Mexicanal

Mexicanal
Launched	August 23, 2005
Owned by	Castalia Communications Cablecom
Broadcast area	United States and  Canada.
Website	mexicanal.com
Availability
Satellite
Dish Network	Channel 844
Cable
Comcast	Selected areas
AT&T U-Verse	Selected areas
Cablevision	Selected areas
Charter	Selected areas
Mediacom	Selected areas
Frontier	Selected areas

Mexicanal is a Mexican-based Spanish-language television network launched in 2005 by Castalia Communications and Cablecom. The network's studios and broadcast center is based in the Mexican city of San Luis Potosí.

Programming

Mexicanal features news, cultural programming, sports and popular entertainment from public broadcasters, independent producers and public access stations throughout Mexico.

Programming on Mexicanal also includes its daily news program, MX24 Noticias, featuring the top local, national and international news. It is anchored by Cecilia Mendez, with Raul Espinosa and Miguel Gallegos.

Other programs include:

• Ahí viene la Marimba,
• Con el Son de la Marimba,
• Estrellas del Jaripeo,
• De Kiosko en Kiosko, with host Cornelio Garcia visiting different municipalities in Jalisco to explore their culture, customs and traditions
• Vida y Estilo, a daily magazine show anchored by Marisol Castillo and Alberto Benitta
• Reportajes de Alvarado, hosted by Eduardo Alvarado featuring the towns of Nuevo León
• Estampas de Mi Provincia, where Zaida Nayeli and Paco Gómez show us Mexican cuisine, the traditions and the culture of Aguascalientes.
• Cuadrilatero Fabrica de Campeones, a monthly program that features young, aspiring boxers
• Supergrupero, featuring Mexico's popular grupera music
• Club C7, a children's show
• El Grito de Independencia (The Cry of Independence), La Ruta de Mexico (The Route of Mexico), shows that portrays the festivities and traditions of Mexicans.

Charter, AT&T, Mediacom, and Comcast offer Mexicanal in their "Spanish-language tier" lineups in the United States.

Mexicanal content

Since 2013 Mexicanal has been creating content:

• El Rayo Vida de Lucha, a reality series following the life of a lucha libra wrestler and promoter Juan Padron Luna, also known as "Rayo de Plata". The series takes place in San Luis Potosi and the Bajío region of Mexico. In thirteen episodes, "El Rayo Vida de Lucha" highlights the ties between El Rayo his family, employees and wrestlers.^[1]
• Son Mariachis, a docu-reality series following a new generation Mariachi band. The band is composed of members of the Cuellar family. Son Mariachis now airs on NBC Universo.^[2]
• Necaxa, a docu-reality series following a soccer franchise.
• Imágenes de México, hosted by Javier Solórzano, Images of Mexico is a tourism show highlighting eclectic regions of Mexico from regional history to agriculture.^[3]
• Dragon Con Adventure, hosted by Maria Fernanda Villanueva, highlighting Atlanta's Dragon Con 2015 parade cosplay and celebrities.

Mexican affiliates

City or state	Station
Aguascalientes	26 Aguascalientes TV HD
Chiapas	Canal 10 TV Chiapas
Campeche	Televisión y Radio de Campeche (TRC)
Mexican Federal District /  State of Mexico	Canal 34 Mexiquense TV
Guanajuato	TV4 Cuatro of Guanajuato
Guerrero	Soy Guerrero
Hidalgo	Hidalgo Televisión
Jalisco	C7 Jalisco
Michoacán	Telemichoacán
Nuevo León	TV Nuevo León
Oaxaca	Oaxaca TV
Puebla	Puebla TV
Querétaro	Televisión Querétaro www.radioytelevisiónqueretaro.mx/index.html
Quintana Roo	Siete Más Televisión
San Luis Potosí	Canal Nueve www.canal9slp.mx/
Sonora	Telemax
Tabasco	TVT Televisión Tabasqueña
Veracruz	TV MÁS
Yucatán	Canal Trece TV
Zacatecas	Canal B15 Zacatecas www.b15.com.mx/

References

External links

• mexicanal.com
• Castalia Communications
• Cablecom Mexico
• Directv USA