XHGK-TDT
XHGK-TDT is a television station in Tapachula, Chiapas. XHGK broadcasts on virtual channel 13 (physical channel 26) and is part of the Telsusa regional network.
| Tapachula, Chiapas | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 13 |
| Branding | Canal 13 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Telsusa |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Albavisión (Comunicación del Sureste, S.A. de C.V.) |
| History | |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Former channel number(s) | 4 (analog and digital virtual, 1984-2018) |
| Former affiliations | Televisa (to 2017) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 80 kW[1] |
| HAAT | -179.8 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 14°53′15″N 92°17′03″W |
| Links | |
| Website | comsureste |
History
XHGK's concession was awarded on June 19, 1984, to José de Jesús Partida Villanueva, a businessman with connections to Televisa; it originally specified channel 10 in Comitán de Domínguez, but XHGK would be quickly relocated to Tapachula on analog channel 4. In 1993, the station's concession was transferred to Comunicación del Sureste.[2]
XHGK maintained a partnership with Televisa and carried programming from its channel 9 network and FOROtv, and as a Televisa partner, Comunicación del Sureste is defined as within the "preponderant economic agent" in broadcasting for regulatory purposes. In 2014, XHGK sourced 82 percent of its broadcast day from Televisa.[3] In 2017, simultaneous events prompted XHGK to disaffiliate from Televisa. One was the unwinding of many local relationships as Televisa began to multiplex Gala TV on subchannels of its own TV stations in some areas of the country where said programming had been broadcast on a local station, including Tapachula. Another was the successful participation of Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V., a company also controlled by Remigio Ángel González, in the IFT-6 television station auction, in which it acquired TV stations in twelve cities primarily in southern and eastern Mexico.[2] On October 18, 2018, XHGK and its sister stations moved to virtual channel 13.
Programming
XHGK's local program output includes local newscasts, branded as 13 Noticias del Soconusco (previously Noti-4), and a morning magazine and talk show, Giros (previously Chismoleando).
Outside of local programming, XHGK, its Chiapas sister station XHDY, and its Tabasco sister station XHTVL/XHTOE air almost all of the same programming. Since disaffiliating from Televisa, most of XHGK's entertainment programming has come from Albavisión television channels in other countries, such as El show del problema and the Argentina version of Combate (produced by El Nueve in Argentina) or been acquired on the international market, such as the Colombian telenovela Lo que diga el corazón. Weekends are taken up by older Mexican movies.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-07-24. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Sosa Plata, Gabriel (22 August 2017). ""El Fantasma" en la TV mexicana". SinEmbargo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- IFT: Resolution P/IFT/EXT/060314/77, 6 March 2014