Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)

{{short description|Mexican national TV network}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use American English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Canal 5 | logo = Canal 5 2016.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2016 | type = Free-to-air television network | logo_alt = | logo_size = 150px | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1952|5|10}} | picture_format = 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed) | tv_transmitters = ''see below'' | country = Mexico | language = {{ubl|Spanish|(English/original audio by SAP)}} | headquarters = Av Chapultepec 28, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 0672 Mexico City | owner = TelevisaUnivision | key_people = | sister_channels = {{ubl|Las Estrellas|Nu9ve|Foro}} | website = {{url|televisa.com/canal5}} | availability_note = | terr_serv_1 = Digital terrestrial television (Except Tijuana, Matamoros, United States and Directv) | terr_chan_1 = Channel 5.1 (SD (1993–2007; HD (2016–present)) | terr_serv_2 = Digital terrestrial television (Matamoros) | terr_chan_2 = Channel 2.2 (SD) | terr_serv_3 = Digital terrestrial television (Tijuana) | terr_chan_3 = Channel 6.1 (HD) (2014–2016) }} '''Canal 5''' (stylized as '''5*''') is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952 (also known by its identification code XHGC-TDT). Canal 5's program lineup is generally targeted at a younger audience and includes cartoons, foreign series and movies, along with a limited number of sporting events such as NFL games, boxing, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Canal 5 is mainly aimed at children and youth audiences, airing a significant amount of programs from Paramount Global Content Distribution and other companies, although in late hours it usually targets general audiences with television series, movies, and reality shows. The channel also broadcasts series produced by the company TelevisaUnivision, which owns the channel. In programming, its main national over-the-air television competitor has historically been Azteca 7 of TV Azteca.

==History== {{see|XHGC-TDT}} On 10 May 1952, XHGC-TV came to the air for the first time. It was Mexico City's third television station, owned by Guillermo González Camarena, an inventor who created the first color television system. In 1955, XHGC was one of three stations that formed Telesistema Mexicano. González Camarena remained the general manager of XHGC until his death in 1965, when he was returning from an inspection of what eventually became XHAJ-TV's transmitter in Las Lajas.<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>

In 1963, XHGC became the first station in Mexico to broadcast in color. By request of Guillermo González Camarena, XHGC began targeting an audience of children and youth, with the first color telecast being {{lang|es|Paraíso infantil}} (''Children's Paradise''). Over the years, Canal 5 has retained this programming focus, with a schedule incorporating foreign series and sports programs. On 20 August 1964, the network broadcast its first anime, ''Astro Boy'', the first regularly serialized anime. Further titles would appear in the 1970s, such as ''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'', ''Speed Racer'', ''Candy Candy'' and ''Nobody's Boy: Remi''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Breve historia cultural del anime en México |url=https://www.enpoli.com.mx/cine/breve-historia-cultural-del-anime-en-mexico/ |work=Enpoli |language=es}}</ref>

With the TSM-TIM merger, the network's reach expanded, absorbing former XHTV and XHTIM affiliates.<ref name="aceves">{{cite web|first=Francisco de Jesús|last=Aceves González|url=https://www.academia.edu/1028234|title=La televisión en Guadalajara: génesis y desarrollo|publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara|date=1987}}</ref>{{rp|55}}

At the end of the 1980s, the then-vice president of Televisa, Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, spearheaded drastic changes in the branding of the company's television networks. XHGC had branded as Canal 5 for years, using various logos with the number 5. However, as the network's various repeaters were not all on channel 5, the network began branding by the XHGC callsign. The landmark ''Energía Visual'' (Visual Energy) campaign, designed by Agustín Corona and Pablo Jato, featured idents with wildly varied logos and designs—a first for Mexican television. The campaign was designed to back the channel's youthful image. At the time, stations outside of Mexico City that had local programming, such as XHGA-TV in Guadalajara, XEX in Altzomoni and XHAJ in Las Lajas, only aired XHGC's programming during the evening hours, while the daytime format was given to local output (TV Matutina).<ref name=regionalizacionC4>{{cite book |title=La programación de Canal 4 de Guadalajara de TV ante la regionalización de la T.V. |date=1989 |publisher=Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara |url=https://tesiunamdocumentos.dgb.unam.mx/pmig2017/0129236/0129236.pdf |language=es |format=pdf}}</ref> This arrangement was possible as XHGC in Mexico City was airing the Telesecundaria classes and its affiliates elsewhere were airing their own programming. In 1990, TV Matutina became Supercadena 8, which also added a block of late-night programming at 11pm, mostly carrying US fare. This arrangement ended in 1993, when XEQ was made a commercial television station, and ahead of a new round of concessions given to establish a round of Canal 5 and Canal 9 transmitters nationwide.<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>

In the 1990s, Canal 5 began branding with its channel number again. During this period, Alejandro González Iñárritu, who had also been involved with Televisa's radio station XEW-FM (WFM), was involved in the creation of some of the network's promotional campaigns. Additionally, in 1994, Televisa obtained a concession for 62 additional television transmitters nationwide, most of which form a key link in the Canal 5 network today.{{fact|date=August 2025}}

The network premiered ''Dragon Ball Z'' in 1997. Its premiere was originally scheduled for 1 September, but was deferred to the following day, as it had to carry that year's government report from president Ernesto Zedillo. The series aired for the next two years and was even shown during prime time.<ref>{{cite news |title=¿Dragon Ball y Ernesto Zedillo? Esta es la historia que unió al presidente con el anime creado por Akira Toriyama |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/03/08/dragon-ball-y-ernesto-zedillo-esta-es-la-historia-que-unio-al-presidente-con-el-anime-creado-por-akira-toriyama/ |work=Infobae |language=es}}</ref>

1999 saw the beginning of a shift in content providers for Canal 5, which had long been the exclusive Mexican rightsholder to Disney programs such as ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''DuckTales'' and a Mexican version of Disney Club. In 1999, these rights began to migrate to Televisión Azteca and Azteca 7. The network then began relying frequently on programs from MTV Networks International and Warner Bros. Entertainment as well as other suppliers. On 10 January 2000, the network started airing its first series from Cartoon Network following the signing of a supply contract between Televisa and Turner, the first of which being ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cartoon Network y Televisa anuncian acuerdo de programación |url=https://www.produ.com/television/noticias/cartoon-network-y-televisa-anuncian-acuerdo-de-programacion/ |work=Produ |language=es}}</ref>

Today, Canal 5 carries children's programs, films and international series, as well as sporting events including UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and FIFA World Cup matches, a limited number of Liga MX fixtures and international matches involving the Mexico national team, and select NFL and NHL games. Canal 5 also features some of Televisa's productions, such as ''El Chavo Animado'' and ''Mujeres Asesinas 3'' by Pedro Torres.

==Transmitters== Canal 5 is carried on 66 of its own transmitters plus another 32 transmitters shared with Las Estrellas and one transmitter that carries a Televisa local service, Las Estrellas and Canal 5; these 31 transmitters do not carry Canal 5 in HD.{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=2017-01-29}}{{mexico-VC|accessdate=2018-10-14}} It holds the rights to virtual channel 5 nationwide and broadcasts on it in almost all areas, with a handful of notable exceptions along the US-Mexico border.

In 2018, the concessions of all primary Canal 5 repeaters wholly owned by Televisa were consolidated in the concessionaire Radio Televisión, S.A. de C.V. as part of a reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.

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Nochistlán, Zac.|d_erp=240 kW 17 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011181.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHAG Calvillo|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 23 kW<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011188.pdf RPC: Shadow XHAG Jalpa]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 29 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011180.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHAG Nochistlán|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=17|VC=5|17|callsign=XHENJ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Ensenada, BC|79.086 kW|d_erp=38 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=18|VC=5|32|callsign=XHMEX-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Mexicali, BC|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Radio Televisión}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=23|VC=6|callsign=XETV-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Tijuana, BC|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Radio Televisión}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=30|VC=5|callsign=XHCBC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Cd. Constitución, BCS|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|d_erp=26 kW|VC=5|4|callsign=XHLPB-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=La Paz, BCS|51.84 kW|conc=Radio Televisión}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=27|VC=5|callsign=XHSJT-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=San José del Cabo, BCS|d_erp=30 kW|conc=Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=22|d_erp=28 kW|VC=5|5|callsign=XHAN-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Campeche, Camp.|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=22|d_erp=31 kW|VC=5|5|callsign=XHCDC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Cd. del Carmen, Camp.|conc=Televimex|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=22|VC=5|3|callsign=XHCZC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Comitán de Dominguez, Chis.|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex|d_erp=32 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=17|VC=5|11|callsign=XHSNC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=San Cristobal de las Casas, Chis.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=30 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=34|d_erp=62 kW|VC=5|5|callsign=XHTAH-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Tapachula, Chis.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|d_erp=45 kW|VC=5|8|callsign=XHTUA-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis.|conc=Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=19|d_erp=20 kW 21 kW|VC=5|13|callsign=XHCDE-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Cd. Delicias, Chih. Cd. Camargo, Chih.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=33|VC=5|56|callsign=XHJUB-TDT|d_erp=200 kW|location=Cd. Juárez, Chih.|network=Canal 5|conc=Radio Televisión|Televisora de Occidente}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=24|VC=5|5|callsign=XHCHZ-TDT|88.25 kW|d_erp=47 kW|location=Chihuahua, Chih.|network=Canal 5|conc=Radio Televisión|Canales de Televisión Populares}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=31|VC=5|5|callsign=XHGC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Mexico City ''(Pico Tres Padres, Mex)''|d_erp=270 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=27|VC=5|64|callsign=XHCHW-TDT|104.9 kW|network=Canal 5|location=Ciudad Acuña, Coah.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=50 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|29|callsign=XHNOH-TDT|116.09 kW|network=Canal 5|location=Nueva Rosita, Coah.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=42 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|29|callsign=XHMLC-TDT|77 kW|network=Canal 5|location=Monclova, Coah.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=50 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=31|d_erp=43 kW|VC=5|52|callsign=XHPNH-TDT|96.5 kW|network=Canal 5|location=Piedras Negras, Coah.|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=20|VC=5|25|callsign=XHSTC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Saltillo, Coah.|176.54 kW|d_erp=45 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=35|VC=5|40|callsign=XELN-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Torreón, Coah.|d_erp=150 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=17|VC=5|5|callsign=XHCC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Colima, Col. Manzanillo, Col. (RF 14) Cd. Guzmán, Jal.|d_erp=54 kW 30 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/011215-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011404.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHCC Manzanillo on RF 14|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 15 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011325.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHCC Cd. Guzmán|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|conc=Radio Televisión|T.V. de Los Mochis}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=21|VC=5|5|callsign=XHDUH-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Durango, Dgo.|d_erp=94 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=24|VC=5|25|callsign=XHLEJ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=León, Gto. Lagos de Moreno, Jal.|d_erp=180 kW 19 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=23|VC=5|4|callsign=XHAL-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Acapulco, Gro.|d_erp=15 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=34|d_erp=50 kW|VC=5|2|callsign=XHCHN-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Chilpancingo, Gro.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=31|d_erp=43 kW|VC=5|11|callsign=XHIGN-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Iguala, Gro.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=28|VC=5|2|callsign=XHIXG-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, Gro.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=40 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=19|callsign=XHATU-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Atotonilco El Alto, Jal.|13.5 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=24 kW|VC=5|5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=23|d_erp=43 kW|VC=5|5|callsign=XHAUM-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Autlán de Navarro, Jal.|22 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=22|VC=5|21|callsign=XHGUE-TDT|network=Canal 5|2371.5 kW|d_erp=150 kW|location=Guadalajara, Jal.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=35|VC=5|4|callsign=XHPVE-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Puerto Vallarta, Jal.|34.17 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=33 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=14|VC=5|8|callsign=XEX-TDT|location=Altzomoni, Mex. Tejupilco de Hidalgo, Mex. Tenancingo, Mex. Taxco, Gro. Pachuca, Hgo. (RF 43) Cuernavaca, Mor. San Martín Texmelucan, Pue. Tlaxcala, Tlax.|network=Canal 5|d_erp=236 kW 20 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/071015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011191.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX Tejupilco|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 20 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/051015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011200.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX Tenancingo|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 21 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011183.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX Taxco|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 8 kW 45 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/190115-EQ.COMPLEMENTARIO-009494.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX Cuernavaca|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 20 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/071015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011161.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX San Martín Texmelucan|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 30 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/051015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011201.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XEX Tlaxcala|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=36|VC=5|31|callsign=XHTOK-TDT|location=Toluca/Jocotitlán, Mex.|network=Canal 5|d_erp=280 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=21|VC=5|2|callsign=XHAPZ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Apatzingán, Mich.|d_erp=47 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=33|d_erp=25 kW|VC=5|11|callsign=XHLAC-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Lazaro Cárdenas, Mich.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|VC=5|5|RF=29|callsign=XHMOW-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Cerro Burro, Mich.|d_erp=338 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|VC=5|4|RF=18|callsign=XHFX-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Morelia, Mich.|d_erp=47.2 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televisión de Michoacán|VCnew=5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=25|d_erp=32 kW|VC=5|5|callsign=XHZAM-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Zamora, Mich.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=33|VC=5|5|callsign=XHTFL-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Tepic, Nay.|14.38 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=55 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=31|VC=5|6|callsign=XET-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Monterrey, NL|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=19|VC=5|2|callsign=XHHHN-TDT|location=Huajuapan de León, Oax. Tehuacán, Pue.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=76 kW 36 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011315.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHHHN Tehuacán, Pue.|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|network=Canal 5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=35|VC=5|5|callsign=XHIH-TDT|location=Cerro Palma Sola, Oax.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=76 kW|network=Canal 5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=34|VC=5|5|callsign=XHOXO-TDT|location=Oaxaca, Oax.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=97 kW|network=Canal 5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=34|VC=5|4|callsign=XHPIX-TDT|location=Pinotepa Nacional, Oax.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=46 kW|network=Canal 5}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|3|callsign=XEZ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Querétaro, Qro. (Cerro El Zamorano) Cerro El Cimatario, Qro. Guanajuato, Gto. Irapuato-Celaya, Gto. San Miguel de Allende, Gto.|50 kW|d_erp=180 kW 10 kW 20 kW 50 kW 65 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=27|VC=5|2|callsign=XHQRO-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Cancún, Q. Roo Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo|d_erp=60 kW 20 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/091015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011343.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHQRO Playa del Carmen|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|d_erp=28 kW|VC=5|4|callsign=XHCQR-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Chetumal, Q. Roo|conc=Radio Televisión}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=30|VC=5|3|callsign=XHVST-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Ciudad Valles, SLP|11.76 kW|d_erp=18 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|VC=5|2|RF=34|callsign=XHSLT-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=San Luis Potosí, SLP|100 kW|d_erp=210 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=24|VC=5|22|callsign=XHCUI-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Culiacán, Sin.|2580.62 kW|d_erp=155 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|28|callsign=XHLMI-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Los Mochis, Sin.|2588.74 kW|d_erp=110 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=28|VC=5|4|callsign=XHMAF-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Mazatlán, Sin.|100 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=118 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=17|d_erp=37 kW|VC=5|63|callsign=XHCBO-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Caborca, Son.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=36<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/110515-CAMBIO_FREC-009800.pdf|title=RPC: Change of frequency for XHCDO-TDT|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>|VC=5|36|callsign=XHCDO-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Ciudad Obregón, Son.|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|28|callsign=XHGUY-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Guaymas, Son.|d_erp=46 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=29|VC=5|29|callsign=XHHMS-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Hermosillo, Son.|d_erp=100 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=26|VC=5|38|callsign=XHNON-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Nogales, Son.|d_erp=35 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=32|VC=5|13|callsign=XHVIZ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Villahermosa, Tab.|d_erp=125 kW|conc=Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=22|VC=5|22|callsign=XHCMU-TDT|network=Canal 5|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte|d_erp=27 kW|location=Ciudad Mante, Tamps.}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=36|VC=5|13|callsign=XHUT-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Ciudad Victoria, Tamps.|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex|160 kW|d_erp=80 kW}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=28|VC=2.2|callsign=XHTAM-TDT|network=Las Estrellas|muxnet1=2.2 Canal 5|location=Reynosa, Tamps.|d_erp=265 kW|conc=Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=25|VC=5|callsign=XHBR-TDT|network=Televisa Regional|muxnet1=5.1 Canal 5|location=Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.|d_erp=200 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=15|VC=5|4|callsign=XHD-TDT|network=Canal 5|100 kW|d_erp=180 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Canales de Televisión Populares|location=Tampico, Tamps.}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=27|VC=5|4|callsign=XHCOV-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Coatzacoalcos, Ver.|d_erp=60 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=28|VC=5|5|callsign=XHAJ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Las Lajas Nogales Orizaba San Andrés Tuxtla (RF 39)|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex|d_erp=430 kW 25 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/081015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011167.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHAJ Nogales|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 60 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/061015-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011205.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHAJ Orizaba|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> 20 kW<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/311215-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-011478.pdf|title=RPC: Shadow XHAJ San Andrés Tuxtla (RF 39)|website=ift.org.mx|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=35|VC=5|4|callsign=XHMEN-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Mérida, Yuc.|69 kW|d_erp=125 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=23|d_erp=32 kW|VC=5|4|callsign=XHSMZ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Sombrerete, Zac.|conc=Radio Televisión|Radiotelevisora de México Norte}} |- {{Mexico TV station table/entry1|RF=17<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/150415-CAMBIO-FREC-009675.pdf|title=RPC: Change of frequency for XHBQ-TDT|publisher=IFT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203083007/https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/150415-CAMBIO-FREC-009675.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|VC=5|3|callsign=XHBQ-TDT|network=Canal 5|location=Zacatecas, Zac.|d_erp=130 kW|conc=Radio Televisión|Televimex}} {{Mexico TV station table/bottom}}

==Network logos== <gallery> File:Xhgc1952.png|1952-1964 File:XHGC-TV 1981.png|1980-1986 (similar to Channel 5 honduran logo and KSTP-TV in United States) File:XHGC 1988.png|1988-1989 File:XHGC-TV 1993.png|1993-1994 File:XHGC Canal 5 1994.svg|1994-1996 File:XHGC Canal 5 1996.svg|1996-1997 File:Canal 5 XHGC 1997-2000.png|1997-2000 File:Canal 5 2000-2002.svg|2000-2002 (with slight variants until 2007) File:Canal 5 (MX) 2003-2006.svg|2002-2007 File:XHGC.png|2007-2014 Bumpers and Promos File:XHGC 2013.png|2013 File:XHGC-TV5 (2013 Aug).svg|2013-2014 File:Canal 5 Mexico logo 2014.svg|2014-2016 File:Canal 5 2016.svg|2016-present </gallery>

==In popular culture== Canal 5 gained traction in April 2020, when its Twitter page began posting strange and disturbing videos in the early morning hours, including an edit of Michael Rosen's ''Lunchtime'' poem and footage from the 1995 demo animation of The Adventures of Johnny Quasar, later known for its titular character being revisioned into the character of Jimmy Neutron. With the videos having been deleted afterwards, since then, the posts have been investigated and widely shared and talked about in Mexican media. Infobae México contacted one of the collaborators of Channel 5. However, they claimed no knowledge regarding the disturbing posts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-02|title=Mexico's Channel 5 bizarre videos on Twitter draw attention|url=https://themazatlanpost.com/2020/04/02/mexicos-channel-5-bizarre-videos-on-twitter-draw-attention/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=The Mazatlán Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

Simultaneously, a VHS recording of the network's community service strand dated from 2001 showing the disappearance of a mysterious Selene Delgado López went viral. This case in particular caused the creation of a series of theories about the supposed missing woman, which caused a possible link to a Facebook account to a person of the same name, whose social media accounts turned out to be fake, creating an urban legend.<ref>[https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/06/20/el-misterio-de-selene-delgado-una-de-las-personas-desaparecidas-del-canal-5-que-fue-encontrada-en-facebook/ Terror en la TV: el misterioso caso de Selene Delgado, mujer reportada como desaparecida en el Canal 5]</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.televisa.com/canal5 Official website] *{{anime News Network|company|2283}}

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