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Can anyone on the board help me out with a question i have ? What is the worst thing you have heard happen to a person with a pirate radio station?? Somone told me the max is like a 10,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison is this true??
And does anyone know if the Fcc gives you a break maybe a warning or somthing of this sort?
 
Why are you asking you thinking about starting a station or do you already have one. If you live in Florida you will goto jail every where elese you will just get your stuff taken away and a fine the fines price depends on on the FCC fells when they do the bust but 11k is about right.<P ID="signature">______________
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Afterall, it is against the law. I wouldn't mind pirate radio so much if it did not encroach on other station's broadcasts and more importantly, the inappropriate material that is being broadcast. I heard one on 95.3 a few years ago. The music was awful. It was filled with rap lyrics that were demeaning to women. Plus, I found it also was broadcasting rap songs that glorified and promoted violence against police, as well as white people in general.

I reported the station to the authorities. Also, I called a dj at Kikk fm at the time. I was a Kikk listener and where I lived on the southwest side, the pirate would interfere with 95.7 at home. In turned he passed it along to the people in charge of the technical department.

It wasn't very long after that, it went off the air.
 
>
> I reported the station to the authorities.


Narc. You should've been ashamed of yourself. Anything was better than KIKK..
 
Your reasoning is flawed. It was the correct thing to do. I happened to like kikk when it was there. That wasn't the point of the post. You focused on what I did. It doesn't mean what I did actually caused it to go off the air, rather it may have been many who complained. The point of the post was the abuse of the material broadcasted, which was very offensive.
 
Did you not read my post correctly? It was interfering with 95.7 where I stayed. I must have been near where it was broadcasting. Plus, my post was about the objectionable content. Any commercial station beats that kind of broadcasting. Reread my post. It says I don't have a problem with it, as long as it done in a manner which is not offensive. That station was offensive!
 
> If you did not like the station you should not have listened
> to it simple as that. Truning it in was stupid idea I know
> @ that like that station alot. Pirate Sations are way
> better than most of the commericalized bull on the radio
> now.


They are also ilegal. As such, it is every citizens right and duty to report such illegal boradcasts. I have assisted in getting at least a half-dozen pirates closed and confiscated.

The next time your pilot says, "we are going to come around for a new approach. An illegal radio station is interfereing with Miami flight control, and we are going to try again just to be safe" you will realize how dangerous pirates and their generally crummy equipment are. (True story)
 
> Did you not read my post correctly? It was interfering with
> 95.7 where I stayed. I must have been near where it was
> broadcasting. Plus, my post was about the objectionable
> content. Any commercial station beats that kind of
> broadcasting. Reread my post. It says I don't have a problem
> with it, as long as it done in a manner which is not
> offensive. That station was offensive!

I get offended everytime The Point plays a Journey song. Should I complain?

PS You must be easily offended.. Cuz heaven forbid that a dirty rap song overpower a Pat "sellout" Green song on KIKK for the millionth time..
 
A few "Hells" & "Damn" is nothing compared to outright calling women demeaning names. Additionally, there is nothing creative with sexually explicit lyrics. Anybody can do that. Its not even entertaining. Nichole is right about lyrics which glorify killing police officers and people of other races. Most of my 33 years in radio have been in the country format. I know what I am talking about. Oh yeah, there are some country songs that have never aired because of the content and lack of taste.

This business about this lady being "stupid" for listening to it for "truning in," is rediculous. That statement is a cop-out, period!

You are sidestepping the main point: PIRATE BROADCASTING IS AGAINST THE LAW!

See Dave Eduardo's post and CW's for more details.
 
Nichole, don't let these yahoos bother you, what you did is perfectly acceptable and very advisable considering the content of the station. If you want to break the law, then that's your choice, but don't blame others when you get busted. Take responsibility for your actions and don't blame others.

-J.Banks-


> A few "Hells" & "Damn" is nothing compared to outright
> calling women demeaning names. Additionally, there is
> nothing creative with sexually explicit lyrics. Anybody can
> do that. Its not even entertaining. Nichole is right about
> lyrics which glorify killing police officers and people of
> other races. Most of my 33 years in radio have been in the
> country format. I know what I am talking about. Oh yeah,
> there are some country songs that have never aired because
> of the content and lack of taste.
>
> This business about this lady being "stupid" for listening
> to it for "truning in," is rediculous. That statement is a
> cop-out, period!
>
> You are sidestepping the main point: PIRATE BROADCASTING IS
> AGAINST THE LAW!
>
> See Dave Eduardo's post and CW's for more details.
>
 
Can you give an example of that?
The only one I have heard was that lame-ass pirate on 96.1 that up until a couple of weeks ago was playing uncensored (c)rap, some dance, and a little spoken word stuff.
It was actually WORSE that the commercialized bull on the radio now.
Think about it.
All music (much of it vulgar) on automation, no live jocks (or any for that matter), and I couldn't find a number so I could make a request.
The only advantage over commercial radio was the lack of commercials.
People talk about radio stations serving the public.
How is any pirate serving the public other than playing uncensored music?
The one I heard on 96.1 was far cry from Pump Up The Volume if you ask me.
Sure the pirate in Pump Up the Volume (had it not been fictional) was vulgar and obscene, but at least that one was trying to reach out to and connect with an sudience that no one else would.
If we are going to have pirates, why can't we have something like that?
Legalities aside, are there any around that are actually worth having around?

I probably wouldn't have turned it in myself, but I don't hold anything against Nichole for turning in the one she did and I think it's really rude and distasteful for people like you and everclear75 to ridicule her for doing so.



> If you did not like the station you should not have listened
> to it simple as that. Truning it in was stupid idea I know
> @ that like that station alot. Pirate Sations are way
> better than most of the commericalized bull on the radio
> now.
>
 
Nichole you did the right thing by reporting the station. A couple of years ago there were two Rap station stations that I could pick up in the Galleria area that were on the air from Friday night until Monday morning. The content was vulgar, with no redeeming value, unless you want to see how many times the MF word can be fit into a "song" per minute. This material promoted killing, racism, especially kill "whitey", vulgarity at it's worse and extremely demeaning of women. This programming would not even pass the 10PM to 6AM "safe haven" for explicit material.

I can assure you if such a station was to come on the air and I could hear the station, I would call and write the FCC, HPD, Federal Marshalls and look in the phone book for any other agencies that would listen and silence pure garbage.

I am against censorship, but there is a responsibility that comes with the lack of censorship. These rap stations crossed the boundry every time 100 fold over.

Why it took so long to shut these stations down is beyond me. They were on the air for over six months to a year. A parent should not have to monitor what their children have on the radio during the daytime and evening hours. It is not possible for a parent to be all places at all times. Maybe we need a radio that only tunes in 1590 AM KMIC Radio Disney, except the station does not cover SW Houston or suburbs at after sunset. Disney is also rumored to be selling their radio properties and that most likely that will be the end of children and young teen radio.

There is a lady in the D/FW metroplex who gets tips from people all over the area and she spends weekends tracking down the pirate stations and reporting them to the FCC. She is doing a service to the communities in the metroplex, not a snitch or narc or anyother childish name that those that disagree wish to call such activity.

I have been trying to remember a pirate station I have heard in Houston that was worth listening to and I am coming up with a blank.

If someone wants to run a radio station badly enough, they will get on Internet Radio, which is where I spend most of my time now. Thousands of stations to choose from and music for any taste or mood and the ones I have heard are very professionally operated. There are quite a few Houston stations that might learn something if they listened to the Internet Radio stations.

I'll be glad when you can receive Internet Radio on a boombox, that will probably be the last I listen to Houston FM or AM stations. The time should not be long before that is reality and after market vehilce radios will be available as well. Someone or a group of individuals will provide Houston with an All News station and the need for traditional radio will have lost what little meaning it has left.

Mike O
 
94.9 Pirate Radio

Mike,
94.9 (?) about 10 years ago had a pretty legit cause. I remember talking to the guy who started it up. not sure if you remember them.

I never participated in getting involved. They were located in the Montrose area, running on about 300 watts. It seemed a little fishy. I think the guy started having money problems and found out the FCC was a headache. he did a few fundraisers at Rudyards. he was trying to use the low power as his incentive to get on the air. the format was pretty good...just alternative with some electronica/dance and tried to get BBC shows like John Peel.

not sure whatever happened to those guys. does anybody else remember this?


> I have been trying to remember a pirate station I have heard
> in Houston that was worth listening to and I am coming up
> with a blank.<P ID="signature">______________

"I'll see you Left of the Dial!"</P>
 
Re: 94.9 Pirate Radio

I'd always heard it called "Radio Free Montrose," but it was actually "Montrose Radio." Following a couple of busts and confiscation of their equipment they were shut down. I found this link:

http://www.montroseradio.org/index.htm

Earthwire.net went dark awhile back but I was with friends at the Earthwire guy's house not long ago; he still has all the equipment and stuff, set up and ready to go. No idea if/what he's netcasting now. Although I loved "Pump Up The Volume," I agree that Internet radio is definitely the way for private broadcasters to go. After terrestrial radio is no longer profitable for the big companies and they sell off and take their shareholders elsewhere, though, I can imagine pirate radio stations cropping up all over the dial to fill the voids. For some people, pirate radio (and the risks involved) will always be an irresistible challenge.



> Mike,
> 94.9 (?) about 10 years ago had a pretty legit cause. I
> remember talking to the guy who started it up. not sure if
> you remember them.
>
> I never participated in getting involved. They were
> located in the Montrose area, running on about 300 watts. It
> seemed a little fishy. I think the guy started having money
> problems and found out the FCC was a headache. he did a few
> fundraisers at Rudyards. he was trying to use the low power
> as his incentive to get on the air. the format was pretty
> good...just alternative with some electronica/dance and
> tried to get BBC shows like John Peel.
>
> not sure whatever happened to those guys. does anybody else
> remember this?
>
>
> > I have been trying to remember a pirate station I have
> heard
> > in Houston that was worth listening to and I am coming up
> > with a blank.
>
 
Re: 94.9 Radio Free Montrose

thanks Joanie!

> I'd always heard it called "Radio Free Montrose," but it was
> actually "Montrose Radio." Following a couple of busts and
> confiscation of their equipment they were shut down. I found
> this link:
>
> http://www.montroseradio.org/index.htm
>
> Earthwire.net went dark awhile back but I was with friends
> at the Earthwire guy's house not long ago; he still has all
> the equipment and stuff, set up and ready to go. No idea
> if/what he's netcasting now. Although I loved "Pump Up The
> Volume," I agree that Internet radio is definitely the way
> for private broadcasters to go. After terrestrial radio is
> no longer profitable for the big companies and they sell off
> and take their shareholders elsewhere, though, I can imagine
> pirate radio stations cropping up all over the dial to fill
> the voids. For some people, pirate radio (and the risks
> involved) will always be an irresistible challenge.
>
>
>
> > Mike,
> > 94.9 (?) about 10 years ago had a pretty legit cause. I
> > remember talking to the guy who started it up. not sure if
>
> > you remember them.
> >
> > I never participated in getting involved. They were
> > located in the Montrose area, running on about 300 watts.
> It
> > seemed a little fishy. I think the guy started having
> money
> > problems and found out the FCC was a headache. he did a
> few
> > fundraisers at Rudyards. he was trying to use the low
> power
> > as his incentive to get on the air. the format was pretty
> > good...just alternative with some electronica/dance and
> > tried to get BBC shows like John Peel.
> >
> > not sure whatever happened to those guys. does anybody
> else
> > remember this?
> >
> >
> > > I have been trying to remember a pirate station I have
> > heard
> > > in Houston that was worth listening to and I am coming
> up
> > > with a blank.
> >
> <P ID="signature">______________

"I'll see you Left of the Dial!"</P>
 
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