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1. www.tshaonline.org › handbook › entriesBorder Radio - TSHA

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   Nov 21, 2006 · The term "border radio" refers to the American broadcasting industry that sprang up on Mexico's northern border in the early 1930s and flourished for half a century. High-powered radio transmitters on Mexican soil, beyond the reach of U.S. regulators, blanketed North America with unique programming.

2. www.ourmusicworld.com › archives › 13696How Did Border Radio Stations Influence the Spread of Country ...

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   Jul 16, 2024 · Border radio refers to high-powered AM radio stations that operated just across the Mexican border, primarily in the 1930s to 1950s. These stations, free from U.S. regulations, could broadcast at power levels far exceeding the limits imposed on American stations.

3. www.htiopenplaza.org › content › border-radioBorder Radio - Open Plaza

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Border radio refers to powerful AM radio stations built just south of the U.S.-Mexico border. These radio stations broadcast their programming northward, mostly in English, to a U.S. audience.

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4. www.theradiohistorian.org › xer › xerXER Border Blaster - The Radio Historian

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   By 1931, increasingly frustrated with U.S. intransigence, Mexican authorities were more than happy to consider Doc Brinkley’s request to build a powerful new radio station on the Mexican side of the border.

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5. txarchives.org › utcah › finding_aidsBorder Radio Collection, 1917- [2010] - TARO

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   The Border Radio Collection, 1917-[2010], contains papers, audio, video, and photographs documenting the history of super-power radio broadcasting along the U.S.-Mexico border. The collection includes research materials on Dr. John R. Brinkley and Norman Baker.

6. www.theculturecrush.com › feature › conmen-at-the-borderMexican Pirate Radio and Wolfman Jack — The Culture Crush

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   Nov 20, 2019 · Broadcasting in the 1930’s (until they were eventually shut down 1980’s), border radio was facilitated by a string of high-powered Mexican radio stations known as border blasters.

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   What is Border Radio?

   • Border Radio. The term "border radio" refers to the American broadcasting industry that sprang up on Mexico's northern border in the early 1930s and flourished for half a century. High-powered radio transmitters on Mexican soil, beyond the reach of U.S. regulators, blanketed North America with unique programming.

   Border Radio - TSHA

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   Which country music artists went to the border to promote a new song?

   • A seemingly endless contingent of legendary country music artists trekked down to the border to promote and perform their latest single: Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, Hank Snow, Webb Pierce, Johnny Cash, and Jim Reeves all blessed the station with person and song, occasionally or frequently.

   Mexican Pirate Radio and Wolfman Jack — The Culture Crush

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   Who owns XER Radio station?

   • Border blaster station XER, owned by showman extraordinaire Dr. John R. Brinkley, opened in Villa Acuña, Coahuila, across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, in 1931. Border radio transmitters commanded up to a staggering 500,000 watts of power and even more, and the broadcasts reached across North America.

   Border Radio - TSHA

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   When did XERA become a radio station?

   • For a few months in 1939, after WLW in Cincinnati lost its experimental authority to broadcast with “super-power”, XERA operated as the most powerful radio station in the Western Hemisphere. The Carter Family gained national recognition through their XERA broadcasts, and went on to become country music’s first big music dynasty.

   XER Border Blaster - The Radio Historian

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › 3052353The Carter Family on Border Radio - JSTOR

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   beginning of the hillbilly music industry, appeared on radio before they did on wax.3 The earliest stations to showcase hillbilly music were in the Unit-ed States, but by the early 1930s stations began broadcasting hill-billy music from just across the Mexican border. The evolution of the border stations-which eventually numbered eleven-is one of