Bay City Television is the U.S.-based programming and sales representative of Mexican television station XETV

XETV

XETV is a television station licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States...

, which serves the San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

 market under a Section 325(c)

Brinkley Act

The Brinkley Act is the popular name given to . This provision was enacted by the United States Congress to prohibit broadcasting studios in the U.S. from being connected by live telephone line or other means to a transmitter located in Mexico.Prior to World War II, Dr. John R...

 permit, in addition to its native market of Tijuana, Mexico. Bay City Television has been owned by XETV's parent company, Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

, since 1996.

As detailed in the XETV

XETV

XETV is a television station licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States...

article, the station's programming originates from offices in San Diego, but is transmitted from a transmitter located in Tijuana, Mexico, under a Mexican broadcasting license.