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XHDTV, commonly identified on the air as "XDTV", is the My Network TV-affiliated television station, licensed to Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, with studios and offices in San Diego, California, United States. The station is owned and operated by Bay City Television, a division of Entravision Communications Corporation, and is co-owned with Fox-affiliated XETV (Channel 6). XHDTV is referred to as "myTV 13", as it is located on channel 13 on all San Diego area cable systems and on channel 49 over the air and on satellite. XHDTV is sister station to the Fox affiliate in San Diego, the station does not carry any news and mostly carries cartoons, off network sitcoms, movies, talk shows and first run programming.
Because XHDTV is licensed and broadcasting from Mexico, it is not covered under the must-carry Federal Communications Commission regulation. This means that XHDTV is the only full-power analog MyNetworkTV affiliate that local cable providers are not required to carry even if the station requests to be carried under this provision. However, it is effectively required to be carried on cable anyways (see main XETV article for more details).
History
XHDTV went on the air on November 1, 1999 as XHUPN (or "XUPN"), taking over the UPN programming that was removed from previous area affiliate, KUSI-TV (Channel 51). In the interim, UPN programming was provided to San Diego via cable by Los Angeles' KCOP-TV. When XHUPN went on the air, KCOP asked the San Diego area cable providers to drop it from their lineups, and XHUPN adopted the "UPN 13" moniker.
When the merger of UPN and The WB was announced and with Tribune-owned KSWB 5/69 becoming a charter affiliate of The CW Television Network, XHUPN was expected to become an affiliate of Spanish-language network Telefutura, but on March 22, 2006, it was announced in Broadcasting & Cable Magazine that XHUPN would instead be a new affiliate of My Network TV. The station's UPN 13 logo had been dropped and the station simply called itself "San Diego's Channel 13"; then later, "San Diego's TV 13". This same practice of dropping UPN brandings from logos had become common on stations owned by News Corporation, due to the pending demise of UPN. Not long after XHUPN received the MyNetworkTV affiliation, it changed its calls to the present XHDTV. UPN programming on XHDTV ended on September 4, with the exception of WWE Friday Night Smackdown!, which aired on late Friday/early Saturday after midnight, for the two weeks prior to the launch of The CW.
The MyNetwork TV affiliation now enables XHDTV to carry Fox network programming whenever XETV cannot in the event of a local special or an emergency such as a breaking news story.
Previous logos
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This logo was briefly used in February 2006, after XHUPN discarded the UPN branding from its identity.
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The short-lived "TV13" logo in 2006.
Couch Potato
Couch Potato is XHDTV and XETV's viewer loyalty game. Viewers simply watch either channel throughout the day for special Couch Potato codes and answers to trivia questions. If the viewer enters the code and answer the given trivia questions on the Couch Potato site, they can earn points to win prizes. Membership is free.
NOTE: Couch Potato codes will only work on the day given.
External links
- MyTV 13 San Diego
- Dave's Radio Waves 11-2-99 (see article "XHUPN 49 Signs On")
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