XHLAR-TDT

The station's studios and transmitter are located on Avenida de la República in Nuevo Laredo.

Instead, channel 57 signed on for the first time on 4 September of that same year as XHFTX-TV, broadcasting programming from the Fox network for Laredo, Texas.

Prior to XHFTX's sign-on, Laredo viewers received their Fox programs on cable, either from the national Foxnet service or from KRRT in San Antonio.

In February 2013, XHLAR began broadcasting in digital on channel 38.1 (virtual 57.1); it upgraded its signal to 1080i HD in March 2014.

[2] It was allowed to begin utilizing virtual channel 2, putting the station in line with the rest of the network, in August 2018.