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[ radio static ] ♪ [ radio static ] >> dave beebe: stick around, tell your friends, this is the radio for wide range -- from the border to the basin, out here in west texas, great to be here tonight. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: the dream of the american west was, you come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle. make enough money to look after your family. >> woman: sure, i'd love to cook

>> anthony: you have to? >> dave: yeah, every job here pays $10 an hour, whether you're the attorney or the barista or the janitor. so you're going to have to work a lot of different jobs to make it because it's expensive to live here. >> anthony: right. it's a small town. >> dave: 1,800 people. >> anthony: it seems an unlikely place to put in a spanking new public radio station that's heard all over texas, yes? >> dave: well, that's exactly right. i mean, your expenses for running a 100,000 watt transmitter on top of a mountain that gets struck by lightning every three weeks is pretty tough. ...

People are here. ♪ ♪ [ spanish radio ] >> dave: dos carne asada. tambien chili verde. >> chef: chili verde? >> dave: si. ♪ >> chef: digame. >> anthony: i'll have a barbacoa. >> dave: barbacoa tacos. ♪

Ignition sequence starts. 10... 9... guidance is internal. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ♪ [ radio static ] >> dave: right now in marfa, it's 75 degrees. low tonight, only 61 -- not that cool honestly. ♪

>> dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if they're making food down at their place. >> anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] >> dave: in the morning, everybody is here. it's all the border patrol guys, like all of them. >> chef: there you go. you have a great day. >> dave: all the laborers in town. kids, the people that work at the radio station. it's like going to, yeah, like your abuela's house. >> anthony: so, you're both multitaskers. you're a state employee? >> dave: a county employee. elected offic...