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Thanks to the DXers and reporters who have contributed information over the years.
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MEXICO TV DX ID TIPS

•Mexico TV DX Primer (In-depth)
•Mexico TV Logos: Local station

Special thanks to Fernando Garcia, Jeff Kruszka, Christopher S. Dunne, W9WI, and Jay Hinton.


TYPICAL LOCAL ID ON MEXICO TV

The superimposed text ID is Mexico's most common type of local ID. They generally come 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 "XELN-TV4" 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. In addition to text IDs, independent stations use names (such as "Teleactiva" and "tucanal"), and they air fancy animated IDs, local ads, and local news.

Unfortunately, there are only a handful of independent stations on the low-band (channels 2-6) in Mexico. Therefore, most IDs on TV in Mexico are for networks. Read more...

MEXICO TV NETWORK LOGOS
Televisa logo

TELEVISA NETWORKS

Network pages

XEW logo XEW-2/"El Canal de las Estrellas" (Televisa) Mexico's largest network. Airs many popular soap operas during late afternoon and primetime on weekdays. Uses mostly Mexico-produced programs.
XHGC-5 logo XHGC-5/"Canal Cinco" (Televisa) Features family programming during the daytime and early evening. Cartoons (mostly U.S.-produced) fill much of XHGC's weekday schedule.
Galavision logo XEQ-9/"Galavision" (Televisa) Features a variety of programming types.
TV Azteca logo

TV AZTECA NETWORKS

Network pages
Azteca-7 logo Azteca-7/XHIMT-7 (TV Azteca) Both Azteca networks run a few U.S.-produced programs and movies, in addition to Mexican productions.
Azteca-13 logo Azteca-13/XHDF-13 (TV Azteca) Larger of the two Azteca networks.
Once TV logo

ONCE TV (CANAL ONCE)

Once website and schedule

ONCE TV/XEIPN-11 (Cultural/educational) Similar to PBS in the US, but with commercials.

COMPREHENSIVE STATION LISTS
LATIN AMERICA TV DX ID TIPS

•Latin America TV Logos: Number
•Latin America TV Logos: Name, letters, symbol
•Index of Country Pages

Many thanks to the DXers and reporters who provided information and graphics: Christopher S. Dunne, Jeff Kruszka, Jesus Perez (and associates), Mike Bugaj (and the WTFDA), and Humberto Molina.


Focus of this site:
  • Central America, Caribbean, northern South America
  • North America TV channels 2-6 (54MHz-88MHz)
  • NTSC, M
  • Country of origin

TIPS

  • Latin America TV DX expert Christopher S. Dunne, who has received many TV stations from Latin America, has never seen a local superimposed text ID (like those used in Mexico) on any station from the Caribbean and Central America.
  • Most Latin America stations do not use call letters.
  • Many local stations use a name (like "El Lider").
  • Most IDs are for a network or key station, rather than a local station.
  • Many key stations operate relayers on the same channel as the key station.
LIMITATIONS OF THIS SITE:
  • SOME OF THE LOGOS ON THIS SITE ARE OUTDATED, AND SOME OF THE NETWORK/STATION LINKS NO LONGER WORK.
  • The logos and stations/networks listed on these pages are not the only ones that might be received on low-band channels from this Website's area of coverage.
  • Reliable information is difficult to find for many Latin America TV stations.
  • Obtaining up-to-date logos, etc is impossible for some stations and networks.
  • Some of the TV stations are very low power, which means those stations will not likely be DXable.
  • Although I've received many TV stations from Mexico, my experience with Central America and Caribbean TV has not been extensive. Therefore, I need your help in keeping this site up to date.

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:
U.S. AND CANADA TV DX HELP FROM WTFDA MEMBERS
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)
Jeff Kruszka is believed to be the first DXer to ID XHGZP-6 Torreon. This small, difficult-to-read text ID is now the most common type of ID used by network relayers in Mexico.
ID upper right reads:
XHGZP-TV CANAL 6
TORREON COAH