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November 3, 1973
- On November 3, 1973, a new XERA-AM took to the air in San Cristóbal de las Casas, owned by the government of the state of Chiapas and the state's first public radio station. From 1985 to 1990, this station was operated by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio under a co-operation agreement that saw IMER launch two radio stations in the state.
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From 1985 to 1990, this station was operated by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio under a co-operation agreement that saw IMER launch two radio stations in the state. When the government of Chiapas opted to retake control of XERA, IMER built a replacement station, XECHZ-AM Chiapa del Corzo.
Another border blaster had the call letters XERF. Established later than Brinkley's XERA, this "X" station played an essential role in the advent of rock and roll. A DJ named Bob Smith grew up listening to XERF as a child in New York City. He was determined to get on border radio and did so at XERF, taking the on-air name "Wolfman Jack."
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.
In 1931 Kansas-native "Doctor" J. R. Brinkley founded radio station XERA (later XERF) in Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, due south of San Angelo, Texas. It was the first border radio station, positioned just over the Rio Grande and aimed northward at the American audience.
The famous old XERA radio towers just outside Villa Acuña, just over the border from Del Rio, Texas. XERA was a “border blaster”, a radio station that had a 250,000 watt transmitter and it broadcast country, soul, R & B, and everything else across the border and into the United States from the 1930s until the late 1960s.
Nov 20, 2019 · In 1931, he was granted a radio license from the Mexican government launching the most powerful station on the border, XER (subsequently changed to XERA) at 50,000 watts, but was soon allowed to increase it to 150,000, enabling his programming of preacher sermons, hustlers trumpeting their goods, and hillbilly music to be heard over a wide ...
Sep 1, 2023 · During the mid- late 1930’s, the Carter Family had a unique opportunity to take a job on the border of the U.S. and Mexico on the XERA radio station in Del Rio, Texas. The Consolidate Royal Chemical Corporation had contacted them with an offer to perform on their border radio station XERA daily.
