[QCWA] XERF History Part II

[Ralph Cox]

I don't normally respond to discussions groups, however this particular
subject piqued an interest when I saw it.  Especially when the radio station
XERF was mentioned.  On a recent trip back from the Denver area, my son was
driving during the wee hours of the morning (he is 37 years old) and we
started talking about our teen age years and since we were nearing the St.
Louis area where I grew up the subject came up about the music my generation
listened to (early 50's) and I reached over and started tuning the radio in
the AM band and tuned in WSM in Nashville and they were playing some really
old tunes, some dating back to the late 50's.  I started reminiscing about
some of the stations we listened to in the 50's (KSD, KWK, WIL) that played
the good ol' Rock & Roll.  As a teenager I remember listening early in the
morning after dropping off my date after a drive-in movie and a snack at the
favorite drive-in restaurant in Belleville or Collinsville (I grew up on the
East Side, but not E. St. Louis) I would tune the radio in my '54 Ford
2-door to XERF and listen to "The Wolfman". These are fond memories of
enjoyable teen years.

Ralph Cox, W9PGE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sitting Bulls Uncle" <k5sbu at grandecom.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:52 AM
Subject: [QCWA] XERF History Part II


> Here is a technical discussion on the engineering side of the XERA/XERF
> 500,000 watt transmitter.
>
> http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/WE320A.htm
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sitting Bulls Uncle" <k5sbu at grandecom.net>
> To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:42 AM
> Subject: XERF History
>
>
> > 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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