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Pirates in Brockton
- Thread starter mgpt6
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WUMB doesn't have much of a signal in Brockton anyway, but 92.3 WPRO does, I'm sure 92.1 is hurting them. 92.1 is located south of downtown, just off of Warren Ave.
There's also been a 101.3 on at times in Brockton in the past few days from the same location as 96.5. The big monster on 101.3 now is "Big City 101.3" in Dorchester though. They can be heard as far south as Brockton easily when Brockton isn't on the air.
There's also been a 101.3 on at times in Brockton in the past few days from the same location as 96.5. The big monster on 101.3 now is "Big City 101.3" in Dorchester though. They can be heard as far south as Brockton easily when Brockton isn't on the air.
>>The 89.3 would interfer with WUMD Dartmouth
That's not good! The coverage map for WUMD includes Brockton just beyond the boundary between "distant" and "fringe."
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WUMD&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
That's not good! The coverage map for WUMD includes Brockton just beyond the boundary between "distant" and "fringe."
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WUMD&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
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rapking
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I LOVE PIRATE RADIO ! Just like the aliens , Pirate Radio stations are doing the Job ( Formats ) that American Radio stations ,will not do .
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rapking
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Dont need a Oldies Pirate ( 103.3,100.7,105.7 American Radio in Boston is all over that ) and yes , Boston do need a Dance Station .freqlost said:
After several months of not being updated, there are reports of new FCC fines, raids, visits, and postal notifications
of apparent liability posted at DIYMedia.net
http://diymedia.net/fccwatch/eadtable07.htm
On Feb 21, there were visits at 88.5 in Dedham and 102.1 in Boston. In March a letter was sent to
both pirates.
Sometimes raids can produce arrests; here, linked to the page, is a report of a Florida Haitian
pirate being raided. Equipment was seized, the operators were arrested, and they were "officially charged with unauthorized transmissions to, or interference with, a public or commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. It is a third degree felony that could land each of them in jail for up to five years."
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=11795&z=3&p=
of apparent liability posted at DIYMedia.net
http://diymedia.net/fccwatch/eadtable07.htm
On Feb 21, there were visits at 88.5 in Dedham and 102.1 in Boston. In March a letter was sent to
both pirates.
Sometimes raids can produce arrests; here, linked to the page, is a report of a Florida Haitian
pirate being raided. Equipment was seized, the operators were arrested, and they were "officially charged with unauthorized transmissions to, or interference with, a public or commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. It is a third degree felony that could land each of them in jail for up to five years."
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=11795&z=3&p=
The 101.3 FM Pirate could be heard up to 128/93 Interchange in Woburn.Doubt they are 1kw but at least 20--300 watts. Are there any high rise apartments in Dorchester/Mattapan , or high hills that homes may be located.? A tower over 10 ft high with an antenna element would stick out like a sore thumb.
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webcastboy
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On 101.3, if you've got some height, it doesn't take much wattage to go a long way. WFNX's old 101.3 translator with a measly 7 watts (and with a null to the northwest!) had contours that barely covered Boston proper, but you could get it on a good car radio much, much further than that...all the way to Rt.128 and beyond if terrain didn't block you. Being all the way up on top of the Hancock Tower really helped, although ironically its downtown coverage was weak due to blanketing inference from the Pru - 7 watts isn't going to cut through that.
There are several hills in and around Dorchester with regular office and apartment buildings on them where you could easily put a one bay FM on a short (10 to 15 ft) tower on the roof...and it'd have pretty decent height. If you're hearing them 10 miles out, I'd guess they're probably running as little as 100 watts and as much as 500 watts, depending on how much height they've got. WUMB has relatively low height and 660 watts and (with a good radio) they cover most of inside Rt.128 as well.
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webcastboy
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No. I've crunched the numbers; a new LPFM at the LP-100 level is impossible pretty much everywhere inside I-495, and most places outside of it.
It's possible some of the small Class D stations...like WBRS, WYAJ, WHAB, etc...might be able to "upgrade" to LPFM, although in a few cases (WBRS and WHHB come to mind) they actually have enough height that they'd have to reduce power slightly if they changed to an LPFM license.
IIRC, there was a sliver of an area where an LPFM at the LP-10 level might fit. I think it was in Dedham somewhere. But that was it for space inside 128, and that presupposes the FCC will ever authorize LP-10 stations (which I seriously doubt they will - there's a reason why the FCC discontinued the Class D license). I don't remember looking at LP-10's between 128 and 495, but I'd imagine there are very few areas where it would work. Basing allocations on meeting minimum distance requirements makes it much harder to fit a new allocation! But it's a heckuva lot simpler than doing by contours and that was the whole point of LPFM; simple engineering that's lower cost.
New Pirate in Dorchester--107.1 FM. Signal dies before SouthHampton St. because of MJXw/IBOC on the Pru.
Like to know where the pirates get a 100-200 watt xtmr., a stereo generator. You dont get those at Best Buy.
kinda OT, FCC will not allow IBOC on stations under 100watts ERP. Power would be too low for IBOC on 10 watt stations.
Like to know where the pirates get a 100-200 watt xtmr., a stereo generator. You dont get those at Best Buy.
kinda OT, FCC will not allow IBOC on stations under 100watts ERP. Power would be too low for IBOC on 10 watt stations.
>>The 101.3 FM Pirate could be heard up to 128/93 Interchange in Woburn.
Wherever it is, I can tell you I was getting a "dead air" signal on 101.3 on Rt 128 between
Lynnfield and Beverly tonight about 2 am...
there's a site somewhere on the Net that mentions the diff. pirates out there in the area
and I think I recall reading about a 107.1
...and here it is. From that page 107.1 is said to be Radio Superstars...updated just last week.
http://members.aol.com/baconti/bostonLP.htm
as for 101.3:
>> 101.3 Big City Radio, Boston - Urban/Tropical. http://www.myspace.com/djdrunyce
(apparently the DJ linked above also does a show for another unlic. station, Vibe 105.3 )
>> 101.3 Brockton - Haitian/Caribbean.
Wherever it is, I can tell you I was getting a "dead air" signal on 101.3 on Rt 128 between
Lynnfield and Beverly tonight about 2 am...
there's a site somewhere on the Net that mentions the diff. pirates out there in the area
and I think I recall reading about a 107.1
...and here it is. From that page 107.1 is said to be Radio Superstars...updated just last week.
http://members.aol.com/baconti/bostonLP.htm
as for 101.3:
>> 101.3 Big City Radio, Boston - Urban/Tropical. http://www.myspace.com/djdrunyce
(apparently the DJ linked above also does a show for another unlic. station, Vibe 105.3 )
>> 101.3 Brockton - Haitian/Caribbean.
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webcastboy
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No, but they're widely available on the web, both eBay and retailers that sell FM transmitter "kits" (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)
Whoa, whoa, whoa. The FCC is not prohibiting anything! Here's the actual R&O (it's a PDF). Go to page 23, paragraph 57. I quote:
(iBiquity) states that IBOC-based equipment can operate at the 100 watt power levels authorized for LPFM service. iBiquity asserts that in the case of 10 watt stations, however, the extremely low power level of those stations may make digital broadcasts infeasible. The IBOC system broadcasts the digital signal at one percent of the station’s analog power level. In the case of a 10 watt LPFM station, that digital power level would fall below the noise floor and would be difficult for any digital receiver to recover; however, this would not be the case with 100 watt LPFM stations.
(emphasis added)
And then in paragraph 58:
We find that if an LPFM station intends to transmit in digital, and is technically capable of doing so, there should be no regulatory impediments preventing its adoption of the IBOC technology......We are committed to working with these stations to address issues regarding their transition to digital as they arise.
(emphasis added)
That's nowhere near the same thing as the FCC prohibiting HD Radio from stations transmitting at ERP's below 100 watts. Instead, they're merely recognizing that HD Radio at such low power levels (for a 10w ERP analog it's only 0.1w ERP digital) that it may or may not work. Remember, this is the same iBiquity that originally thought it was "impossible" to split the digital signal into multiple audio channels (what we now call "Multicasting") and also thought it'd be long time before we saw an IBOC chipset for portable radios due to the high power consumption of an OFDM scheme (Siport is releasing a IBOC chip for portable radios this fall, and we should see radios in Q1 2008).
Things that are "impossible" today often have a habit of becoming "easy" within a few years. I think this is just iBiquity covering their butts legally and providing a handy warning to low-powered FM stations (not necessarily just LPFM licenses) that they should invest in HD Radio cautiously and with a full knowledge of the facts.
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argytunes
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I've often wondered what keeps a pirate radio station alive?
Is it a cash grant from an anonymous source? An advertiser from a foreign country? I doubt the funds are obtained from a PBS Pledge Drive?
Anybody with an idea or two? ???
argytunes
Is it a cash grant from an anonymous source? An advertiser from a foreign country? I doubt the funds are obtained from a PBS Pledge Drive?
Anybody with an idea or two? ???
argytunes
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