Mix FM 91.9 Ontario pirate.. Operated by 14 yr old

[Mid West Clubber]

Did anyone read about this on the front page... Someone needs to show this kid a legal way to do this, whether it be part 15 or internet. I give the kid props cause he is only a young kid, but his dad needs his butt kicked for putting his kid in a position to get attacked by athorities,, and why is he still on the air after a warning,, If I was warned I would pull the plug before I got in trouble.

 

[d21ofnj]

Wow, I thought 17 was young operating a pirate. ;D

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Reading into this a bit more makes me feal less sorry for him. If his dad owns that motel and restaurant he has money to go online and be legal. They seem definant in the situation,, and if he has only been on air for a week and attracted this much attention he obviously has alot of power. if he would have hid down the dial and kept his coverge to a few blocks or so, and kept his mouth shut he could still be on air. Not to mention that they are stupid enough to take on the government with an unlicensed op... Sure thats gonna work out real good for him. Plus he broadcasts 24hrs instead of limiting it to evenings and weekends after school or something.

 

[nd2023]

If only he operated it in the US, he would be fine. They would never know about a pirate station only a week after it signs on. There are many pirates that have been on for over a decade, some even operate 24 hours a day. Move his transmitter to Newark, NJ and he will be on the air for the rest of his life.
I remember I built my own pirate station when I was 17. I thought 1 watt was a lot of power and I could be heard for a mile. Now, I realize that pirate stations only hurt the dance industry. They don't pay royalties, they don't have any support from the industry, they might be poor quality.

A kid would have an instant local fanbase (everyone in his school), and he would be considered one of the coolest kids because of his pirate station. I wonder if he built the transmitter himself.
10 years from now, I bet that kid will be working at a legal radio station.

 

[YEKIMI]

Canadian laws are different than U.S. laws. I'm not sure if they have a part 15 that would allow him to do this and I believe that stations have to have permission even to switch formats so if he did go legal the government may tell him that he can't have a dance format.

 

[buzzdemming]

A kid would have an instant local fanbase (everyone in his school), and he would be considered one of the coolest kids because of his pirate station. I wonder if he built the transmitter himself.
10 years from now, I bet that kid will be working at a legal radio station.

the kid and his dad are criminals. don't encourage them. I'm no fan of regulation, but Radio as a business has enough to worry about without some punk with a transmitter.

 

[technodj]

I'm no fan of regulation, but Radio as a business has enough to worry about without some punk with a transmitter.

No kidding... There's the constant worry about losing the audience when shitty music is played, when the pcdjs keep talking over music and just won't shut the **** up, and mediocure morning shows.

 

[CHRles]

I'm surprised there are still kids out there who have a hard on for pirate radio. I figured with the advent of internet radio this kid would see no reason to launch such an over the air station.

 

[tvlurker]

Canadian laws are different than U.S. laws. I'm not sure if they have a part 15 that would allow him to do this and I believe that stations have to have permission even to switch formats so if he did go legal the government may tell him that he can't have a dance format.

Industry Canada does allow low power unlicensed operation, but there are some conditions. Notably, in the Ottawa market, there are no free channels left. (And up here, IC allows third adjacent on FM -- we don't have HD Radio here (yet). In fact, IC has just allowed a second adjacent FM station to be licensed.

This kid's station is running at least a kW or two into a vertical single dipole. He's covering a 30 km radius.
That is not part 15. (IC rules for unlicensed operation limit to something like 50 Watts or less, subject to an 8 km maximum radius.)

In addition to meeting IC's rules, he would have to qualify for a license exemption from the CRTC as well.

 

[tvlurker]

Update: the RCMP has busted the station. See the news in:

CTV News http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNErP6LcCy9lGnLOn_XLuJOx-jIGeQ&cid=17593694368818&ei=48lTS4jKHtz3lAeI37D9Ag&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fottawa.ctv.ca%2Fservlet%2Fan%2Flocal%2FCTVNews%2F20100116%2FOTT_pirate_radio_shutdown_100116%2F20100116%2F%3Fhub%3DOttawaHome

Ottawa Citizen: http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&usg=AFQjCNHs6VgvZGXVZ1t6Ljue9JH7VlMdaA&cid=17593694368818&ei=48lTS4jKHtz3lAeI37D9Ag&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ottawacitizen.com%2Fhealth%2FRCMP%2Braid%2Bteen%2Bpirate%2Bradio%2Bstation%2F2446382%2Fstory.html

Toronto Sun http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_2_0_t&usg=AFQjCNH7q8vqBSEMhLbQjsGQlfo0BcGicg&cid=17593694368818&ei=48lTS4jKHtz3lAeI37D9Ag&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontosun.com%2Fnews%2Fweird%2F2010%2F01%2F15%2F12483031.html

And a blog report at:
Cornwall Free news http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_3_0_t&usg=AFQjCNFOaWoGwwZFke903gtYZdgaySg0Sg&cid=17593694368818&ei=48lTS4jKHtz3lAeI37D9Ag&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcornwallfreenews.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fthey-took-my-whole-room-ottawa-area-radio-pirate-jayhaed-still-spinning-tunes-and-being-a-juvenile-online-now-only-january-16-2010%2F

 

[nd2023]

In the meanwhile, a few hundred miles south, over 100 pirate stations are still blasting hundreds of watts into the night like they have done so most of the past decade.