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Fybush: Hot 97 (87.7) raided, shut down

That's where I read of the shutdown, on Scott Fybush's North East Radio Watch (free to read
part of it, subscription to read all of it) Link is above but I have no more info about the shutdown
(which has indeed happened before but they sometimes get back on). Don't know if equipment was
taken away, etc. I guess they got a fine when they were on 97.5 but still haven't paid it.

Oops I just found some info. The date on it is March 16 and the info in it comes from an email
http://jamaicangroupiemet.com/2012/03/stress-in-boston.html

>>It is said that when the FCC pulled into the studio yesterday, they were greeted by interns and Paul ‘Genius’Perreria who was said to have outwitted the FCC and left the station hastily and left interns and other staff members to face the heat alone. Also said is that the FCC is looking to make arrests as the station copied mechanisms and mannerisms of the famous radio station Hot97 New York and pretended to operate legitimately.

(There also is a repro of a tweet from Hot 97 saying they were having "problems with the stream")
Maybe they still broadcast online...I'll have to check to see if they're indeed off air (even north
of Boston I could often pick them up)
Many of the comments to the linked article above are written in a dance-hall Jamaican slang.
(Remember pass the dutchie 'pon the left han' side by Musical Youth? Orig. song referred to
drug paraphrenalia while "dutchie", a cooking pot, was substituted)
 
I checked the stream a few minutes ago, and it's up, but I heard nothing live, I didn't listen very long though.
 
maybe this will show the (Professionals) to put a "Urban AC" on a Legit station, perhaps 97.7, if they don't or can't afford radio hosts, at least put "The Touch" From Cumulus Media Network on there, or (put Funkytown 93.7 HD2 -put it on 97.7) and have some weeknight "Keith Sweat Hotel" and weekend Urban AC syndicated shows, do something. You know?
 
GOOD!!!!!

About time the FCC did something about them. The IRS, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC should also go after them.
 
Ent. probably happy to keep 97.7 as is, but maybe another (but who?) would flip.

Yes the music royalty holders were being denied $$ you'd think. IRS also should go after any earnings. And yes while they would reach up to Peabody and Danvers before, nothing on there now. The webstream is one thing but we're talking terrestrial radio here.
 
sounds like a heap of trouble... especially with the legal issues related to branding. I noticed they were gone on Saturday.

They had a good (albeit illegal) run.
 
the good news from this is that 87.9 The Beat from Nashua now comes in a little clearer

;D ;D ;D ;D
 
i have heard Hot97 on 87.9 intermittently after 87.7 has been MIA. think they were messing w/ a backup transmitter or so. i think there is a 2 week lag due to sealed-indintments and so on, so nothing is on http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/rfo/ActAct.html to confirm it is indeed a 'bust' rather than an equipment failure. i still think Hot97 NYC should sue them into oblivion iff nothing else
 
Can you receive 106.3 out of Providence in the Boston area? Only way I see a full-time Urban or Urban AC is on an AM + 250W translator, IMO... (even then, you'd be expected to shell out at least several hundred thousand to a couple million for even the lowest-valued AMs...)
 
danikayser84 said:
Can you receive 106.3 out of Providence in the Boston area?
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got 106.3 Frank FM loud&clear from new hampshire and not even a trace of Providence (dorchester/neponset area). the blue hills seem to be the dividing line. in canton/stoughton/brockton and south it is all pvd. maybe i'm not a discriminating savant re urban pop/hiphop, but 94.5 has some decent DJs and a pretty similar overlap to what Hot97 played so its not a big loss?
 
hot97boston.com filled a huge void. They played tons and tons of dancehall reggae which has no commercial outlet whatsoever in Boston. There's a huge carribbean and urban population that was benefitting from these guys. Jamn 94.5 is way too dancepop-urban and did not play the grimey, more street hiphop. The saturday afternoon dancehall reggae show was insanity. They had a direct connection to Jamaican promo and artists and got material that absolutely no one else had.

It should be noted that hot97boston only played clean versions and had a very professional airstaff in regards to language and discussion content.

But as expected with these peg-leg & booty broadcasters, all good things must come to an end. Sounds like the FCC made them walk the plank for the last time.
 
That's amazing that a station can be so succesful as a pirate.

14,000 fans on facebook and a well layered site. Anyone mind telling me a bit more about this station?
 
robotique said:
hot97boston.com filled a huge void. They played tons and tons of dancehall reggae which has no commercial outlet whatsoever in Boston. There's a huge carribbean and urban population that was benefitting from these guys. Jamn 94.5 is way too dancepop-urban and did not play the grimey, more street hiphop. The saturday afternoon dancehall reggae show was insanity. They had a direct connection to Jamaican promo and artists and got material that absolutely no one else had.

It should be noted that hot97boston only played clean versions and had a very professional airstaff in regards to language and discussion content.

But as expected with these peg-leg & booty broadcasters, all good things must come to an end. Sounds like the FCC made them walk the plank for the last time.
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I Agree . I believe they will be back on within a week or two ( like FCC past raid on 87.7 ) .
 
started by former employees of Radio One's former Hot 97.7 (sold to entercom).

They first came on the air as a pirate at 97.5 and they got fined/busted. They moved to their transmitter (but not studio) from their office in Hyde Park, MA to a tree in Dorchester, MA...and racked up more fines/busts. They changed frequency to 87.7

They had a polished operation, very professional sounding, lots of DJ's, extensive website. On the morning show, they talked about having interns from the CSB and Northeastern University in the studio. They played a lot of PSAs, songs played were all clean versions. Their format was urban/hiphop/r&b/dancehall... straying away from the dancepop-hiphop stuff and keeping it more street. DJ's were not pushbutton DJ's, everything was via serrato so it was live mixing. They had an extensive live morning show that was decent as well as a sports talk show on sundays.

FYI I have no connection to the group. Locations are from FCC field notices and content is from being a listener.
 
Hmm, any chance of them being allowed to operate on 97.5 or 87.7?
 
Shame. Stations should take a look at stations like this, it's a good way to be succesful. Standing out, and having airstaff that people enjoy over say the competitor.
 
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