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XETV-TDT, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 23), is a CW-affiliated television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; serving the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by Mexican media company Televisa; U.S. broadcasting company Gray Television controls the station under a outsourcing agreement (with Televisa subsidiary Bay City Television providing limited support to XETV such as advertising sales services), Gray also operates two other Tijuana-licensed Mexican TV stations broadcasting in English - independent station XHLW-TDT (channel 38) and Bounce TV affiliate XHOLY-TDT (channel 68), and wholly owns San Diego-licensed The Q affiliate KSDG-TV (channel 66). The four stations share studios on Ronson Road in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego; XETV-TDT's technical operations and transmitter facilities are located on Mount San Antonio in Tijuana.
XETV-TDT also produces newscasts for sister station XHLARE-TDT in Laredo, Texas, also owned by Televisa.
History[]
Averted loss of CW affiliation; Gray Television takes over (2017-present)[]
On March 1, 2017, Televisa and Bay City Television filed a lawsuit against Midwest Television, The CW Network, LLC, and CBS Corporation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, citing violations of U.S. antitrust law. Televisa and Bay City argued that moving to the CW affiliation to a CBS affiliate's subchannel was a form of nepotism, and essentially doing a competing station affiliated with The CW's sister network a favor, and that since fellow Mexican station XHRIO-TDT had recently become the Rio Grande Valley's CW affiliate, the network had viable ground to continue an affiliation with XETV-TDT. On April 2, 2017, the court, led by Judge Larry Alan Burns, found in favor of Televisa and Bay City Television, thus rendering the move of the CW affiliation to KFMB-DT2 cancelled by default.
On May 31, 2017, it was announced XETV-TDT would have it's operations taken over by Gray Television, replacing Bay City Television. This made XETV-TDT Gray's first station in California and their largest television station by market size. Shortly afterwards, Gray would later take over the concession leases for XHLW-TDT (channel 37) and XHOLY-TDT (channel 68) from San Diego Local Television and buy KSDG-TV (channel 66) from Tyler Media Group.
News operation[]
Notable current on-air staff[]
- Morris Sammon - anchor (formerly with KTWO-TV)