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Bill to help stop pirate radio filed in Mass.

The federal government has preempted this area of law and a state law would have no force or effect and any criminal charge would be quickly dismissed.
 
raccoonradio said:
...and something at 99.3...possibly WFRD from Dartmouth College, NH? Anyway it sounded like a pro station; so sometimes when something like that pops up I remember with a radio like that it could be a distant station popping up, esp. in summer with trop or skip or whatever...
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WFRD is a very difficult catch down this way. You were probably hearing WBQQ, Thw Wolf, from Kennebunk, ME. Another possibility would be WMNP from Block Island.
 
reelyreal said:
This law has been in place in Florida since 2005, and in New York since 2011.

Federal preemption doesn't apply here. The state law doesn't preempt any federal law. There are no federal laws that make it a crime to operate an illegal radio station. It's simply a violation of title 47 of the United States Code. States are fixing that.
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Seems to be working with states that have made "medical" marijuana legal.
 
In order to proclaim it a crime to operate an illegal radio station, one must get to the point at which the operation of said station is illegal. The federal government has preempted that area of law If the Congress wanted to declare it to be a criminal act, Congress can decide to do just that. It has not chosen to do so.

States have always had the right to legislate illicit drug use. So far, no state statute appears to conflict with federal law, which acts in authority derived from the commerce clause. The FBI isn't looking for someone puffing a joint in their living room, at least yet.
 
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