What is Border Blaster?

Border Blasters are legally licensed radio stations based on the United States and Mexico. These operations, sometimes referred to as X stations, work with the help of high power, which allows the signals to be slightly picked up along the border area of ​​both countries. Although it is not a real international broadcasting station, Border Blaster tends to serve a specialized market in both the country of origin and in the border nation.

What distinguishes the Border Blaster from radio stations that can be picked up in more than one country is the content of programming. In the case of Border Blaster radio stations along the American/Mexican border, the content of the program is specifically focused on people who have links to Mexico or who have affinity with the culture of this nation. The target audience for Border Blaster is therefore somewhat concentrated rather than trying to reach a wide range of tastes and backgrounds.

The concept of borderblaser has its roots in war broadcasting in the first half of the 20th century. Often zamThe measurement of these border blasters had to do with radio transmission settings that would serve the interests of one side of the conflict or the other. In peace, the same concept was modified and used as a means of offering entertainment and news to persons who decided to migrate from Mexico to the United States.

Soon, most Blaster border stations worked at AM frequencies. This began to change for two reasons. First, the Governments of Mexico and the United States took steps in 1972 to standardize the broadcast frequency for FM broadcasts. This action associated with the growing popularity of FM radio has led to a gradual shift from AM broadcasting. Today, most Border Blaster radio stations broadcast on FM band, although several of them continue to use AM.

Every real Border Blaster is a fully licensed commercial radio station that operates under the regulations stipulated by the Mexican government. TransmittersThe stations are very similar to radiated power transmitters used by many main radio stations in the United States. This allows stations to provide a strong signal to listeners who are a significant distance from the border.