River may want 106.1 so what of Touch?

[Fenway1912]

But the only thing people state in corporate or llc forms is that the entity can conduct "any legal business", which isn't verified and is a minor point in terms of incorporation. Anyways, the issue is taxes. All that would happen if anybody cared about the corporate status would be the LLC or corporation would be a non-entity and the owner or owners would pay taxes individually. The IRS doesn't care how this guy is making his money, just cares that he pays the taxes on the money he does. It IRS isn't checking with the FCC to make sure that this business that wants to give it money isn't violating FCC rules. It appears a guy running a successful pirate station without paying taxes should worry more about the IRS than the FCC.

How are they getting away with this?

http://touchfm.org/donations/

We depend on your generous donations for everything we do. Make your tax-deductible gift today to TOUCH 106.1 FM; BOSTON’S URBAN MUSIC & TALK MEDIA SPECIALIST.

 

[CTListener]

How are they getting away with this?

http://touchfm.org/donations/

We depend on your generous donations for everything we do. Make your tax-deductible gift today to TOUCH 106.1 FM; BOSTON’S URBAN MUSIC & TALK MEDIA SPECIALIST.

It takes tax-deductible donations like a public radio station and sells advertising like a commercial station. It doesn't have a license, low-power or full-power. And yet, it's above the law, state and federal! Is this unique or are there pirates in other cities serving "under-radioed" populations that also get away with what Mr. Clemons' operation does?

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Could Touch actually be running a directional pattern with a null to the south/southeast to make sure there's no possibility of a coverage overlap with WCOD that the FCC might have no choice but to take action on?

I very much doubt it. I've never heard of an FM pirate station intentionally running a directional pattern. It's usually just some whip antenna on a house. I don't think that the power that "Touch" is putting out could be an issue within WCOD's listening area.

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

Criminals HAVE NO RIGHTS!

Hopefully, WXRV pursuing the frequency, legally, will force the pirate out in the open,
and the FCC will forget political correctness, and shut it down, once and for all.

 

[Fenway1912]

Hopefully, WXRV pursuing the frequency, legally, will force the pirate out in the open,
and the FCC will forget political correctness, and shut it down, once and for all.

OK - Touch is a pirate and we are all on board with that.

THAT SAID - Touch is providing service to the community that no 'legal' license does. None of the Boston clusters show any interest in serving the urban community.

Name me ONE station that caters to a COL of Boston........

 

[CTListener]

OK - Touch is a pirate and we are all on board with that.

THAT SAID - Touch is providing service to the community that no 'legal' license does. None of the Boston clusters show any interest in serving the urban community.

Name me ONE station that caters to a COL of Boston........

All of them. They are all providing programming that at least some Bostonians are interested in listening to, whether it be news, sports, talk or music. Boston is not 100% black -- which is what I assume you mean by "urban." (Hmph. Tell the white folks in the nice condos on Beacon Street or the Asians and Latin Americans running businesses in Mattapan that they're not "urban.") It has a variety of racial and ethnic minorities, many of whom are listening to other, licensed, Boston stations and have no interest in Touch's programming. Why should Touch be protected just because it's super-serving one segment of Boston's population that doesn't have a commercial station catering to its radio needs (at least as perceived by others) 24 hours a day? Do you feel the same way about the overmodulated Haitian Godcasters at the high end of the AM band? They're serving a "community," too, one that's not of any interest to licensed broadcasters, or to Touch, for that matter.