[QCWA] XERF History Part II

[wb0dul]

I remember listening to Wolfman Jack many years ago.  Is he still living
or did he pass away.  I certainly hope Howard Stern isn't his
replacement.  Talk about garbage radio, Stern is the Jerry Springer of
Radio.  

Dick
WB0DUL



-----Original Message-----
From: qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ralph Cox
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:43 AM
To: Discussion of QCWA
Subject: Re: [QCWA] XERF History Part II


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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