And ever so less interesting!
Pat, K9JAUAt 10:44 AM 1/25/2011, you wrote:
>Pat Byrne writes:
> > The NPR article mentioned that as parts broke down, they were
> > replaced with what was available and power was lowered over time.  I
> > wonder if X E R F is still out there in a diminished way?
>
>Yes, it sure is. I have stopped from time to time and listened
>to them and they are definitely still on the air and using the
>same call letters. The programming is all in Spanish and is
>respectable now. There is music and talk shows in which people
>do exactly the same kinds of things you hear on AM radio, the
>world over. There are no more preachers in English selling
>pictures of Jesus where the eyes glow in the dark.
>
>         Today, there is no hint of how things used to be.
>Occasionally, the announcer says that it is 50,000 watts, but it
>is just your basic Spanish-language radio station at 1570 KHZ.