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- Known as "border blasters," Mexican radio transmitters were utilized by broadcasters who were denied a license to broadcast in the U.S. The first border radio station, XED, was launched in 1930 and broadcast from Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
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W. Lee O'Daniel used a border blaster in his successful campaign for governor of Texas. [1] The US, unlike the UK, has never required a license to listen to broadcast radio or television. The only restriction placed upon border-blasters was a law which prohibited studios in the US from linking by telephone to border-blaster transmitters in Mexico.
XERF was the classic border blaster station with its own collection of outlandish and unsavory programs. One of its stars was American disk jockey Bob Smith, who created the radio persona “Wolfman Jack” on XERF beginning in 1962.
The first known border-blaster, XED, the" Voice of the Two Republics "in Reynosa, began broadcasting in 1930. The next year radio station XER, owned by Dr. John R. Brinkley, began regular broadcasting from Villa Acuña, now Ciudad Acuña, Mexico.
Nov 21, 2006 · The first border station, XED, began broadcasting from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, in 1930. Owned for a time by Houston theater owner and philanthropist Will Horwitz , XED hosted occasional performances by Horwitz's friend Jimmie Rodgers .
“He built XERA, the first border blaster (soon to be joined by at least a dozen others) cranking out all kinds of egregious nonsense all over the western world,” Brock said. “The border blaster is the direct ancestor of AM radio—lots of tunes, lots of lies, lots of selling.”
Feb 28, 2018 · Known as "border blasters," Mexican radio transmitters were utilized by broadcasters who were denied a license to broadcast in the U.S. The first border radio station, XED, was launched...
Jun 19, 2024 · Owned by American showman and quack doctor John R. Brinkley, XER was the first high-powered "border-blaster" radio station. Photo: Lippe Studio. Source: Library of Congress. Before the Internet brought the world together, there was border radio.
