{{Short description|Television station in Nuevo Laredo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = XHLAR-TDT | logo = | logo_size = 200px | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 57 (UHF, 1994–2015)|'''Digital:''' 38 (UHF, 2013–2016)|'''Virtual:''' 57 (2013–2018)}} | digital = 29 ([[UHF]]) | virtual = 2 | affiliations = '''2.1:''' [[Las Estrellas]] | founded = 9 March 1994 | airdate = {{start date|1994|09|04|df=y}} | location = [[Nuevo Laredo]], Tamaulipas | country = Mexico | callsign_meaning = Laredo | former_callsigns = {{ubl|XHNUL-TV|XHFTX-TV (1994–2002)}} | owner = [[Grupo Televisa]] | licensee = Televimex, S.A. de C.V. | sister_stations = [[XHBR-TDT]] | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1994–2002)|[[Televisa Regional]] (2002–2018)}} | erp = 200 [[kW]]{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=14 January 2015}} | haat = {{convert|67.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = | coordinates = {{coord|27|26|41.5|N|99|30|30.2|W}} | licensing_authority = [[Telecommunications Regulatory Commission|CRT]] | website = [https://lasestrellas.tv Las Estrellas] }}
'''XHLAR-TDT''' (channel 2) is a [[television station]] in [[Nuevo Laredo]], Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is owned by [[Grupo Televisa]] and carries its [[Las Estrellas]] network. The station's studios and transmitter are located on Avenida de la República in Nuevo Laredo.
==History== [[File:XHLAR Logo.PNG|175px|left|thumb|Logo used as Televisa Nuevo Laredo]] On 9 March 1994, Radiotelevisora de México Norte, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Televisa, was authorized to build 62 new stations, including channel 57 in Nuevo Laredo, with the call sign XHNUL-TV. XHNUL and sister [[XHTAM-TDT|XHRTA-TV]] in [[Reynosa]], however, did not sign on with Mexican programming.
Instead, channel 57 signed on for the first time on 4 September of that same year as XHFTX-TV, broadcasting programming from the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network for [[Laredo, Texas]]. Prior to XHFTX's sign-on, Laredo viewers received their Fox programs on cable, either from the national [[Foxnet]] service or from [[KMYS|KRRT]] in [[San Antonio]].
In 2002, XHFTX, along with XHFOX in Reynosa, disaffiliated from Fox, with the station changing its call sign to XHLAR-TV; Fox programming was reportedly replaced on cable with San Antonio's [[KABB]]. It would be about five years before Laredo would get another local Fox affiliate, [[KXOF-CA]]. XHLAR then became Televisa Nuevo Laredo, carrying local programming as well as re-airs of programs from the other Televisa networks, including series from [[Canal 5 (Mexico)|Canal 5]] and live sports from [[Gala TV (Mexico)|Gala TV]].
In February 2013, XHLAR began broadcasting in digital on channel 38.1 (virtual 57.1); it upgraded its signal to 1080i HD in March 2014.
In 2018, the concessions of all Las Estrellas stations were consolidated in the concessionaire Televimex, S.A. de C.V., as part of a corporate reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.
==Technical information== XHLAR broadcasts in 1080i [[high-definition television|HD]] on virtual channel 2.1. In December 2016, XHLAR was authorized to move from physical channel 38 to 29.<ref>[http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift141216728.pdf Move to RF 29]</ref> It was allowed to begin utilizing virtual channel 2, putting the station in line with the rest of the network, in August 2018.{{mexico-VC|date=22 August 2018}}
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://lasestrellas.tv Las Estrellas website] {{in lang|es}}
{{Laredo TV}} {{Nuevo Laredo}} {{English Mexico}}
[[Category:Television stations in Nuevo Laredo|HLAR-TDT]] [[Category:Las Estrellas transmitters]] [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]