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{{short description|Televisa Regional station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = XHAB-TDT
| logo                   =
| branding               = {{Plainlist|
* Televisa Tamaulipas
}}
| digital                = 30 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 8{{mexico-VC|accessdate=September 15, 2020}}
| subchannels            = '''8.1:''' [[Televisa Regional]]/[[Nueve (Mexican TV network)|Nu9ve]]
| founded                = 1968<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKFVH6AY4ZQ XHAB history video]{{deadlink|date=November 2022}}</ref>
| location               = [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]]–[[Reynosa|Reynosa, Tamaulipas]]<br>[[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]–[[McAllen, Texas]]
| country                = Mexico/United States
| former_callsigns       = XHAB-TV (1968–2015)
| callsign_meaning       = Original concessionaire Alejandro Burillo Pérez<ref>DOF October 14, 1966</ref>
| former_affiliations    =
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Telecommunications Institute|IFT]]
| former_channel_numbers = '''[[Analog television|Analog]]:'''<br />7 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]], 1968–2015) <br />'''[[virtual channel|Virtual]]:'''<br />7 (2009–2016)
| owner                  = [[Televisa|Grupo Televisa]]
| licensee               = Televisora de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.
| sister_stations        = [[XERV-TDT]], [[XHTAM-TDT]]
| erp                    = 348 [[kilowatt|kW]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/39687_211223215454_9162.pdf|publisher=[[Federal Telecommunications Institute]]|title=RPC #055372: Technical Changes — XHAB-TDT|date=September 9, 2021|access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>
| homepage               = {{URL|televisaregional.com/tamaulipas/}}
}}
'''XHAB-TDT''', [[virtual channel]] 8 ([[UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 30), is a [[Televisa]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas]], Mexico. The channel can also be seen in Texas' [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]] market. In addition to local news and programming, XHAB also airs a selection of [[Nueve (Mexican TV network)|Nu9ve]]'s programming. XHAB also shares a sales office with [[XERV-TV]] in [[McAllen, Texas]], for sales of commercial time from American businesses.
XHAB returned channel 7 to the air in Matamoros upon signing on in 1968; the channel had been occupied by [[XELD-TV]] in the early 1950s. Programming included the locally produced ''El Mundo de los Niños'' and ''Las Aventuras de los Hermanos Donnie''.
==Grenade attacks==
The television station has been attacked twice, once in July 2009 and again on August 15, 2010. No one was injured, but two automobiles were damaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=497127|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817213332/www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=497127|archive-date=2010-08-17|title=Televisa studios attacked in Matamoros, Monterrey}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://televisaregional.com/tamaulipas/ Televisa Tamaulipas website]
{{Rio Grande Valley TV}}
[[Category:Televisa Regional]]
[[Category:Mass media in Matamoros, Tamaulipas]]
[[Category:Television stations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley]]
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