Radio Psychics by John Benedict Buescher

The pair were just two of the many psychics and other broadcasters of questionable integrity on the airwaves along the Rio Grande during radio’s beginnings. Those who applied for membership and received its periodicals, the founders suggested, could harness the ancient Mesoamerican civilization’s secrets. In radio’s early decades, among the oddball attractions found on the airwaves from 1920 to 1940 included a husband-and-wife team of psychics broadcasting from the U.S.-Mexico border under the stage names of Koran and Rose Dawn who became so popular that their extensive following helped them create a secondary income source: an organization called The Mayan Order. In border radio’s early days, psychics and mystics ruled the airwaves (Mexico News Daily)Ĭharlatans originally built powerful ‘border blaster’ stations to evade scrutiny by US authorities Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio

Radio Psychics by John Benedict Buescher