 XHGK's concession was awarded on June 19, 1984, to José de Jesús Partida Villanueva, a businessman with connections to Televisa; it originally specified channel 10 in Comitán de Domínguez, but XHGK would be quickly relocated to Tapachula on analog channel 4.In 1993, the station's concession was transferred to Comunicación del Sureste.XHGK maintained a partnership with Televisa and carried programming from its channel 9 network and FOROtv, and as a Televisa partner, Comunicación del Sureste is defined as within the "preponderant economic agent" in broadcasting for regulatory purposes.