XHMAP-TDT

XHMAP-TV is a local noncommercial television station in Monclova, Coahuila, broadcasting on virtual channel 29 from Loma de La Bartola.

XHMAP-TDT
Monclova, Coahuila
ChannelsDigital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 29
BrandingCanal 29
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
OwnerFrente Ciudadano Pro-Antena Parabólica de Monclova, A.C.
History
Founded1987
Former channel number(s)
7 (analog, 1987-2016)
Call sign meaning
Monclova Antena Parabólica
Technical information
ERP16.723 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates26°51′43″N 101°25′11″W
Links
Websitewww.facebook.com/Monclovacanal29/

History

The Frente Ciudadano Pro-Antena Parabólica de Monclova, A.C.,[note 1] which was owned by the local chapter of a miners' union, received two television station permits at the same time on October 23, 1987: one for XHMAP-TV on channel 7, and the other for XHOPA-TV on channel 13. XHMAP and XHOPA were primarily intended to improve the available local television service in town, though they each broadcast at a power of 300 watts; there was no national television service in Monclova when they were awarded.[2] XHOPA eventually disappeared.

XHMAP, meanwhile, cycled through various programming sources over the years. It carried Galavisión, Telemundo and both Imevisión networks at various times.[3] Ultimately, the station began rebroadcasting XHRCG-TV from Saltillo.

On August 18, 2009, miners from the union seized XHMAP-TV and shut the station down.[4] They sought to regain control of the station and hoped to modernize its antiquated transmission equipment. The miners also alleged that the president and secretary of the Comité Pro-Antena Parabólica had made a deal to allow the station to rebroadcast XHRCG.[5]

After 2009, the station's programming source changed again, to channel 4 on the local cable system operated by Núcleo Radio Televisión, a company of Rolando González Treviño. NRT owned the cable system, the channel and local FM stations XHWGR-FM and XHEMF-FM. In 2014, after the arrest of González Treviño in the United States on money laundering charges, XHMAP went off the air.[6]

In 2016, XHMAP migrated to digital television on physical channel 36. As Azteca 7 was assigned virtual channel 7 nationwide, virtual channel 29 was given to XHMAP to broadcast.[7] In May 2017, XHMAP relaunched as Canal 29 with a local schedule of programs. The relaunched XHMAP exposed itself to criticism that it was being run commercially, even though it is a noncommercial station;[2] the concessionaire claimed that Hiradier Huerta Medrano, former miners' union leader, was making money off the sale of advertisements on XHMAP.

Note
  1. The name on the official books until 2017 was Comité Pro-Antena Parabólica de Monclova, A.C. The Secretariat of Foreign Relations instead assigned the other name. See this IFT authorization.

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved April 24, 2020. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. Ramón Garza, Juan (3 June 2017). "Lucran con señal de televisora, denuncian". Zócalo. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. "No tiene dueño señal del Canal 7". Zócalo. 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  4. "Toman mineros Canal 7; exigen se les regrese instalación y concesión". Zócalo. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  5. García Rivera, Francisco (2011-02-22). "Resguarda 147 equipo de imagen libre de televisión". El Tiempo.
  6. "Deja de transmitir canal 7 en Monclova". 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  7. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified 20 November 2020. Retrieved .


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