On June 23, 1980, Arnoldo Cabada de la O received a concession to operate channel 44 in Juárez, with callsign XHIJ-TV. Cabada de la O had formerly worked at XEJ-TV as the news director. The station came on the air October 16, 1980. For the first four years of its life, XHIJ carried an entirely local program schedule, a rarity in Mexico given that most commercial stations were either affiliated to Televisa or relayed its national networks. Between 1984 and 1988, XHIJ would carry an affiliation with Televisa. In 1988, the then-new Telemundo Spanish-language network in the US engaged in rapid expansion, signing XHIJ and XHRIO in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, as affiliates. While with Telemundo, XHIJ raised its broadcasting power from 240 kilowatts to 1,129 kilowatts. In 1993, Imevisión was privatized and became Televisión Azteca, but it only had one operating station in Juárez. Between 1993 and 1997, XHIJ carried some Azteca 7 programming. It would not be until 1997 when Azteca would bring its second Juárez station, XHCJH-TV channel 20, to air; it would then proceed to lose its Telemundo affiliation as well. In the mid-90s, XHIJ added an affiliation with CNI, a then-new provider of national news programming, which continued through 2000. In 2007, XHIJ began to pick up programming from cadenatres in Mexico City, a relationship that continued until the network folded in 2015. In January 2016, news director and anchor Héctor Armando Cabada Alvídrez resigned from his position in order to run for municipal president of Ciudad Juárez as an independent candidate; on election day, he won with 48 percent of the vote.
Intermedia fought for and won the television station in Chihuahua Capital in the IFT-6 television station auction of 2017, prevailing in the 13th round of bidding and paying 53.5 million pesos. The station, XHICCH-TDT 30, began transmissions in July 2018 from the Canal Once tower atop Cerro El Coronel in Chihuahua. Local programming from new studios in Chihuahua began on August 6, 2018. XHICCH was approved for dependent repeaters in Ciudad Delicias and Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in July 2018.
Digital television
On November 1, 2011, XHIJ-TDT began broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 45. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display XHIJ-TDT's virtual channel as 44.1. XHIJ has approval to multiplex its digital signal. Among its four digital streams is Canal Catorce, broadcast by agreement with the SPR and which is the only Mexican public television station available over the air in the area. It replaced UACJ TV, a service of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, on 44.3 on October 20, 2015. Due to the conversion from analog to digital television in México, XHIJ shut off its analog signal on July 14, 2015 along with other Juárez stations. In March 2018, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band, XHIJ was assigned channel 32 for continued digital operations. XHICCH has no authorized subchannels.
Digital sub-channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
VC
RF
Video
Ratio
PSIP Name
Network
Programming
44.1
45.1
1080i
XHIJ TV
Canal 44
Main XHIJ HD programming
44.2
45.2
480i
XHIJ TV
44 Alternativo
Alternative programming
44.3
45.3
480i
XHIJ TV
Canal Catorce
Public television
44.4
45.4
480i
XHIJ TV
World TV
Programming
Newscasts
La Semana En Resumen: 5AM-6AM ' / Contacto Nocturno: 5AM-6AM '
Contacto Matutino: 6AM-9AM '
Contacto Mitad Del Dia: 2PM-3PM '
Contacto Tarde: 4:55PM-6PM '
Contacto Nocturno: 9:55PM-11PM '
Contacto En Movimiento: 7AM-9AM '
La Semana En Resumen: 10PM-11PM '
XHIJ-TV and KTSM-TV in El Paso share resources especially with violence in Juárez.
Yearly Special Newscast
Resumen Anual: A 3 hour newscast showcasing the highlights of the year. Aired at the end of the year, December 25th and January 1st of the following year.
