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Offline Oliver

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Dutch AT takes legal station off air by mistake
« on: January 14, 2017, 0836 UTC »
Dutch AT takes legal station off air by mistake
The Dutch Radiocommunications Agency (AT) has made a serious error in its fight against pirate stations.

On Thursday it dismantled the antenna of Vechtdal NL in Ommen on 105.6 MHz, thinking it was an unlicensed station.

But the station is in fact legal, and is a theme channel of Vechtdal FM. The Agency says that something obviously went wrong with the checking of licences.

It remains to be seen if the Agency will pay for the costs of rebuilding the antenna and any collateral damage, bearing in mind that there is no established procedure for dealing with such a situation. Vechtdal NL is still operating online.
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Please send eqsl to: oliverinusa[at]yahoo.de
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