XHDTV-TV
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| Tijuana/Tecate, Baja California San Diego/Tecate, California |
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| Branding | MyTV 13 |
| Channels | Analog: 49 (UHF) Digital: 47 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | Entravision (license and transmitter owned by a Mexican company) (Televisora Alco S. de RL de CV) |
| Founded | November 1, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning | Possible disambiguation of former sister station XETV |
| Former callsigns | XHUPN (1999-2006) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (1999-2006) |
| Website | www.mytv13.com |
XHDTV-TV, commonly identified on the air as XDTV, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in San Diego, California, United States. The station is licensed to Tecate, Baja California, Mexico; its studios are located in San Diego. The station is operated by Entravision Communications Corporation. XHDTV is referred to as "MyTV 13", as it is located on channel 13 on all San Diego area cable systems, although it is broadcast on channel 49 over the air and on satellite. Syndicated programming on XHDTV includes Friends, The Cosby Show, The People's Court, How I Met Your Mother, and Cash Cab
XHDTV, as a licensed broadcaster in Mexico, is not covered under the US Federal Communications Commission must-carry regulations. XHDTV is therefore the only full-power MyNetworkTV affiliate that local cable providers are not required to carry even if the station requests to be carried under this provision.
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[edit] History
XHDTV-TV went on the air on November 1, 1999 as XHUPN-TV (or "XUPN"), taking over the UPN programming that was removed from previous area affiliate, KUSI-TV (Channel 51). In the interim, UPN programming was provided to San Diego via cable by Los Angeles' KCOP-TV. When XHUPN went on the air, it asked the San Diego area cable providers to drop KCOP from their lineups, and XHUPN adopted the "UPN 13" moniker.
When the merger of UPN and The WB was announced and with Tribune-owned KSWB 5/69 becoming a charter affiliate of The CW Television Network, XHUPN was expected to become an affiliate of Spanish-language network Telefutura, but on March 22, 2006, it was announced in Broadcasting & Cable Magazine that XHUPN would instead be a new affiliate of MyNetworkTV. The station's UPN 13 logo had been dropped and the station simply called itself "Channel 13"; then later, "TV 13". This same practice of dropping UPN brandings from logos had become common on stations owned by News Corporation, due to the pending demise of UPN. Not long after XHUPN received the MyNetworkTV affiliation, it changed its calls to the present XHDTV. UPN programming on XHDTV ended on September 4, with the exception of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which aired on late Friday/early Saturday after midnight, for the two weeks prior to the launch of The CW.
[edit] Digital television
XHDTV began broadcasting a 1080i signal on virtual channel 49.1 in Summer 2011.
| Channel | Programming |
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| 49.1 | Main XHDTV-TDT programming / MyNetworkTV |
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