Del Rio Radio Station

One of the things that made us want to go to Del Rio, TX was the fond memories of the radio station that we listened to as teenagers riding around late at night. XERF was a high powered station of 50,000 watts at that time and it could be heard clearly in Kansas at night.

The station started in the depression years and it's history is recorded in the picture to the left. Click on the picture and it will enlarge and become readable.

They placed the transmitter on the Mexican side of the river and had as much as 500,000Watts at one time. They later made the signal directional which boosted it to the equivalent of 1,000,000 Watts! It was very popular and well known. If I recall correctly Mr. H. L. Hunt of the oil fortune put programs on this station. The Mexicans took it away in the end.

This photo shows the station as it was during the time that we would have been listening to it in the late 50's.
This is more history of last iteration of the station. It was taken by the Mexicans during the 1966 revolution.