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Tips for identifying TV DX from Mexico and Latin America |
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Owned, maintained, and copyrighted © 2012 by Danny Oglethorpe, member of Worldwide TV-FM DX Association |
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Thanks to the DXers and reporters who have contributed information
over the years. On-line TV DX tips since 1998 | Companion site to TV DTV DX EXPO |
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WARNING: Due to the fact that TV stations and networks often make changes in logos, station names, slogans, and programs, some of the information on this page may be outdated. If you see something new, please let me know or report it to the WTFDA Forums Latin America TV DX section. |
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MEXICO TV DX ID TIPS Updated March 9, 2012 Mexico TV DX Primer (New 2012 version) National network logos NEW Local logos: Channel 2 NEW Local logos: Channel 3 NEW Local logos: Channel 4 NEW Local logos: Channel 5 NEW Local logos: Channel 6 List of relayer network switches and corrections(9-19-2010) List of multi-transmitter stations (5-17-2011) List of unofficial stations and city of service vs ID location See some of my photographs of Mexico TV DX IDs as received in Louisiana Special thanks to Fernando Garcia, Jeff Kruszka, Christopher S. Dunne, W9WI, and Jay Hinton.
ID upper right reads: XHGZP-TV CANAL 6 TORREON COAH The above small, difficult-to-read superimposed text ID is now the most common type of local ID used by network relayers in Mexico. (Jeff Kruszka received this signal in south Louisiana, and he is believed to be the first DXer to ID XHGZP-6 Torreon.) This kind of ID generally comes up for a few seconds at thirty minute intervals, but not always on the TOH or half-hour. Watch for these IDs in the corners of the screen, as well as the top and bottom of the screen. The IDs can be as simple as "XHMEN-TV" or as long as four short lines of text listing calls, location, and time/date. These IDs are used by network relayers and some non-network independent stations. Read more... COMPREHENSIVE STATION LISTS
An unofficial station. ID below reads: XEZ-TV C-3 C.CULIACAN,GTO. TELEVISA
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LATIN AMERICA TV DX ID TIPS Updated January 30, 2012 Latin America TV Logos: Number Latin America TV Logos: Name, letters, symbol Cuba TV DX ID tips page Many thanks to the DXers and reporters who provided information and graphics for these Latin America pages over the years: Christopher S. Dunne, Jeff Kruszka, Jesus Perez (and associates), Mike Bugaj (and the WTFDA), Humberto Molina, Jeff Kadet, and William Hepburn. Contributions of logos and information are always welcome.
Focus of this site:
Audio and video frequency offsets for Central America, Caribbean, and South America TV: Other websites which contain useful information on Central America and Caribbean TV:
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An example of a great ID from Mexico. Although this easy-to-read style of ID was common on Mexico network relayers in the past, only a few TV stations in Mexico currently use this kind of ID.
(XHTPZ-24 Tampico TAM, as received and
photographed by Jeff Kruszka in south Louisiana in 1998.)
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