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Any pirate radio around the New York City AM-FM analog or HD radio dial?...

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thezak

At what frequencies in recent memory around the New York City AM-FM analog or HD radio dial are or have been heard current or special occasion or intermittent or one time or any pirate radio broadcasts?... or such?
 
Just off the top of my head ...
90.1, 91.9, 92.1, 92.9, 94.3, 95.1, 106.3 ..
Basically, ANY slight open frequency is a prime candidate for a pirate station in NYC ..
 
91.9, 94.1, 94.3, 94.5, 94.9, 95.1, 95.9, 96.1, 97.5, 99.7, 99.9, 101.3, 102.3, 102.5, 103.9, 104.7, 105.5, 105.7, 106.3, 107.1, 107.9
 
The 102.5 pirate around Newark/East Orange actually interferes with my reception of WWFS 102.7.

The 103.9 pirate around Newark, which had a very strong signal, has actually been off the air for a couple months. You can now receive WFAS very clearly in this area.
 
You're kidding with that question, right??

Seriously, tune to any "in between" spot on the dial and chances are, you'll hear a pirate on FM.

I have one right now that's messing up a translator input. Lovely. Thanks, FCC for taking care of this. Oh wait, they're busy figuring out how to auction off the rest of the UHF TV spectrum.
 
Here in Central Brooklyn,
90.5, 90.9, 91.9, 92.1, 92.9, 93.7, 94.3, 94.5, 94.9, 95.1, 95.9, 97.5, 99.3, 99.7, 99.9, 100.7, 101.5, 102.3, 103.9 IS GONE, 104.7, 105.5, 106.1, 106.3, 107.1, and 107.9.
92.1, 92.9, 97.5, 100.7, 102.3, and 104.7 are super clear. 92.1 makes 92.3 unlistenable, with barely any HD, and same happens with 92.9 and WPAT.
 
In, probably, all urban areas inside the NYC area the FM dial is loaded with pirates, and especially nights and weekends.

In some spots, you can hear multiple pirates on the same frequency, and hearing three or four that way at the same time isn't unusual in areas like Paterson, Clifton, Passaic, Newark, East Orange, Elizabeth and beyond in New Jersey, and Brooklyn, the Bronx, and the other boroughs in NYC.

Pick a high spot, pick any frequency, and if there isn't a licensed station on it you will hear a pirate.
 
The 107.1 that's located somewhere around Orange, NJ actually airs several commercials....WXPK's signal in Bergen County was never great but now its worse because of this pirate.....And I'm surprised Press Communications which owns WWZY (who made huge noise regarding issues with 106.3's signal) hasn't said a word because no doubt WWZY's signal is also being affected by the same pirate.
 
WNTIRadio said:
You're kidding with that question, right??

Seriously, tune to any "in between" spot on the dial and chances are, you'll hear a pirate on FM.

I have one right now that's messing up a translator input. Lovely. Thanks, FCC for taking care of this. Oh wait, they're busy figuring out how to auction off the rest of the UHF TV spectrum.
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This wouldn't be happening if we chose OFDM like the rest of the world.
 
Are there any recorded clips of NYC pirates online anywhere? (assuming this is legal under US law)

I'd be interested to compare them to UK pirate radio
 
UK pirate radio is MUCH more professional than most NYC pirates. A lot of them are running no processing, modulating 200% or more and wind up clipping the stereo pilot on HF peaks. Lots of Caribbean guys yelling.

There's a couple that sound "real" but they're few and far between.
 
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