XER-AM

XER-AM

XER (1932–1933) are the call letters of a famous border-blaster radio station licensed to Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, upon license application of Dr. John R. Brinkley of the U.S. state of Kansas. It first came on the air on August 18, 1932, with a 50 kW transmitter and claimed 75 kW erp via an omnidirectional antenna. It was forcibly shut down by the Mexican authorities on February 24, 1933 and the Villa Acuña Broadcasting Company of Del Rio, Texas, U.S. which had managed the station, was dissolved.

Read more about XER-AM:  History of XER