XHHCU-TDT

XHHCU-TDT

Mexico City Mexico
City of license	Mexico City
Branding	Canal del Congreso
Slogan	El Canal de la Unión
Channels	Digital: 45 UHF Virtual: 45 PSIP
Subchannels	45.1 ATSC
Affiliations	Public government broadcaster
Owner	Federal Government (Congreso de la Unión)
Founded	March 31, 2010
First air date	June 24, 2010
Call letters' meaning	XH Honorable Congreso de la Unión
Sister station(s)	XEIMT-TV, XEIPN-TV, XHOPMA-TDT (Similar public channels)
Transmitter power	179.380 kW
Transmitter coordinates
Licensing authority	IFT
Website	Official website

XHHCU-TDT is a television station in Mexico City, broadcasting on UHF channel 45. The station received its permit in 2010 and signed on July 16, 2015 as the first (and, so far, only) over-the-air outlet of the Canal del Congreso.

History

As early as 1999, when the Canal del Congreso was being launched, the Congress looked into the possibility of putting it on broadcast television.

The Congress did not begin to build out the station until January 2012, when it signed a pact with XEIMT-TV under which Canal 22 would provide technical infrastructure and services to XHHCU. The arrangement would generate considerable cost savings. XHHCU-TDT's transmitter is located on the XEIMT-TV/TDT tower.

In early 2014, the station was still not on the air, though it began testing in April. The final delay, as of May 2014, was negotiations with the borough of Gustavo A. Madero to install a transmitter on Cerro del Chiquihuite. The Congress eventually plans to sign on additional broadcast transmitters to extend Canal del Congreso's over-the-air reach.

Ultimately, XHHCU, after years of planning, came to air with Canal del Congreso programming on July 16, 2015; the station formally launched on August 6, 2015.

External links

• (Spanish) Official website