XHTVM-TDT

XHTVM-TDT (virtual channel 40) is the flagship television station for Proyecto 40 in Mexico City, owned by Televisora del Valle de México and operated by TV Azteca in Mexico City. Programming generally consists of news, informational and entertainment shows.

History

Concession, sign-on and early years

On July 28, 1991, the Diario Oficial de la Federación announced that channel 40 in Mexico City was open to be a commercial television station. The new station would have its transmitter located on Cerro del Chiquihuite, and it would have an effective radiated power of 5,000 kW. The availability of a new television station in Mexico City, for the first time in decades, attracted high-powered media companies aspiring to enter the television business. Of 18 total applicants, 10 qualified for the concession for the new television station. Among the competitors were Francisco Aguirre Gómez of Grupo Radio Centro, Rafael Cutberto Navarro of Radio Cadena Nacional, Grupo Siete Comunicación, and other owners of radio stations.