[QCWA] Re: XERF History

[Bil Seymour]

Sitting Bull's Uncle wrote:

> XERF was one of the best known stations.  I listened to the station 
> and DJ Wolfman Jack in the wee hours of the night on my crystal set as 
> a kid in South Texas.


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    I was introduced to Wolfman Jack when I was a Sophomore in High 
School.  It was 1966 and he was on XERB.  The station billed itself as 
"The Mighty Six Ninety."  While he was on from around 9:00 PM to 
Midnight, the station carried off-track betting during Evening Drive 
Time.  In between advertisements for a type of newsletter that 
handicapped horses -- a la The Daily Racing Form -- there was an 
announcer who re-created horse races from other states.  This was not a 
live hook-up.  He merely imitated the way the on-track announcer might 
call the race -- much like I understand Dutch Reagan did for baseball 
games, early in his career. 

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