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{{short description|Television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = XEFB-TDT
| logo                   = 
| logo_size              = 
| logo_alt               = 
| image                  = 
| image_size             = 
| location               = [[Monterrey, Nuevo León]]<br>[[Saltillo, Coahuila]]
| country                = Mexico
| city                   = Monterrey, Nuevo León
| branding               = Canal 4 Televisa Monterrey <small>(general)</small><br>Las Noticias <small>(newscasts)</small>
| analog                 = 
| digital                = 15 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 4 
| subchannels            = 4.1 [[Televisa Regional]]
| translators            = {{small|RF 15 [[Saltillo, Coahuila|Saltillo, Coah.]]}}
| affiliations           = [[Televisa Regional]]<BR>(1958-present; part-time from 2006 until 2016)
| owner                  = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee               = Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.
| operator               = 
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1958|7|18}}
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = Taken from [[XEFB-AM|'''XEFB'''-AM]] radio
| sister_stations        = [[XHX-TDT]]<br>[[XET-TDT]]<br>[[XHCNL-TDT]]<br>[[XHMOY-TDT]]
| former_callsigns       = XEFB-TV (1958-2015)
| former_affiliations    = [[XEW-TDT]]<br>[[XHTV-TDT]]<br>[[XHGC-TDT]]<br>[[XEQ-TDT]]
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>3 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]], 1958-1984)<br>2 (VHF, 1984-2015)<br>'''Virtual:'''<br>2 (PSIP, 2013-2016)
| erp                    = 200 [[Watt#Kilowatt|kW]]{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=2015-09-23}}
| haat                   = 1175 m
| class                  = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|25|37|52|N|100|14|04|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Telecommunications Institute|IFT]]
| website                = {{URL|www.televisamonterrey.tv}} 
}}
'''XEFB-TDT''' is a television station located in [[Monterrey, Nuevo León]] and [[Saltillo, Coahuila]], [[Mexico]]. It is known as Televisa Monterrey and carries Televisa's local programs for Monterrey, including local news, sports and entertainment programming. Previously broadcast the programming of [[Las Estrellas]], [[FOROtv]], [[Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)|Canal 5]] and [[Nueve (Mexican TV network)|NU9VE]].

==History==
XEFB signed on in 1958 on channel 3. The station was the first local station in Monterrey (joining [[XHX-TV]] channel 10, its sister started in 1955) and boasted the first Ampex video tape equipment in Mexico. It converted to color in 1970.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjgbgmDdik Líderes; Historia de la XEFB]</ref>

The station moved to channel 2 in 1984 to allow [[XHWX-TDT|XHWX]], a new [[Imevisión]] station, to sign on the air.

In 2005, most of XEFB's local programming and focus moved to [[XHCNL-TDT|XHCNL]] channel 34. It returned in 2016 as part of XEFB's move to virtual channel 4, necessitated by the allocation of channel 2 to transmitters of Las Estrellas.

==Digital television==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of XEFB-TDT
!Channel
![[Display resolution|Video]]
![[Aspect ratio (image)|Ratio]]
! Short name
![[Television network|Network]]
!Programming
|-
|4.1
|[[1080i]]
|[[16:9]]
|XEFB
|[[Televisa Regional]]
|Main XEFB programming/Canal 4 Televisa Monterrey
|}

On September 24, 2015, XEFB shut off its analog signal; its digital signal remained on channel 45.<ref>[http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-24-de-septiembre-concluiran-las-senales-de-television-analogica-en-diferentes-localidades-de IFT: El 24 de septiembre concluirán las señales de televisión analógica en diferentes localidades de cuatro estados]</ref> In 2018, XEFB moved from pre-transition UHF channel 45 to post-transition channel 15 in order to clear all broadcast stations out of the 600&nbsp;MHz band.

=== Repeaters ===
Three repeaters provide fill-in coverage in the Monterrey metropolitan area, while a fourth extends XEFB's coverage to include [[Saltillo]], [[Coahuila]]:

{{Mexico TV station table/top3}}
{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=15|location=[[Saltillo|Saltillo, Coah.]]|erp=43 kW<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39683_181127125501_5328.pdf RPC: #030611 Shadow XEFB Saltillo (repack)]</ref>}}
|-
{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=15|location=Col. Country<br>''Cerro El Mirador''|erp=1 kW<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39683_181127130127_5499.pdf RPC: #030630 Shadow XEFB Col. Country, Monterrey (repack)]</ref>}}
|-
{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=15|location=[[García, Nuevo León|García]]|erp=.700 kW<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39683_181127123939_2739.pdf RPC: #030608 Shadow XEFB García]</ref>}}
|-
{{Mexico TV station table/entry3|RF=15|location=[[General Escobedo, Nuevo León|General Escobedo]]|erp=.220 kW<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39683_181126113535_7480.pdf RPC: #030091 Shadow XEFB General Escobedo]</ref>}}
|}

When XHCNL was the primary local station for Televisa Monterrey, the XEFB repeater in Saltillo relayed its programming, not XEFB's.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051125204447/http://www.monterrey.televisa.com.mx/ Televisa Monterrey]

{{Monterrey TV}}

[[Category:Televisa Regional]]
[[Category:Television stations in Monterrey]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1958]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Mexico]]


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