Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
Hi Patrick, You may have heard Wolfman Jack on XERF in 1964, but he wasn't on XERB until 1966, (possibly very late 1965 but I don't think so.) In early '66, XERB aired Wolfman Jack nightly from midnight to 3 AM but otherwise ran paid religious programs and filled with country music in the daytime, occasionally inserting infomercials on guitar lessons, etc. That all changed in July 1966, when Bob Smith relocated to L.A. along with two other associates from KUXL. Incidentally, I can't recall what XERB aired in the wee hours before the Wolfman arrived, but probably religious programs and infomercials. -- Rick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
Well, if it was XERF I heard in March of 64, it was in Seward AK on a 6 transistor radio. The radio was barefoot and the signal was booming in. I was 15 at the time. It is too long ago to remember for sure, but I always thought it was XERB. I remember listening to the Wolfman nightly in the 60s and hearing him on XERB The Big X Over Los Angeles and these teenage girls would call in and his comments to them quite often were pretty wild. I cannot believe those comments would have been on a US station at the time. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
Last Fall, Holland's Big L on 1395 KHz was re-broadcasting some of the episodes of The Wolfman Jack. I was lucky to hear one of them during a fair peak: http://www.quebecdx.com/netherlands_1395a.mp3 (10-20-2010 21:47 UT) Sylvain Naud Portneuf, QC http://www.quebecdx.com Le 2011-05-19 01:25, vroom...@comcast.net a écrit : I remember listening to Wolfman Jack on my pocket transistor radio on XERB (Big-X)1090 kHz back in 1967 from the San Francisco Bay Area. XERB signal was strong enough to get by local KFAX 50 kw on 1100 kHz. I liked when his listeners would call in and talk to the Wolfman. Another favorite was Curtis Springer on XEMO 860 kHZ from Zzyzx Mineral Springs, CA. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: Rick Lewisrick...@shellworld.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:31:11 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s ) Wolfman Jack didn't appear on XETRA (or its predecessor XEAK) in the early days. I've seen that claim many times, but I think it'sjust someone's misunderstanding that's been propagated on the Internet over the years. Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) started airing on XERB in early '66 (possibly late '65), and became the station's manager that year, converting its non-religious/Spanish hours to a soul format, eventually almost a Wolfman Jack format. As for 690, it aired some rock programming in 1956 and went top 40 (except for an evening religious block and some other specialty shows in English andSpanish in non-prime time) in either 1956 or '57. It changed to an all-news format on May 6, 1961, and went Beautiful Music on April 2, 1968. They stayed with that format until September 26, 1980, when they went CHR, changing to oldies around 1984. It was in their oldies/talk hybrid format where they aired Wolfman Jack for a while. They had brief stints as a news station and with a talk format until settling into sports Talk, I believe around 1990. (When he went national, they were one of the first Rush Limbaugh affiliates; their promos called him Limbo.) I was outside the area then, but I think they briefly adopted an Adult Standards format in their final days as an English-language station, after XEPRS-1090 (the former XERB) took on the sports talk from John Lynch, who was the man originally behind XETRA's sports-talk flip. -- Rick -- Rick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
XE calls and freqs -- XEWW 690 ,XTRA 1360, --What is XEWW doing for format now if XTRA is (still) doing sports? Wasn't XTRA (XETRA) on 690 a while ago (with Sports)? And are they operated by a US company for listeners in So Cal? Was it 690 in Tijuana where Wolfman Jack got his start in Rock'n' Roll radio back in the late 50s? ( CBU Vancouver is covering this area and is too strong for XE to come through) Bill in BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
bill kral wrote: XE calls and freqs -- XEWW 690 ,XTRA 1360, --What is XEWW doing for format now if XTRA is (still) doing sports? Wasn't XTRA (XETRA) on 690 a while ago (with Sports)? And are they operated by a US company for listeners in So Cal? Was it 690 in Tijuana where Wolfman Jack got his start in Rock'n' Roll radio back in the late 50s? ( CBU Vancouver is covering this area and is too strong for XE to come through) XEWW is Spanish-language talk programmed mainly from Mexico City, W Radio. XTRA 1360 is just an on-air slogan for the San Diego station that used to be KGB and is now KLSD. The connection is Clear Channel: while it never owned 690 (and couldn't, being a US company), it programmed the station for a few years under the XTRA Sports banner and retained the trademark even after it had to stop programming the Mexican-licensed stations. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
Wolfman Jack didn't appear on XETRA (or its predecessor XEAK) in the early days. I've seen that claim many times, but I think it'sjust someone's misunderstanding that's been propagated on the Internet over the years. Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) started airing on XERB in early '66 (possibly late '65), and became the station's manager that year, converting its non-religious/Spanish hours to a soul format, eventually almost a Wolfman Jack format. As for 690, it aired some rock programming in 1956 and went top 40 (except for an evening religious block and some other specialty shows in English andSpanish in non-prime time) in either 1956 or '57. It changed to an all-news format on May 6, 1961, and went Beautiful Music on April 2, 1968. They stayed with that format until September 26, 1980, when they went CHR, changing to oldies around 1984. It was in their oldies/talk hybrid format where they aired Wolfman Jack for a while. They had brief stints as a news station and with a talk format until settling into sports Talk, I believe around 1990. (When he went national, they were one of the first Rush Limbaugh affiliates; their promos called him Limbo.) I was outside the area then, but I think they briefly adopted an Adult Standards format in their final days as an English-language station, after XEPRS-1090 (the former XERB) took on the sports talk from John Lynch, who was the man originally behind XETRA's sports-talk flip. -- Rick -- Rick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
I believe Wolfman Jack was at XERB in March 27th of 64 and before as I remember listening to him on XERB The Big X Over Los Angeles the night of the Alaska Earthquake. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s )
I remember listening to Wolfman Jack on my pocket transistor radio on XERB (Big-X)1090 kHz back in 1967 from the San Francisco Bay Area. XERB signal was strong enough to get by local KFAX 50 kw on 1100 kHz. I liked when his listeners would call in and talk to the Wolfman. Another favorite was Curtis Springer on XEMO 860 kHZ from Zzyzx Mineral Springs, CA. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: Rick Lewis rick...@shellworld.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:31:11 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re; Dx Tip ( XE s ) Wolfman Jack didn't appear on XETRA (or its predecessor XEAK) in the early days. I've seen that claim many times, but I think it'sjust someone's misunderstanding that's been propagated on the Internet over the years. Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith) started airing on XERB in early '66 (possibly late '65), and became the station's manager that year, converting its non-religious/Spanish hours to a soul format, eventually almost a Wolfman Jack format. As for 690, it aired some rock programming in 1956 and went top 40 (except for an evening religious block and some other specialty shows in English andSpanish in non-prime time) in either 1956 or '57. It changed to an all-news format on May 6, 1961, and went Beautiful Music on April 2, 1968. They stayed with that format until September 26, 1980, when they went CHR, changing to oldies around 1984. It was in their oldies/talk hybrid format where they aired Wolfman Jack for a while. They had brief stints as a news station and with a talk format until settling into sports Talk, I believe around 1990. (When he went national, they were one of the first Rush Limbaugh affiliates; their promos called him Limbo.) I was outside the area then, but I think they briefly adopted an Adult Standards format in their final days as an English-language station, after XEPRS-1090 (the former XERB) took on the sports talk from John Lynch, who was the man originally behind XETRA's sports-talk flip. -- Rick -- Rick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
