| Mexicali, Baja California San Luis, Sonora Yuma, Arizona El Centro, California |
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| Branding | El Canal de las Noticias (The News Channel) |
| Slogan | Television sin fronteras (Television without borders) |
| Channels | Analog: 66 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | cadenatres |
| Owner | Intermedia de Mexicali (Arnoldo Cabada de la O) |
| Founded | 1997 |
| First air date | October 1998 |
| Former affiliations | CNI |
| Transmitter power | 3334 kW |
| Website | www.canal66.com.mx |
XHILA-TV is a full-service, Spanish-language, independent television station in Mexicali, Baja California (aka: Baja California Norte). It broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 66, serving the Mexicali Valley and the southern Imperial Valley, including El Centro, California, and the Colorado River cities of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora and Yuma, Arizona. The station is also carried on the cable television systems of each of the four principal communities it serves.
Begun in 1997, the station is owned by Intermedia de Mexicali and is licensed to its President, Arnoldo Cabada de la O.[1]
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XHILA-TV began with experimental broadcasts in 1997, then began broadcasting commercially in October 1998.[2] It has been owned since inception by Intermedia de Mexicali, airing independent programming during the day, and news from CNI at night. The station no longer airs CNI programming.
In 2008, XHILA became affiliated with Mexico's newest broadcast network, cadenatres. At the time, Yuma low-power television station K28FM was a repeater of XHILA, which, in effect, gave cadenatres its first American affiliate. K28FM is now silent.
XHILA-TV targets both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. XHILA-TV provides local information, news shows and variety programs for viewers along with a schedule of movies, comedies and programs of interest.
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