#Borderblaster

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Just south of Nashville on the i65 stands the WSM (We Shield Millions) 50000 watt radio tower commonly refers to as The Legend. Broadcasting at 650 Khz WSM is home of the Grande Ole Opry, the worlds longest running country music programming and considered the Castle of the South. Originally constructed at 878 feet in 1932 the tower was decreased in size to 808 feet in 1939 because the additional 70 feet height was found to be the cause of self frequency cancelation in the 'fringe' areas or reception. The optimal height for a class A tower is around 808 feet at 195 electrical degrees. During WWII the tower was designated as an emergency vehicle for ship to shore communication. #wikipedia #shiptoshore #650khz #bna #borderblaster #wikipedia #wsm #50000watts #castleofthesouth #thelegend #borderradio #grandoleopry #35°59′53.5″N 86°47′27″W (at WSM Radio 650 AM)

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A Medical Charlatan

John Romulus Brinkley

By the time John Romulus (changed to John Richard) Brinkley came to Texas in 1933, he had amassed a fortune and become famous for transplanting goat glands into his male patients. A natural salesman with a smooth voice and plenty of confidence, Brinkley had been performing his $750 “restorative” operation at his clinic in Milford, Kansas, and offering medical advice and…

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Borderblaster, (2015)

Cog•nate Collective

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Radio stations need more entryways that look like this. . . . . . . . #CountryMusicOnPBS #xera #borderblaster #countrymusic #countryradio #myjob https://ift.tt/2AtbZ1E

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(Image Caption: Dialogue in Transit as part of AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides); Image Credit: photo courtesy of Artists. © Cog•nate Collective)

Artists: Cog•nate Collective (Misael Diaz and Amy Sanchez)

About Cog•nate Collective:  [They are] “a binational arts collective whose goal became to alter the passive engagement with the experience of crossing, to take advantage of the opportunity inhabiting the space provides to engage in dialogue with others, and to imagine new forms of social, civic and cultural engagement in transit.”

-From an interview with KCET

https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/borderblaster-cognate-collective-border-line-broadcasts

About Dialogue in Transit: “This special iteration of Dialogue in Transit organized as part of AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), invited artists, researchers and activists from Los Angeles, San Diego and Tijuana to reflect on trans-border dynamics shaping the lives of communities in the greater Baja / Alta California border region. Each conversation took place inside of the cog•nate cruiser, as we waited in line to cross the border, and was live-broadcast over hyper-local pirate radio at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on 87.9 FM.”

-Artists’ description of the work

Dialogue in Transit - Conversation with Rafa Esparza:  https://soundcloud.com/cognate/dialogue-in-transit-border-counternarratives-rafa-esparza

Cog•nate Collective Website: http://www.cognatecollective.com/info-en.html

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Borderblaster

Transmission 1 -- About Crossing

10/5 @ 3pm 

UAG + San Ysidro Port of Entry (XCBB 87.9)