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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 Kingdom, "radio périphérique" around France and the U.S. government-funded station Radio Free Europe, targeting eastern Europe.

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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 Kingdom, "radio périphérique" around France and the U.S. government-funded station Radio Free Europe, targeting eastern Europe. With broadcasting signals far more powerful than those of U.S. stations, the Mexican border blasters could be heard over large areas of the U.S. from the 1940s to the 1970s, often to the great irritation of American radio stations, whose signals could be overpowered by their Mexican counterparts. These are also sometimes referred to as X stations for their call letters: Mexico assigns callsigns beginning with XE or XH to broadcast stations. On November 9, 1972, in Washington, D.C., the United States and Mexico signed an "Agreement Concerning Frequency Modulation Broadcasting in the 87.5 to 108 MHz Band". Since then, in the FM band power levels and frequency assignments have been set by mutual agreement between the two countries. AM radio border blasters still exist, though they are largely ignored due to the decline of AM radio in the U.S. and in Mexico. There are several such stations licensed by Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation using transmitters with an effective radiated power similar to those of major licensed commercial stations located within the U.S. (en)
  • Border blasters waren radiostations die in Mexico waren gevestigd vlak over de grens met de Verenigde Staten, om zo een zo groot mogelijk gebied in de Verenigde Staten te kunnen bereiken. Voor veel Amerikaanse radiostations was het aantrekkelijk vanuit Mexico uit te zenden, omdat het verkrijgen van een zendvergunning daar veel eenvoudiger en goedkoper was. Door de stations pal aan de grens te vestigen konden zij alsnog een groot Amerikaans publiek bereiken. Volgens de Mexicaanse wetgeving moesten zij wel elke zondagavond het Mexicaanse volkslied uitzenden. De eerste border blasters begonnen met uitzenden in de jaren dertig. Nadat in 1972 Mexico en de Verenigde Staten een overeenkomst tekenden waarin de zendfrequenties beter geregeld waren kwam er een einde aan dit gebruik. (nl)
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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 Kingdom, "radio périphérique" around France and the U.S. government-funded station Radio Free Europe, targeting eastern Europe. (en)
  • Border blasters waren radiostations die in Mexico waren gevestigd vlak over de grens met de Verenigde Staten, om zo een zo groot mogelijk gebied in de Verenigde Staten te kunnen bereiken. Voor veel Amerikaanse radiostations was het aantrekkelijk vanuit Mexico uit te zenden, omdat het verkrijgen van een zendvergunning daar veel eenvoudiger en goedkoper was. Door de stations pal aan de grens te vestigen konden zij alsnog een groot Amerikaans publiek bereiken. Volgens de Mexicaanse wetgeving moesten zij wel elke zondagavond het Mexicaanse volkslied uitzenden. (nl)
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  • Border blaster (en)
  • Border blaster (nl)
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