Broadcasting and Media
Monterrey is an important producer and broadcaster of media and entertainment in Mexico. Grupo Multimedios operates 4 television channels in the city, one of them broadcasting also to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Chihuahua and Guanajuato, and to several cities in the United States. Televisa and TV Azteca, the two only national television networks, have local stations in the city.
Grupo Reforma, one of the most widely read newsources in Mexico originated in the city with the newspaper El Norte. Milenio Diario de Monterrey, published by Grupo Multimedios, is another newspaper of high distribution, daily printing local editions in the most important Mexican cities. Other local newspapers include El Porvenir and ABC. Northern Mexico's weekly business newspaper Biznews is also headquartered in Monterrey.
Monterrey also has several radio stations broadcasting news, music, entertainment, and culture for the city. The main radio broadcasting groups are Multimedios Radio, Grupo Radio Alegría and Nucleo Radio Monterrey.
The free-to-air TV channels broadcasting in the city:
Call sign | Network | CH | DTTV | Contents | Type |
XEFB | Teleactiva | 2 | 45.4 | Entertainment | Local |
XHWX | Azteca 13 | 4 | 4.1 | Entertainment | National |
XET | Canal 5 | 6 | 31.2 | Entertainment | National |
XHFN | Azteca 7 | 7 | 7.1 | Series, Movies | National/Local |
XHX | Canal de las Estrellas | 10 | 23.1 | Entertainment, News | National |
XHAW | Multimedios TV | 12 | 12.1 | Entertainment, News | Flagship |
XHMOY | Galavisión | 22 | 44.3 | Entertainment | National |
XHMNL | TVNL | 28 | N/A | Cultural, News | local |
XHCNL | Monterrey Televisión | 34 | 48.5 | Entertainment, News | regional |
XHOPMT | Once TV México | 47 | 51.1 | Cultural, Entertainment | National |
XEIMT | Canal 22 | N/A | 51.2 | Cultural, Entertainment | National |
XHMNU | UANL | 53 | N/A | Cultural | Local |
XHSAW | Multimedios | 64 | 12.4 | Entertainment | Local |
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