XER (1932-1933) are the call letters of a famous border-blaster radio station licensed to Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, upon license appliction of Dr. John R. Brinkley of the U.S. state of Kansas. It first came on the air on August 18, 1932 with a 50 kW transmitter and claimed 75 kW erp via an omindirectional antenna. It was shut down by the Mexican authorities on February 24, 1933 and the Villa Acuña Broadcasting Company of Del Rio, Texas, U.S. which had managed the station, was… (More on Xer-am)