW[9]