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are border stations easily recieved on both of the borders
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I would expect the answer to Yes. It's not like the river (or any fence they build) is going to block the air waves.
It would be interesting to read what stories that people in the area have about picking up signals.
It would be interesting to read what stories that people in the area have about picking up signals.
I've picked up Matamoros Fox affiliate XHRIO 2 in the U.S.S
Oh yeah, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona.
As long as you're within the station's broadcast coverage, you can get the stations, just as you would if they were located in the U.S.
List of Mexican TV stations (PDF format): http://dgsrt.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/ligas/infra_tv_280206_.pdf
Oh yeah, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona.
As long as you're within the station's broadcast coverage, you can get the stations, just as you would if they were located in the U.S.
List of Mexican TV stations (PDF format): http://dgsrt.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/ligas/infra_tv_280206_.pdf
It's very common. There are a number of stations on the mexican side of the border that at programmed for American audiences. The Fox affiliate in San Diego is probably the best known of the bunch.
Years ago, XETV was the ABC affiliate out there. The owners of channel 39 in the San Diego market launched a campaign to steal away the ABC affiliation because they didn't think it was right for a mexican station to be raking in big bucks from an American network affiliation while the American UHF station struggled to survive. In 1972 the FCC agreed and forced ABC to move its affiliation to channel 39. (XETV is in the unusual position of having to abide by rules from the Mexican government and some rules from the FCC - including network affilation agreements with American networks) XETV remained independent until 1986 when Fox came along.
When Fox signed the NFL in 1994, KUSI went to court to try to win the Fox affiliation away from XETV. This was due to the fact the FCC had rules that required stations outside the united states to get a license to broadcast live american sporting events. The issue was ultimately settled when the FCC gave Fox the permit to air the games on XETV. I believe the same has been done for several affiliates along the Texas/Mexico border.
Years ago, XETV was the ABC affiliate out there. The owners of channel 39 in the San Diego market launched a campaign to steal away the ABC affiliation because they didn't think it was right for a mexican station to be raking in big bucks from an American network affiliation while the American UHF station struggled to survive. In 1972 the FCC agreed and forced ABC to move its affiliation to channel 39. (XETV is in the unusual position of having to abide by rules from the Mexican government and some rules from the FCC - including network affilation agreements with American networks) XETV remained independent until 1986 when Fox came along.
When Fox signed the NFL in 1994, KUSI went to court to try to win the Fox affiliation away from XETV. This was due to the fact the FCC had rules that required stations outside the united states to get a license to broadcast live american sporting events. The issue was ultimately settled when the FCC gave Fox the permit to air the games on XETV. I believe the same has been done for several affiliates along the Texas/Mexico border.
Yes, they are. I live less than 10 miles north of the Rio Grande and we pick up all of the TV and radio stations from Reynosa and Matamoros. They're local stations just like the US stations. As mentioned before, the Fox affiliate here- XHRIO 2- is licensed to Matamoros. This station was at one time a UPN affiliate and before that was the Telemundo affiliate for McAllen and Brownsville. The first Fox affiliate here- XHFOX 17- was also a Mexico station. The Televisa stations XHAB 7 and XERV 9 air alot of commercials for American businesses. They even have a sales office in McAllen. Almost all of the Mexico stations are also available on cable.
And the people in Mexico can also pick up the American stations. My sister went with her friend to eat over there once. On the way they stopped at the friend's dad's workplace and in the lobby the TV was tuned in to "Boy Meet's World" on the ABC affiliate. I don't know how many people in Northern Mexico watch ABC, NBC, and CBS shows in English but I'm pretty sure there are some.
And the people in Mexico can also pick up the American stations. My sister went with her friend to eat over there once. On the way they stopped at the friend's dad's workplace and in the lobby the TV was tuned in to "Boy Meet's World" on the ABC affiliate. I don't know how many people in Northern Mexico watch ABC, NBC, and CBS shows in English but I'm pretty sure there are some.
Brings up a question I have wondered about----do English speaking US stations near the border, such as in SD, Brownsville/Mcallen. etc. have any significant audience in Mexico? I'm sure the answer would depend on how many residents in those areas are bilingal. Also, do English speaking stations in Mexico, such as XETV have any audience in Mexico?
The stations might not know about their Mexican audience. I don't think Nielsen measures that audience.
I used to work in Detroit. We were just across the river from Windsor, Ontario, and were distributed on cable systems across Canada. We did not get any ratings from Canada. It could be that we didn't subscribe to Nielsen information from Canada.
I used to work in Detroit. We were just across the river from Windsor, Ontario, and were distributed on cable systems across Canada. We did not get any ratings from Canada. It could be that we didn't subscribe to Nielsen information from Canada.
Well, when I was in the RGV (about 12,000 years ago ;D) we knew there was a significant audience south of the river, yet our sales people were always screaming that we couldn't sell on it because Nielsen didn't go into Mexico. We also picked up an audience in Monterrey due to cable carriage.
I had forgotten that XERV 9 airs some of the home games of the local hockey team- RGV Killer Bees. They air select home games (in English) usually on Saturdays only. They've been doing this for a few years now. It's funny because the game is announced in English yet most if not all of the commercials are in Spanish. They also air some of the arena football team's home games. They aired the hockey game between Austin and RGV tonight.
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