XHUS-TV

XHUS-TV

Hermosillo, Sonora
Branding	Televisión Universitaria
Channels	Analog: 8 (VHF) Digital: 8 (VHF, intermittent operation)
Owner	Universidad de Sonora
Founded	1965
Call letters' meaning	XH Universidad de Sonora
Sister station(s)	XHUSH-FM
Transmitter power	47 kW analog 38.43 kW digital
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XHUS-TV channel 8, also known as "Televisión Universitaria", is an educational television station owned and operated by the University of Sonora (UniSon) in Hermosillo, Sonora.

History

XHUS-TV signed on air in 1965 with 1 kW of power; it was officially launched on December 4 of that year. It shared studio facilities with XEUS-AM "Radio Universidad" and broadcast from 8 to 10pm, Monday through Friday. It broadcast local events such as the 1969 Juegos Universitarios, which were hosted by UniSon.

Due to economic problems, channel 8 signed off in 1973. In the late 1970s, work began to bring the station back to the air; in 1977, paperwork was filed to bring channel 8 back on air and new videotape equipment was acquired the next year. However, the conversion of the original DWM transmitter to color operation caused problems.

At last, in 1979, channel 8 returned to the air under agreement with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, through which XHUS rebroadcast its Canal Once via microwave link. This was replaced by a satellite connection in 1981.

In 2002, XHUS went off the air yet again, not returning until fall 2010. The bulk of XHUS's programming is sourced via contract with Canal Once, Canal 22 and teveunam.

The station had not built digital facilities by late 2015; in order to remain on air for an additional year, XHUS reduced power to 1 kW. The station holds an authorization to migrate to digital on channel 8—one of very few VHF digital TV stations in Mexico.