XEROK X-Rock 80 | 1973 (4:37) Scoped
Here’s one of my favorite stations… even though I was unable to hear it growing up due to my location (CKLW was the dominant station on 800 at night).
X-Rock 80 - one of those border blaster stations from Mexico. 150-thousand watts of pure heaven which went all over the Western U.S., Central America and even Florida.
Rather than ooh and aaah you to death, just listen for yourself!
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I spent many a late night in the 70s listening to XEROK 80. It was one of the great top-40 stations, like KOMA 1520 (Okla City), KSTP 1490? (St.Paul)and CFUN (Vancouver)
XEROK boomed into Phoenix at night in the 70’s. I used to love to listen to it along with KOMA. Once you got out of the valley that Phoenix was in, you could even hear X-ROK in the daytime.
XEROK was the best station ever. Living in Abilene Texas, XEROK boomed into our town like a local station. Too bad the present owner can’t see the potential for a 250,000 watt station.
TO SEAN & DAVE……what a coincidence that all 3 of us had listened to X-ROCK 80 & KOMA during that time period. Of all stations, why those 2 in particular? I was living in Las Vegas at the time and then later moved Mesa, AZ and listened to KUPD & KOOL-FM. Has the FCC changed their requirements and/or imposed certain restrictions? I’m only asking because such great radio stations are nowhere to be found. Even the good ol’ RADIO VERONICA from Holland had to dock their boat for good as well as others: http://www.offshore-radio.de/offshore.htm
LINDA
I, too, used to listen to X Rock 80 many years ago from Silver City, NM. I created my own online station and as a tribute, named it “X Rock 80″ but I concentrate more on 80’s Rock. I wish I could find a picture of one of the old X Rock 80 T-shirts with the running radio guy… If you remember that one!
I listened to and loved this station while living in Denver, Co.
i was a police officer working deep nights in abilene, texas(hey, malcolm) in the late 70’s…x rock kept me going…
This 4 minute clip brought back alot of memories of growing up in New Mexico.
i used listen to x rock 80 out on the hopi rez int the 70’s,and along with koma from ok city, captian koma, i thought i was one of the few,xrock 80 play the hard stuff, and i can still hear the call sign in me head!up the beers!!
the hopi rez rocked to xrock 80,cool stuff!!
We can still hear XEROK in North Carolina at times. CKLW and PJB cause a lot of interference. The Windsor, Ontario station is usually dominant.
Thanks so much for bringing back memories of such an important piece of my youth. Growing up in southern New Mexico, x rok was what all of us had in common - so many great songs, I learned by heart on x rok, in the car, in the bathroom getting ready for school, by the pool - everywhere.
It’s very sad to me there aren’t any more great stations like this which play great rock and roll.
Great formatics. They should be brought back to radio today, just too much clutter now. I listened to X-Rock 80 in L.A. a lot in the 70’s.
The music from XEROK filled alot of my time when I was a young man hauling rock in west Texas.
Thanks for the memory,
Highway Star
Gran sorpresa que haya encontrado esta pieza para la historia, XEROK la mejor estacion de top 40 en latino america y sur de EUA,en su epoca , debido a su gran potencia yo la escuchaba y era fanatico de esta estacion en Monterrey Mexico en mis años de juventid de los setentas. la podia escuchar solo en las noches, al igual que KOMA de Oklahoma City, su legado influyo mucho en algunos de nosotros que despues fuimos directores de estacion de radio.
gratos recuerdos. gracias por este momento
juan peña
Me gusaria saber quien fue el director artistico de esta estacion en su epoca de los 70´s y ademas poder contactarlo
I listened to X Rock 80 in the middle of the Navajo rez. Chinle, AZ to be exact! Right on listening to the clip brought back lots of good memories! Thanks.
Growing up in rural nortwestern Colorado, there was no FM and only a local AM station. At night we always drove around drinking beer and listening to the X and KOMA. We could also get KFI from Los Angeles, KTWO from Casper, KVOO form Tulsa and KRVN from Lexington NE. Great to hear that sultry call in spanish again! “I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on the X.” (ZZ Top, Heard it on the X, Fandango!.)
It is interesting to learn that I was not the only teenager at night listening to these two stations, KOMA and X-Rok80. IN the early 70’s, in a small cabin in the woods, south of Prescott, Arizona, these two stations helped feel a part of something larger than the one-bedroom, poverty stricken home I grew up in. 35 years later, its good to know so many of you were out there.
This is sad that we’ve lost so much like X rock 80. What ever happened to all those good times and great stations? Maybe we just got older. I miss the old stations.