[QCWA] XERF History

[Sitting Bulls Uncle]

Regarding the post from Tom W4YOK and early high power AM broadcast stations 
en La Frontera, XERF was one of the best known stations.  It is an 
interesting thread in radio history as it was one of the most remarkable and 
powerful transmitters in North America.  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.  The station program format featured religious programs, most 
of which sold fake articles and health remedies with outrageous claims.  If 
you travel to Del Rio, Texas you should visit the museum of history there to 
see the photos of the famous radio station started by one Doctor Brinkley. 
There are lots of articles to read on the internet if you search for them on 
google.com or dogpile.com.  Here is one of many:
http://www.ominous-valve.com/xerf.html

73
RIK
K5SBU


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "THOMAS & BEVERLY WEBB" <sam9lives at msn.com>
> To: qcwa <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [QCWA] Early AM broadcast radio
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:33:31 -0600
>
>>
>> Sparks out of the Plowed Ground, by my ex-boss at WMST in Mt. Sterling, 
>> KY, Bob Doll, chronicles
>> much of early radio in the US.  I think it's out of print.  I bought a 
>> copy from Antique
>> Electric in Scottsdale, AZ a few years ago.
>> Streamline Publishing, 1-800-226-7857  The theme of the book is actually 
>> small AM stations, but
>> it goes 'way back.
>>
>> Another interesting book is Border Radio.  It's about XERF, XEG, and all 
>> those super powerful
>> stations just across the border in Mexico back in the forties and 
>> fifties.  I checked this book
>> out of the local library, but don't remember the name of the author.  I 
>> do remember the
>> librarian told me it was last checked out in 1962.
>>
>> Tom Webb  W4YOK
>>
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