XHLARE-TDT

, virtual channel 18 (UHF digital channel 24), is a MeTV-affiliated television station in, , ; serving across the international border in the. It is owned by Mexican media group and operated by their, -based subsidiary Bay City Television. XHLARE-TDT's studios are located on McPherson Road in Laredo; it's technical operations and transmitter are located on Avenida de la República in Nuevo Laredo.

From 1990-2014, XHLARE-TDT had been the affiliate for Laredo, Texas. This position has since been taken over by.

History
The station swapped affiliations with (channel 27) on October 31, 1988 - KLDO-TV became a Telemundo affiliate while XHLARE-TV became an ABC affiliate.

News operation
In 2007, Televisa partnered with the (INN) to produce a weeknight newscast for XHLARE-TV called ABC 18 NewsWatch. The newscasts' in-studio content (news anchors, sports anchors, meteorologists and related personnel) were provided from INN's centralized facilities in, with XHLARE using a team of Laredo-based reporters to provide local content. The original owner of INN filed for bankruptcy in January 2009, leading to production being shifted to San Diego sister station XETV-TDT, once again using centralized news anchors, meteorologists and related personnel while still utilizing Laredo-based reporters for local content. The newscast was cancelled in August 2012 due to low ratings.