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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
Radio KPRI AM in Ferndale, Washington at 50,000 watts is targetting Metro Vancouver and the lower mainland in BC as your "number 1 South Asian voice". Its studios are in Richmond, BC.
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:
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)
As far as I know the first Border Blaster was PCGG, owned, operated by Hanso Schotanus à Steringa Idzerda and licensed in the Netherlands, broadcasting from The Hague to an audience in the UK (from around 1920). Later on Radio Paris and Radio Normandie broadcast to a UK audience from France, where they were licensed.
At the moment (dec 2009) BigL International, licensed in Holland, broadcasts to the UK on AM 1395 kHz using 10-25 KW from Trintelhaven, a location in the Netherlands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berts006 ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
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)
I've added a link to the station in the see also, as it was effectively a border blaster.
The term isn't widely used in the UK, though such stations may operate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.57.113 ( talk) 15:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I changed the article to agree with the Radio Luxembourg (English) article that the intended audience was in Britain. In addition, the sentence now states The British government identified these stations as pirates because the intended audience was in the British Isles which is incorrect an inaccurate as the British government do not have jurisdiction over the British Isles. @Tharky, can you provide a reference or reason for your revert? Thank you. -- Bardcom ( talk) 12:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Maybe the first, but certainly the most important border blaster in the history of radio was this:
/info/en/?search=Aspidistra_(transmitter)
In the current article, the history of border blasters starts in 70s Mexico and the pirate ship era in Europe, and while being a bit US-centered, important US border blasters like Radio Marti are missing in it as well. Some completion, restructuring and improvement of this article wouldn't harm. 176.4.29.101 ( talk) 09:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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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
Radio KPRI AM in Ferndale, Washington at 50,000 watts is targetting Metro Vancouver and the lower mainland in BC as your "number 1 South Asian voice". Its studios are in Richmond, BC.
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:
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)
As far as I know the first Border Blaster was PCGG, owned, operated by Hanso Schotanus à Steringa Idzerda and licensed in the Netherlands, broadcasting from The Hague to an audience in the UK (from around 1920). Later on Radio Paris and Radio Normandie broadcast to a UK audience from France, where they were licensed.
At the moment (dec 2009) BigL International, licensed in Holland, broadcasts to the UK on AM 1395 kHz using 10-25 KW from Trintelhaven, a location in the Netherlands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berts006 ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
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)
I've added a link to the station in the see also, as it was effectively a border blaster.
The term isn't widely used in the UK, though such stations may operate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.57.113 ( talk) 15:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I changed the article to agree with the Radio Luxembourg (English) article that the intended audience was in Britain. In addition, the sentence now states The British government identified these stations as pirates because the intended audience was in the British Isles which is incorrect an inaccurate as the British government do not have jurisdiction over the British Isles. @Tharky, can you provide a reference or reason for your revert? Thank you. -- Bardcom ( talk) 12:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Maybe the first, but certainly the most important border blaster in the history of radio was this:
/info/en/?search=Aspidistra_(transmitter)
In the current article, the history of border blasters starts in 70s Mexico and the pirate ship era in Europe, and while being a bit US-centered, important US border blasters like Radio Marti are missing in it as well. Some completion, restructuring and improvement of this article wouldn't harm. 176.4.29.101 ( talk) 09:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)