In contrast, XHCH-TV, and later its sister station XHIT-TV channel 4 which came on the air at the end of the 1960s, were part of the Tele-Cadena Mexicana system.

That year, despite the ambitions of its owners to create a local station, XHCH became an affiliate of Televisión Independiente de México.

Under Imevisión, as the agency would rebrand in 1985, XHCH was disconnected from Canal 5, while XHIT became a full-time repeater of the channel 13 network.

Out of necessity XHCH became a local station in Imevisión — one of three, along with XHFN-TV Monterrey and XEIMT-TV Mexico City.

It broadcast three and a half hours a day of local programming, including regional and municipal newscasts.