[QCWA] Re: XERF History

[Norm Gertz]

XERF pounded in like a local in Oceanside, CA when we lived there.....even 
stronger than the big boys in LA...

73   Norm   K1AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bil Seymour" <wrseymour at eee.org>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 12:47 AM
Subject: [QCWA] Re: XERF History


> 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.
>       <<<<    WA6MOD    >>>>
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