El Paso – Juárez: Radio and the Invisible Border

Kevin J.N. Curran

Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2023, vol. 38, issue 5, 699-721

Abstract: The neighboring cities of El Paso, USA and Juárez, Mexico share a 440-year history. In the almost 100 years since radio came to both cities, listeners have found their favorite stations with little regard for which side of the Rio Grande in which it is licensed. This article starts with how radio developed in the region, a court case that set a US precedent, and the use of early Mexican stations to reach immigrants in the US. It then looks at the contemporary situation where cross-border targeted stations balance US and Mexican regulations. It will be shown that border agnostic listening continues. It also considers how recent changes would allow a Mexican firm to own U.S. stations and a U.S. firm to own Mexican stations.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2021.1957979

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