John Brinkley and the AMA and Fat Cat Politicians

In 1931, John Brinkley moved to the border town of Del Rio, Texas and got a license from the Mexican government to build a radio station. Under the radio station named XER, he continued to campaign for governor of Kansas. In 1932, he came in third place again, still the best showing by an independent candidate in gubernatorial history. He tried once more in 1934, but by that point he'd been gone from Kansas long enough that his star had faded. But Brinkley found himself liking living on the Texas border anyway because then, as now, there were no rules in southern Texas. Now under the name XER, or Zera, he upgraded his broadcasting station to