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[raccoonradio]

Radioinsight:
>>The FCC has also issued new Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting to Marisia Maocha for a station operating on her property on 90.7 in Brockton MA

FCC Report 3/19: First Two PIRATE Act Forfeitures Proposed

The FCC issued its first two Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against pirate operators since the passage of the

radioinsight.com

Some years ago Brattleboro VT had a pirate which was "licensed by its community" but not by the FCC. A later effort, perhaps involving some of these people, resulted in a legal LPFM, WVEW

WVEW-LP - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Wimmmex]

I thought owning a pirate station means a lifetime ban by the FCC from having any ownership stake in a legitimate radio station.

Maybe that’s supposed to be the case, but in reality, it has happened.

The instance that still mystifies me is the famous Allen Weiner and WBCQ.

 

[raccoonradio]

The 90.7 in Brockton intefered with WBUR 90.9. In 2010 a pirate called Datz Hits operated at 99.7, interfering with WCRB. The owners claimed to have asked for a license from the FCC but didn't hear back; they felt they were serving the public and were not interfering with ambulance frequencies, etc
WCRB's Benjamin Roe was interviewed by ClassicalScene in May of 2011:
"The way the interference works is not just that you can’t hear us in Mattapan, but in other areas like Cambridge and Brookline our signal is degraded. The coverage that 99.5 should have legally is not maximized."

Pirate station faces closing

Datz Hits, a pirate radio station with community ties in Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury, is facing closing and a $30,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission.

archive.boston.com

At one point a pirate, maybe them, _was_ interfering with Logan aircraft freqs.