Border blaster

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A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually associated with Mexican AM stations whose broadcast areas cover large parts of the United States, and United States border AM stations covering large parts of Canada. Conceptually similar European broadcasting included some pre-World War II broadcasting towards the United Kingd

Border Radio — MBC

Mexico-based radio stations, located in cities near the United States border and often beaming signals of great watt­ age, offered programs and advertising not always found on U.S. radio

XER Border Blaster

Signal reports quickly came in, indicated that the powerful station was being heard in every state in the U.S. as well as 15 other countries.

Border blasters: The outlaw stations that changed

From quack doctors to the first country music broadcasts, high-powered Mexican radio stations brought the U.S. into the age of mass

Border Radio — Open Plaza

These mega-watt "border blaster" stations, set up just across the Mexican border to evade U.S. regulations, beamed programming across the United States and as far away as

Mobile Hacking: How the Mexican Drug Cartels Built their Own

Notably, a network dismantled in Tamaulipas in 2021 revealed the use of OpenBTS (Open Base Transceiver Station) software running on software-defined radio

Mobile Hacking: How the Mexican Drug Cartels

Notably, a network dismantled in Tamaulipas in 2021 revealed the use of OpenBTS (Open Base Transceiver Station) software

Border blasters: The outlaw stations that changed radio

From quack doctors to the first country music broadcasts, high-powered Mexican radio stations brought the U.S. into the age of mass culture.

Border Radio Collection, 1917

In the early 1930s, many AM radio stations began broadcasting from Mexico into the United States. These "border-blasters", as they were called, spanned the entire U.S.-Mexico border

Border Blasters

Some stations thrived for decades, especially those in in the west of Mexico near Tijuana that had massive signals across into California and right up the west coast.

Border Blasters

Some stations thrived for decades, especially those in in the west of Mexico near Tijuana that had massive signals across into California and right up

Border Blasters: The outlaw stations broadcasting from south of

In the 1920s, a string of high-powered radio stations on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande changed American culture. XER, later known as XERA, was one of the best-known of the

Border Radio

High-powered radio transmitters on Mexican soil, beyond the reach of U.S. regulators, blanketed North America with unique programming.

Border blaster

The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually associated with Mexican AM stations whose broadcast areas cover large parts of the United States, and United States