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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 29, 2012 - 11:24am PT
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@locker " "Turn it up!"
When I get the station cranked up, I'll have enough power to wake up Leonard Skinner in his grave in Florida.
@Tobia, yeah check out my picture. He would record in Chula Vista, then huck the tapes down to Rosarito. I've never seen anything that says it was more than 50,000 watts (gonna research that one), but I did see some articles that said at one point "we" were making $50,000 per week. I think he was holding out on me.
The Cars
MOVING IN STEREO & ALL MIXED UP
she tricks me into thinking
i can't believe my eyes
i wait for her forever
she never does arrive
it's all mixed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZhfFXEMMI4
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Jun 29, 2012 - 02:29pm PT
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zb,
Mexico didn't have to abide by the FCC. Wolfman stated in his autobiography that they broadcast at 250K. In the early years he did commute.
$50k a week... in 1960's green.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wDwMQVqCc
Van Morrison ≈ Caravan (from the Last Waltz)
Turn up... yo radio
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 29, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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@Tobia right - 250,000 watts, legal limit in US was 50,000.
XERB also sold time to preachers (who I'd forgotten all about):
One such preacher, Reverend Ike, had the sales pitch,
“The worst thing you can do for the poor people is to be one of them, so send me your donations!”
In the mid 1960s, the Wolfman crossed the border to Mexico and joined the 250,000-watt powerhouse XERF-AM. Thanks to XERF and later XERB-AM, the Wolfman reached most of the southwestern United States while selling everything from coffins to inspirational literature and baby chickens.
After Wolfman Jack temporarily left XERF 1570-AM he moved to XERB "The Big- 1090" and was DJ and station manager from 1966-1971. The station was actually licensed to Bob Smith aka Wolfman Jack for the Tijuana / Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico.
XERB was immortalized along with Wolfman Jack in the George Lucas movie American Graffiti. Wolfman was able to make the station turn a huge profit by selling programming to radio proselytizers in 15-30 minute blocks. Because they had such a large following and made so much money, the radio evangelists were never too hesitant about paying huge fees for airtime. As if being on one border blaster wasn't enough, Wolfman began broadcasting pre-recorded shows on three different Mexican stations at different times of the day, XERB, XERF, & XEG 1050-AM in Monterey, Mexico.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Jun 29, 2012 - 02:43pm PT
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Reverend Ike:
You can't lose with the stuff I use!
We used to think he was local when we were kids; never could figure out why you would mail the check to NY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfaligQlEyg
Elvis Costello & The Attractions ≈ Radio, Radio
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Jun 29, 2012 - 03:22pm PT
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Local billboard for one of 4 radio stations BITD, 2 top forty stations, one country and one provided soul music. I rolled the dial from 540 to 1340 all night long. Rock on end and Soul on the other. They finally got over the Civil War around 1980 and that billboard came down. Right next to it was a Daughters of the Confederacy billboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukOs3am7CtE
King Curtis ≈ Memphis Soul Stew (Staxx Records)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGghN06cEL4
Country Joe & The Fish ≈ Rock & Soul Music
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 30, 2012 - 12:29am PT
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Tobia and pl1 - keep up the good work.
I'm just wondering where in the hell all the money WNET (went)?
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 30, 2012 - 02:34am PT
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For you.. X fans.
X The unheard music..is on Hulu....FUn, ....the hits keep coming.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/376019
edit..rrider, thanks for the Hollies tunes...stop stop stop ..
edit:Tobia, 10500...nice number....
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