RW> RW> TW>> Border Blasters   
      
   RW> RW> RW>>> "As was the case between the 1930's and the 1970's, some border   
   RW> RW> RW>>> blaster stations in areas near larger American border cities   
   RW> RW> RW>>> such as San Diego are leased out by American broadcasting   
   RW> RW> RW>>> companies and air English-language programming targeting   
   RW> RW> RW>>> American audiences. The American side leases the station from   
   RW> RW> RW>>> the Mexican station owners/licence holders and feeds   
   RW> RW> RW>>> programming from their American studios to the Mexican   
   RW> RW> RW>>> transmitters via satellite."   
      
   RW> RW> TW>> In the 50's I used to listen to a Mexican Border Blaster across   
   RW> RW> TW>> the border from Western Texas. Do Not recal the X cal sign   
   RW> RW> TW>> though.   
      
   RW> RW>> Certainly you've heard of XERB with Wolfman Jack at the microphone   
   RW> RW>> during that era. Before it was XERB, it was XERC. Those two were   
   RW> RW>> across the Rio Grande from Larado, TX. BTW, Wolfman Jack owned the   
   RW> RW>> XERB call and when the Mexican gov't removed him from the air to do   
   RW> RW>> their own programming (which was like his), they failed to keep the   
   RW> RW>> audience Wolfman had and they went belly up.   
      
   RW> TW> That was one of the Border Blasters that I could get at night up in   
   RW> TW> Great Falls Montana.   
      
   RW> RW>> When I was a teen and living in Illinois, there was a Border Blaster   
   RW> RW>> heard there that was located across the river from Del Rio,   
   RW> RW>> TX...that was before the Chicago and Rockford stations picked up on   
   RW> RW>> the Rock & Roll music that they had been playing in Del Rio...btw,   
   RW> RW>> Del Rio is due west of San Antonio and is considered to be part of   
   RW> RW>> South Central Texas. West Texas is all that which is north of Austin   
   RW> RW>> and west of Abelene.   
      
   RW> TW> I could get that station also.   
      
   RW>XERB was located in TJ at one time, and Del Rio is the former location of   
   RW>XERC/B with Wolfman Jack at the mic...   
      
   RW> TW> I also rembember the Day of WLW in Ohio. AM 700 with a 500 KW signal   
      
   RW>I read somewhere on the 'XERB Wolfman Jack" page that stations xmitting at   
   RW>night using their daytime pwr limit of 65kw was illegal. It was an FCC   
   RW>requirment to reduce pwr to 50kw at night.   
      
   RW>//Quote   
      
   RW>Because Mexican law prohibits ownership of television and radio stations   
   RW>by foreign operators, these stations are owned by Mexican interests and   
   RW>managed by an American company.   
      
   RW>Due to Mexican government regulations, these stations, like all radio   
   RW>stations in Mexico, must air the Mexican National Hour on Sunday evenings   
   RW>and play the Mexican National Anthem each day at midnight and 5 am. In   
   RW>addition, they must also give station identification in Spanish. This is   
   RW>usually done softly or during commercial breaks so the listeners on the   
   RW>American side won't usually notice it.   
      
   RW>Source: http://www.modestoradiomuseum.org/border%20stations%20geo.html   
      
   RW>//Unquote   
      
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