“...to deliver programming across the border for BROADCAST to the US.”

Google “Dr. Brinkley” and “KFKB” to learn a lot about the beginnings of border radio. John R. Brinkley was a quack “doctor” whose license for KFKB was revoked. Whereupon, he set up a

"Border Radio" came into being because regulators were starting to clamp down on some of the wild claims that were being made in advertisements on the radio, and the fast and free days of early radio

Geoff, thank you for sharing such an interesting experience. The phrase "Border Radio" has a nice ring to it, just as "Western Swing" does, and you obviously enjoyed working on the project. I

My most interesting (to me) story about being involved with a project is the W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys project. I hadn't heard of them before Jim put out his call for help on

Help those who need it.

Scott, that is so sweet! I don't think your gift could have been better bestowed. One of Jackie's good qualities is that she actually reads posts without automatically deleting them. Sometimes that

Hi Jackie, That sounds good. Congratulations on being married for half a century! Best wishes, Larry -----------------------------------------From: "jackies@... via groups.io" To:

I just sent in $60 for your 2021 membership in OTRRPG.

Larry: When I saved up the money I will join the other group where we get the new sets. I just have to save my money and right now all my saved money is going to our 50th anniversary celebration in

Ryan is correct if we look at the old model of clubs. Right now SPeRDVAC is the largest, then REPS, and MWOTRC. SPERDVAC and REPS still will host conventions once it is safe to meet live again.

Thank you Ryan. I will mention that OTRR has always been an on-line group. I am including instructions on how to join the group by sending you an email, and am indicating that applicants are

Larry, it might also be worth mentioning that the OTRR did not start out as an in-person group; it has always been an online-only group. Though, of course, members have met in person before. The

Dear Jackie, Thank you for your kind words, and I am so glad you did join the group. I will include your last paragraph in the article because it describes one of the benefits of being a member so

Dear Larry I want to let you know how much I appreciate all that you do in the group Until I found the group the only shows I had had to be bought by catalog, and they were so expensive. Living on a

John, I did mention that every member receives the newsletter, but not that membership is free. So I will include that fact and also mention the Purchasing Group. Thank you for reminding

Larry, Don't forget to mention there are no dues and the newsletter is free. If you haven't already noted, you might mention the Purchsesing Group is only $5 a month. You've probably got these

Hi Mike. I will just use Ryan's estimate of 262 as the number of current members. In the piece, I am including a section on volunteer opportunities within the group and stating that new members are

Hi Larry, that 168 isn't true. I would go more with the number or readership of our own newsletter. The recent change to io from yahoo has skewed the numbers. That being said....active members versus

Hello to all members. The editor of an OTR newsletter asked me to submit an informational piece on the OTRR Group. He accepted it, but requested that I expand it to include the following: (1) When