XEAW-AM

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XEAW-AM are the call letters of a border-blaster radio station located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the Rio Grande (Río Bravo) from McAllen, Texas, USA. In the 1930s the station came under the control of Dr. John R. Brinkley who became famous for both his controversial treatments of sexual dysfunction and his operations of XER and XERA at Villa Acuña (modern-day Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila), opposite Del Rio, Texas.

[edit] See also

• Border blaster – a list of super-power radio stations located on the international border of Mexico facing the United States of America.
• Dr. John R. Brinkley – brief biography and history of XER and XERA.

[edit] References

• "Wolfman Jack's old station howling once again." – Dallas Times Herald, January 2, 1983. – primarily about XERF but also includes background information on the border-blasters.
• Border Radio, by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987 ISBN 0-87719-066-6
• Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. – "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6