Radio Stations of the Instituto Mexicano de La Radio - Xerf-Am, Xhof-FM, Xeb-Am, Xermx-Oc, Xhuar-FM, Xhuan-FM, Xelac-Am (Paperback)

Chapters: Xerf-Am, Xhof-Fm, Xeb-Am, Xermx-Oc, Xhuar-Fm, Xhuan-Fm, Xelac-Am. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: XERF-AM is a Mexican clear-channel station on 1570 kHz in Ciudad Acu a, Coahuila, near the United States border. It gained fame as a 250-kilowatt border blaster used by Ramon D. Bosquez, Arturo Gonzalez, and Wolfman Jack. Now branded as La Poderosa, it is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER), a Mexican public broadcaster. In earlier times, the station was operated under the laws of Mexico by Ram n D. B squez. Once world-famous, XERF commenced operations in 1947 using the old facilities of John R. Brinkley's XERA, which ceased broadcasting in 1939. XERF was not a continuation of XERA. The facilities of the old XERA border blaster which had been created by John R. Brinkley, were confiscated by the Mexican government in 1939 and the license for Villa Acu a remained silent until 1947. In that year a new license was granted to Ramon D. Bosquez who created a new radio station originally using the old facilities of the defunct XERA. The station came on the air with a power of 100 kW. For many years the station made money by selling its time after nightfall to American evangelists who broadcast in English to the United States. In 1959 a new group of investors, Ramon D. Bosquez and Arturo Gonzalez formed a Texas corporation called Inter-American Radio Advertising, Inc. which was located on Pecan Street in Del Rio, Texas. While the license of XERF rested in the hands of Ramon D. Bosquez, a Mexican national, the actual control of the airtime and the management of the facilities in Ciudad Acu a, Mexico were under the control of Inter-American Radio Advertising, Inc. The Texas company purchased a 250,000 watt RCA transmitter to beam an om...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=7659