Public broadcaster of the Mexican state of Hidalgo
Radio y Televisión de Hidalgo is the state television and radio agency of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.[1] It also airs programming from Canal 22, Canal Once, TV UNAM and DW Español.
RTVH was founded in 1982 and began broadcasting on TV that year, signing on XHPAH channel 3. Its Pachuca radio station came to air in December 1985. As a result of a legal error, the state radio network lost most of its coverage in 2022.
The state network previously covered most of the state's population. However, it lost all of its radio concessions in 2022 (except for XHAPU, which expired without renewal on October 31, 2023) due to failure to renew. As a result of federal laws that protect 10 percent of FM spectrum for community and indigenous radio stations, the Federal Telecommunications Institute denied attempts to open the allotments for the state government to bid on. Of the five made available, plus the additional FM for Huejutla de Reyes, two received competing applications from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, delaying their award to either applicant.[2] The failure to renew also resulted in the arrest of the former director of RTVH.[3] In 2023, under new concessions, the AM station in Huejutla de Reyes plus a new FM station and the FM station in Jacala returned to the air.[4][5]
Former RTVH stations no longer in service or replaced with new concessions
In March 2018, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38-51), XHPAH (21), XHTHI (14) and XHTUH (22) were assigned new channels for continued digital operations.
