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4. Reminds me of when they had KPFK-Pacifica drowned out by a mystery Tijuana station from '98 to '04.

Sat Nov 9, 2019, 03:10 PM

Nov 2019

That station was obviously staged for that purpose (and, I might add, with a very interesting timing).

They played nothing but classical music. They didn't even have announcers - just this periodic recording of a Mexican lady ceremoniously stating "Radio Excelencia."

It was 'excellent' alright: it drowned out KPFK completely all the way to Long Beach. The FCC finally stepped in after the Shrub was re-elected.

By mutual agreement with Mexico (which forbids intra-border interference between radio stations), they should have from day one.

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Is that right? sandensea Nov 2019 #11

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