XELD-TDT

XELD-TDT, (channel 7), is a television station located in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, whose over-the-air signal also covers the Rio Grande Valley area across the international border in the United States as an affiliate of CBS. The station is owned by Mexican media company Grupo Televisa; its Brownsville-based English language programming, and sales rights are managed by Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliated station KGN-TV (channel 12).
== History ==
On November 10, 2015, XELD debuted the CBS O&O graphics used by all owned-and-operated CBS stations. Krueger Broadcasting eventually sold XELD's technical operations to Galaxy Broadcasting who in turn sold it to Berfield/Willis, owners of KGN, on May 7, 2017.
== Special broadcasting authority ==
Because XELD-TDT is licensed to Matamoros by the Mexican government, it is not covered under the FCC's must carry rules. This means that local cable providers are not required to carry XELD-TDT, even if the television station requests to be carried under this provision. However, the station is carried by Charter Spectrum and AT&T U-verse in the Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville, Harlingen, and McAllen) and by Río Cable, Sky, and Izzi Telecom in Matamoros and Reynosa. XELD has broadcast almost entirely in English since 1951. The only exceptions are the compulsory playing of the Mexican national anthem El Himno Nacional Mexicano, technical disclaimers, and public service announcements.
XELD-TDT broadcasts 24 hours a day; however, for legal sign-on purposes and as required by Mexican regulations (specifically Article 41 of Mexico's Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem and Article 253 of the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law), its broadcast day begins at 5:00 a.m. Central Time Monday through Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on Sundays; this begins with the playing of El Himno Nacional Mexicano, followed by the national anthem of the United States, The Star-Spangled Banner, and then the customary operational information and disclaimer, read in both English and Spanish. They also play the Mexican & American national anthems at or as close to midnight every night.
Since the 60s, XELD's production operations have been based in the United States. The station's production, news and sales operations are owned by the Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, while Televisa itself owns the master control and transmitter facility near El Control, Tamaulipas. Local programming is fed from Brownsville to El Control by way of microwave link, and network and syndicated shows are disseminated via satellite. There are currently no locally produced programs on XELD which originate from Matamoros.
Category:Televisa
Category:Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation
Category:Rio Grande Valley
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Category:Tamaulipas
Category:Mexico
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Category:Harlingen, TX
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Category:McAllen
Category:McAllen, TX
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1951
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Category:CBS network affiliates