{{short description|Las Estrellas transmitter in Mexico City}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = XEW-TDT | logo = Canal 2 (Las Estrellas 2017).svg | logo_size = 200px | branding = Las Estrellas (The Stars) | digital = 32 (UHF)<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/40256_170117205744_8793.pdf RPC: Change in Frequency - XEW-TDT]</ref> | virtual = 2 | affiliations = Las Estrellas | airdate = {{start date|1951|3|21}} | location = Mexico City | country = MX | callsign_meaning = From XEW-AM — the W was originally chosen as it was more commonly used in American callsigns | sister_stations = XHTV-TDT, XHGC-TDT, XEQ-TDT, Televisa Regional | owner = Grupo Televisa | former_callsigns = XEW-TV (1951–2015) | licensee = Televimex, S.A. de C.V. | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 2 (VHF, 1951-2015)|'''Digital:''' 48 (UHF, 2004–2017)}} | coordinates = {{coord|19|35|22.5|N|99|06|55.54|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = CRT | erp = 270 kW{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=October 18, 2015}} | website = [https://www.lasestrellas.tv/ Las Estrellas] }}
'''XEW-TDT''' (channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City. Owned and operated by Grupo Televisa, it is the flagship station of the Las Estrellas network. XEW is the second-oldest Televisa station and Mexico City's second-oldest station, founded in 1951.
==History== XEW-TV received its license in 1950<ref name="TeleviserNOV1950">{{cite magazine |title=Television Abroad |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Televiser/Televiser-1950-11.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2026 |magazine=Televiser |date=November 1950 |page=62|via=World Radio History}}</ref> and came on air March 21, 1951. It was the second television station to come to air in Mexico and built on the tradition of the successful and influential XEW-AM 900. The concession was and remains held by Televimex, S.A. de C.V. The first transmission was a baseball game from Delta Park. The station came on air with its studios, known as {{lang|es|italic=no|Televicentro}}, still under development; these did not open formally until January 1952. XEW's initial programming was an improvement over XHTV's amateur output.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Life/50s/52/Radio-TV-Life-1952-04-11.pdf |title=Television Comes to Mexico|magazine=TV-Radio Life |date=April 11, 1952 |accessdate=September 13, 2024 |page=7 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
It was not until 1982 that XEW, now the keystone of a national network, took on the name {{lang|es|italic=no|Canal de las Estrellas}} (Channel of the Stars). In 2016, the name was shortened to {{lang|es|italic=no|Las Estrellas}} as part of a branding refresh.
== Technical information == === Subchannel === {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannel of XEW-TDT ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 2.1 | 1080i || 16:9 || XEW || Las Estrellas |}
===Analog-to-digital conversion=== XEW-TV, alongside other television stations in Mexico City, ended regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, at midnight on December 17, 2015, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.
In 2016, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38–51), XEW was allowed to move from channel 48 to channel 32. The change occurred in April 2017, including a brief period in which both facilities operated at the same time.
===Repeaters=== XEW-TDT maintains two of its own repeaters that account for terrain masking and gaps in coverage within the licensed coverage area:
{{Mexico TV station table/top3}} {{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=32|location=Col. El Tenayo/Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico|erp=0.04 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=32|location=Col. Ticomán, Mexico City|erp=0.06 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=32|location=Ixtapaluca, Mex.|erp=0.800 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/40256_211223212930_9570.pdf|title=RPC: #055263 New Shadow (Ixtapaluca, Mex.) — XEW-TDT|date=September 14, 2021|publisher=Federal Telecommunications Institute|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> }} |}
== Logos == <gallery widths="115" heights="95"> File:XEWTV2.png|1951 File:XEW 1952.png|1952 File:XEW-TV2 (1966).png|1966 File:XEW-TV2 (1968).svg|1968 File:Canal 2 1970s logo.PNG|1970 File:El Canal de las Estrellas 1993.png|1993 File:XEW-TV Canal 2 (El Canal De Las Estrellas 1996).svg|1996 File:XEW-TV2 El Canal de Las Estrellas 1997.png|1997 File:Xewtv1997.gif|1997 File:Canal de las Estrellas logo.svg|alt=|2015 File:Las Estrellas logo (2016).svg|2016 File:Las estrellas 2017.jpg|2017 File:Canal Las Estrellas (Logo 2023) Zoom.jpg|2023 </gallery>
==External links== *[http://www.televisa.com/canal-de-las-estrellas/ Official site] {{in lang|es}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Mexico City TV}} {{Mexican broadcast television}}
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