XHMNL-TDT

XHMNL-TDT

File:Canal 28 Nuevo Leon logo 2017.png
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 28
Branding	Canal 28
Ownership
Owner	Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León
History
Founded	May 14, 1982
Former call signs	XHMNL-TV (1982-2015)
Former channel number(s)	28 (analog, 1982-2015)
Call sign meaning	Monterrey Nuevo León
Technical information
ERP	139.54 kW (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	25°37′33″N 100°19′15″W
Links
Website	http://www.nl.gob.mx/srtvnl

Canal 28 is an educational and public television station owned and operated by the government of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is part of Radio y Televisión de Nuevo León and broadcasts on 24 transmitters serving the entire state.

History

Logo from 2015 to 2017

XHMNL-TV, the Monterrey transmitter, signed on May 14, 1982, as part of the Televisión de la República Mexicana/Televisión Rural de México system. The original offices were located on the 27th and 28th floors of the Latino Building in Monterrey.

In 1984 XHMNL broke from the network and became a station focused on Monterrey and Nuevo León, under the auspices of the state government; the next year it moved to its current facilities on San Francisco Avenue. Channel 28's transmitter is located on Cerro del Mirador.

On September 24, 2015, XHMNL in Monterrey shut off its analog signal and began exclusively broadcasting in digital on channel 28. Other transmitters followed in December 2016, with the state network adopting 28 as its virtual channel.

In May 2017, TVNL (TV Nuevo León) began branding as Canal 28 with a new logo and slogan.

On September 5, 2018, the Federal Telecommunications Institute approved the conversion of Canal 28 into a common-concession state network that could build new repeaters anywhere in Nuevo León, with the existing 23 repeaters of XHMNL-TDT losing their individual concessions and callsigns and also being moved to channel 28 to form a single-frequency network.

Programs

Canal 28 broadcasts a variety of cultural, public affairs, news, sports and other programs.

Transmitters

The state government owns 24 transmitters carrying Canal 28 programming.

RF	VC	Call sign	Location	ERP
27	28	XHAGL-TDT	Aguasleguas	.2 kW
21	28	XHNAR-TDT	Aramberri	0.5 kW
27	28	XHCMP-TDT	Cerralvo-Melchor Ocampo	.5 kW
22	28	XHNAN-TDT	Anáhuac	.5 kW
31	28	XHNDA-TDT	Doctor Arroyo	.5 kW
27	28	XHDRC-TDT	Doctor Coss	.2 kW
27	28	XHGBT-TDT	General Bravo-General Tapia	.2 kW
27	28	XHGTR-TDT	General Treviño	.2 kW
27	28	XHHGR-TDT	Higueras	.2 kW
14	28	XHTUB-TDT	Iturbide	.5 kW
23	28	XHLCH-TDT	La Chona-Aramberri	.2 kW
27	28	XHZOS-TDT	Lampazos de Naranjo	.2 kW
33	28	XHNLI-TDT	Linares	.5 kW
27	28	XHAEA-TDT	Los Aldamas-Estación Los Aldama	.5 kW
27	28	XHHRR-TDT	Los Herrera	.2 kW
27	28	XHLRN-TDT	Los Ramones	.2 kW
49	28	XHMNG-TDT	Mier y Noriega	.2 kW
28	28	XHMNL-TDT	Monterrey	139.54 kW
27	28	XHPRS-TDT	Paras	.2 kW
28	28	XHRNS-TDT	Rayones	.2 kW
24	28	XHNSA-TDT	Sabinas Hidalgo	.5 kW
27	28	XHCLL-TDT	Vallecillo	.1 kW
27	28	XHVDB-TDT	Villaldama-Bustamante	.5 kW
14	28	XHZRZ-TDT	Zaragoza	.2 kW

In March 2018, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38-51), XHMNG was assigned channel 27 for continued digital operations.