Border Radio collection, 1917-2005.

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Border Radio collection, 1917-2005.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458315806

The Border Radio Collection, 1917-2005, contains papers, audio, video, and photographs documenting the history of radio along the Texas-Mexico border, including research materials on Dr. John R. Brinkley by Durell M. Roth.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559297

University of Texas Libraries

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XERA (Radio station (Villa Acuna, Mexico)

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XERF (Radio station : Ciudad Acuña, Mexico)

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Baker, Norman, 1882-1958

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XER (Radio station : Ciudad Acuña, Mexico)

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Gonzalez, Arturo C.

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Roth, Durell M.

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Roth, Durrell M.

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In the early 1930s, border radio began broadcasting from transmitters in Mexico into the United States. Many of these AM radio stations, called "border blasters," held studios in American towns. The first known station to go on the air was XED at Reynosa in 1930. Durell M. Roth is a border radio historian in Austin, TX. From the description of Border Radio collection, 1917-2005. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 458315806 ...

Wolfman Jack, 1939-1995

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Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942

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Physician; radio pioneer; Kansas, Texas gubernatorial candidate. Of Milford, Kan.; Del Rio, Tex. From the description of John R. Brinkley papers, 1925-1976. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 297116121 John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley) was born July 8, 1885 in Jackson County, North Carolina. He attended Chicago's Bennett Medical College, and the Eclectic Medical University at Kansas City, Kansas. After passing the Arkansas E...