Talk:Border blaster

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[edit] Mexican border blasters

I remember listing occasionally to XEG and possibly other border blasters when I was a teenager in South Texas in the '50s. They had preposterous religious claims, as I recall, such as the "blessed healing cloths" and the "autographed pictures of Jesus Christ." For most of us wise-guy kids, they served as springboards for ribald burlesques of the claims. But they must have had a paying audience, because they stayed on the air and apparently still are. Maurice

I am still working on the border blaster article and its related articles trying to sort fact from fantasy because at present there is not a single reliable source. Hopefully by pulling together all of the published material it will be possible to come up with a referenced and authentic series of articles. The border blasters were mainly over and done with by the late 1980s because technology had passed them by. The clear channels they once occupied are now no more and the old time preachers are either all dead or dying. The new breed are on satellite television and it is to satellite that the music formats of tomorrow are also moving. This is mainly about a culture that once existed and is no more (just like steam trains.) MPLX/MH 23:56, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Off topic additions

A number of off-topic additions had been added to this article which is exclusively about Mexican border blasters. These other topics all belong in the "see also" section which is where they have now been moved to with revised text. It is obvious that a couple of new articles containing lists of links to specific articles need to be created (if they do not already exist under other names), and these include:

  • International radio broadcasters - a list of stations such as the BBC World Service and Voice of America.
  • Clandestine radio broadcasters - a list of stations that have attempted to promote social or political change by using secretly located transmitters. These stations are different from international broadcasting services because they are illegally operated.
  • International religious radio broadcasters - A list of religious broadcasting organizations (with links to specific entries.)

Another list article could also be created for International television broadcasters and International religious television broadcasters (to include both terrestrial and satellite broadcasting.) Please help to keep this article topic specific. MPLX/MH 17:38, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] American Grafitti

I'm not sure it's accurate to say that XERB was featured in American Grafitti. While that may have been Wolfman Jack's station in 1962 (when the movie takes place), this would have involved the character Kurt driving from Modesto to the Mexican border and back. Some of the characters speculate as to where Wolfman Jack's broadcasts originate, but the implication is that Kurt visits a station on the outskirts of town. On the other hand, in a fictional movie, perhaps this is possible, and I'm not positive that Modesto is actually identified as such in the film. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 07:11, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I'll also post this on the XERB article's talk page. -- Gyrofrog (talk)

[edit] Atlantic 252

I've added a link to the station in the see also, as it was effectively a border blaster.