XHLK-TDT

XHLK-TDT, virtual channel 3 (VHF digital channel 23), is a RKO Network-operated television station licensed to, and serving the - combined statistical area. The station is owned by Mexican-based Televisora Alco, a 40%-owned subsidiary of U.S.-based, and is operated by Zabrus Global Media through it's RKO Network Stations LLC division; XHLK is sister station to RKO Two affiliate WHLK-TV, RKO Latino affiliate WDNT-TV, secondary affiliate XHMNTV-TDT, and SonLife affiliate WFFV-TV. The five stations share studios on East Tanque Verde Road in, United States; XHLK's transmitter is located off Calle Arroyo Celaya in Nogales.

XHLK's Tucson offices also serves as one of three master control hubs for RKO owned-and-operated stations on the West Coast.

History
XHLK received its concession in 1972 and went on air on August 15, 1973, then-owned by Greek Mexican businessman Lorenzo Koundouros, the owner of Tele Nogales S.A. of. It originally operated as an affiliate of 's for all but three hours a day.

In 1976, XHLK began to air a local newscast entitled La Supervisora, which got viewers' attention for its independence — and Televisa's attention for allegedly disrespecting Mexican institutions. Televisa retaliated by pulling programs from the XHLK local block, the only time when it could sell its own advertising. In 1983, given the uneasy state of relations between station and network, XHLK switched its affiliation to the U.S.-based English language RKO Network, La Supervisora was dropped as the result of these changes, and Lorenzo Koundouros built a new news department for XHLK in. La Supervisora moved to, where it remained until the network's 1993 demise.

News Operation
In 1992, XHLK debuted the original XHLK 3 SkyEye helicopter, a. Although retired in the late 2000s due to showing signs of age, it now serves as a display piece outside the Zabrus facility in Tucson.

Newscast Themes

 * "RKO NewsCenter March" by Lazlo Tremblay (2012-present)

Notable current on-air staff

 * Darren Blonski - weekday morning anchor
 * Wayne Verdasco - weekday morning meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval)