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General Radio Discussion / Re: Pirate Radio Station Prompts Residents to Call the Feds...
« on: July 06, 2015, 1710 UTC »
Had a little Twitter-tussle with Local 12 over their piece, which I storified here: https://storify.com/diymediadotnet/how-tropes-work-pirate-radio

(Trees, meet forest!)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Pirate Radio Station Prompts Residents to Call the Feds...
« on: July 04, 2015, 2315 UTC »
Indeed, this sucked. Look back at tee-vee news coverage of local pirates and it often skews in that direction — stations run by gangs, etc. Part of me wonders if we won't see more of this, now with the NAB revving up the FCC...propaganda to push policy along.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly-"Time to Eradicate Pirate Radio"
« on: July 02, 2015, 1820 UTC »
The FCC has indeed convened a task force on pirate radio, led by the Top Cop himself, William Donovan. No word on just who its other members are, or from where they hail. But it doesn't have a lot of options regarding how to make enforcement more effective, especially since cutbacks remain imminent. I suspect this initiative will focus on the large markets that have been the focus of all the rhetoric.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC Office Closure Plan Modified
« on: June 19, 2015, 1750 UTC »
The answer is none—unless the NAB can convince the FCC to become their own vigilante-enforcement force.

http://diymedia.net/fcc-radically-revises-enforcement-drawdown/7549

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General Radio Discussion / Re: $15,000 Pirate Fine Escalated
« on: April 17, 2015, 1011 UTC »
The "escalation" was the conversion of an NAL to a Forfeiture Notice (regular stuff). Mr. Aguilar just has to submit three years of tax returns showing he can't pay, and the fine will get knocked down to three or four figures. Or he can just ignore it, because the FCC has no meaningful mechanism to collect its own fines.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Consider a New Way to Combat Pirate Radio Stations, by: Michael O'Rielly, FCC
« on: April 17, 2015, 1009 UTC »
Quote from: John Poet on April 12, 2015, 0434 UTC
Since an FCC commissioner now seems to be advocating for vigilante justice against pirate stations, I've been musing about how the principles of 'stand your ground' laws might be invoked against the agents of a rogue out-of-control fascist government agency...

 ;D

Keep your eye on Florida! It has both an anti-pirate law on the books and a "stand your ground" law.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Consider a New Way to Combat Pirate Radio Stations, by: Michael O'Rielly, FCC
« on: April 17, 2015, 1007 UTC »
O'Reilly's brainfart is a total non-starter.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC Enforcement Bureau Field Resources Poised to Shrink
« on: March 16, 2015, 2043 UTC »
Midwood/Flatbush, Brooklyn, where things are indeed wild and woolly. One of every three signals on the FM dial here is a pirate. Say what you will about their programming, but they indeed are providing information/entertainment and local service every other broadcaster will not.

I was recently thinking about ways to manage the dial more along the lines of harm reduction than whack-a-mole. With this latest news, I'm also worried about the vigilante angle getting out of hand. Especially in states like NY, NJ, and FL, where calling the cops to stop a righteous ham from borking your gear is effectively self-incrimination. FL also has a stand-your-ground law....

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Why tire pressure is SO important!
« on: May 08, 2014, 0520 UTC »
However, Freak Radio Santa Cruz *did* de-pump the tires on the federales' vehicles when they were raided in 2004. Might have also helped that the mayor was yelling at them, too, with a bullhorn.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: India dropping SW and DRM
« on: April 24, 2014, 0027 UTC »
Quote from: Chris Lobdell on April 18, 2014, 1956 UTC
Yes, I remember them announcing all shortwave transmissions are going to be DRM in the future and I remember thinking the only listener they will then have left is Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka, lol.

Maybe they finally got the memo that shortwave DRM is a failure and shortwave itself does not lend itself to localized [near the transmitter] audiences. FM really is the way to go; then if they want to go IBOC digital they could it on  FM.

I don't think IBOC's found any meaningful purchase outside of North America...

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC & US Marshals Raid Another Pirate, Looks Like a Coordinated Campaign
« on: April 24, 2014, 0024 UTC »
I did a more lengthy follow-up on this latest spate of busts, including some interesting info the federales released in conjunction with the NYC cases. I am particularly interested in the allegation that a couple of the stations may be part of a pirate music network operating in three states....

http://diymedia.net/wordpress/2014/04/22/pirate-raids-offer-glimpse-into-fcc-fieldwork/ (wordpress betasite)

http://diymedia.net/archive/0414.htm#042214 (oldsite)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: India dropping SW and DRM
« on: April 18, 2014, 1644 UTC »
That's interesting...All India Radio has committed to a major DRM upgrade on its AM stations.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC and Federal Marshals Seized Pirate Radio Stations in New York City
« on: April 16, 2014, 0312 UTC »
Brooklyn here! My FM dial is still filled with pirates, as is (I would suspect) the majority of NYC. There are literally dozens of FM pirates on the air in this city (I can pick up nearly a dozen from my home in Midwood/Flatbush).

I suspect these two got heightened attention because they were a) blatantly commercial, b) operating way, way out in the open, c) have a history of repeated contact with the FCC, and d) may have caused significant interference to licensed stations.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC notice of unlicensed operation
« on: January 31, 2014, 0216 UTC »
Quote from: redhat on January 26, 2014, 2350 UTC
Based on the number in the report, he was running about 355W ERP.  I personally know a few people who have been busted running far less :)

What, pray tell, is the mathematical formula for converting microvolts per meter at x meters to ERP?

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Plans Announced to Update the Communications Act of 1934
« on: December 06, 2013, 2023 UTC »
Quote from: Token on December 06, 2013, 1524 UTC
The Act of 1934 is still in affect, "as amended".  Take a look at any FCC NOV or NOUO and you will see the 1934 Act is still the one being referenced today, with no mention of 1996.

T!

Yep, as those powers initially were enumerated in the 1934 law. There's lots of places in the 1996 law where it basically says, "see 1934".

The question I have is how does Congress expect to "revamp" the 1934 law without also taking the 1996 law for a spin?

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