{{short description|Canal 5 transmitter in Las Lajas, Veracruz, Mexico}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = XHAJ-TDT | logo = Canal 5 2016.svg | logo_size = 200px | location = Las Lajas, Veracruz | country = Mexico | branding = Canal 5<br />''(Channel 5)'' | digital = 28 (UHF) | virtual = 5 | translators = | affiliations = '''5.1:''' Canal 5 | owner = Grupo Televisa | licensee = Radio Televisión S.A. de C.V. | founded = 1965 | airdate = November 1968 | callsign_meaning = Las Lajas | sister_stations = | former_callsigns = XHAJ-TV (1968–2015) | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 6 (VHF, 1968–2015 | former_affiliations = | licensing_authority = CRT | erp = | website = [http://www.televisa.com/canal5 Canal 5] }}
'''XHAL-TDT''' (channel 5) is a television station in Las Lajas, Veracruz, Mexico, owned and operated by Grupo Televisa. The station carries the Canal 5 network.
== History == XHAJ started regular broadcasting in November 1968.<ref>{{cite book |title=TV Directory |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/TV_Directory/NIs9AQAAIAAJ |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=1981 | publisher=Radio News Bureau, Washington, D.C. | language=en-US}}</ref> The concession was likely already operational in April 1965, when Guillermo González Camarena, owner of XHGC-TDT (to which the station was an affiliate) inspected its transmitter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chimal |first1=Carlos |title=Fábrica de colores: La vida del inventor Guillermo González Camarena |date=2017 |publisher=Fondo de Cultura Económica |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/F%C3%A1brica_de_colores/yihTDwAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&dq=XHAJ+in+Las+Lajas&pg=PT113&printsec=frontcover |access-date=8 July 2025 |language=es-mx}}</ref> The initial concessionaire was Televisora Regional Veracruzana, which awarded a license on October 22, 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lista Maestra de Estaciones Televisoras Comerciales (VHF y UHF) |url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/090252648002dc4d.pdf |website=Diario Oficial |page=40 |language=es |date=November 17, 1970}}</ref>
In its early years, XHAJ carried classes from the Telesecundaria system, relayed directly from XHGC. It joined the Canal 5 network in 1968.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Mexican Telesecundaria: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis |date=1973 |publisher=Information Center on Instructional Technology |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Mexican_Telesecundaria/3Rc8AAAAIAAJgbpv=1&bsq=XHAJ+in+Las+Lajas&dq=XHAJ+in+Las+Lajas&printsec=frontcover |language=en-US}}</ref> From 1987 to 1995, it aired the TV Matutina (later Supercadena 8) programming block alongside most XHGC affiliates outside Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Humbert |first1=Raymie |title=Canal 5, The Part-Time Network |url=https://medium.com/en-frecuencia/canal-5-the-part-time-network-fbb43f4d740a |website=En Frequencia |publisher=Medium}}</ref>
==Technical information== XHAJ operates a relay station in San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, sharing virtual channel 28 with the main station in Xalapa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resolución Mediante la Cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones Autoriza el Acceso a la Multiprogramación a Televimex, S.A. de C.V., en Relación con la Estación de Televisión con Distintivo de Llamada XHAH-TDT, en Jalapa, Veracruz |url=https://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift080519218accumca.pdf |language=es}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Television stations in Veracruz Category:Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel) transmitters Category:Television channels and stations established in 1968 Category:1964 establishments in Mexico