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Sunday FCC Reports: Bronx Salsa/Merengue/Bachata Pirate Receives Max. Fine Of $2,316,034

I saw their playlist; they have at least 2 English songs:
Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug or Daddy Yankee)
Static & Ben El - Further Up (Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) (feat. Pitbull)
 
when a popular popular/long standing pirate gets shut down, i see people say.... well thats proof this is a format hole (or something along those lines)

one of the reasons that pirates appear to be so "successful" and can do these niche formats is because they dont have nearly the bills to pay and fcc law they must follow. so its much cheaper to operate a pirate and likely none of their "on air people" are getting paid
 
Is this station actually off the air?
The linked article is vague about this.
Is there a decent chance the Feds can collect any money from the operators?
 
Barry said:
Is this station actually off the air?
The linked article is vague about this.
Is there a decent chance the Feds can collect any money from the operators?
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
The FCC needs to visit Connecticut. 92.9 is still on the air. Has been for years. It was on 103.3 until a real translator signed on the air on 103.3 FM. I remember hearing one of the pirare's first broadcasts on 92.9 and the on-air person was complaining hat WDRC had stolen their station. 😂 103.3 is the translator for The Talk of Connecticut WDRC/1360. Of course I'd rather listen to the pirate's Caribbean Music than WDRC's political talk programming.
 
Barry said:
Is this station actually off the air?
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Doubt it. The FCC said in a press release on November 15 that La Mia continued to operate, and just last month, the fined party, Mr. Johnny Peralta, issued a press release (in Spanish). I have included a machine translation of the first paragraph below:

NEW YORK.- In a cordial, camaraderie, professional and family atmosphere, the well-known Dominican businessman of New York broadcasting, Jhonny Peralta announced on Friday night the relaunch of his radio station "La Mía Radio 105.7 FM", with a luxurious and modern booth, located in the exclusive sector of Bedford Park Blvd in the borough of the Bronx.
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Barry said:
Is there a decent chance the Feds can collect any money from the operators?
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Collect any money? Possibly. It's pretty easy for the feds to seize a tax refund, for example.
Collect $2.1 million? The Jets have a better chance of winning the Super Bowl.
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
Doubt it. The FCC said in a press release on November 15 that La Mia continued to operate, and just last month, the fined party, Mr. Johnny Peralta, issued a press release (in Spanish). I have included a machine translation of the first paragraph below:
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NEW YORK.- In a cordial, camaraderie, professional and family atmosphere, the well-known Dominican businessman of New York broadcasting, Jhonny Peralta announced on Friday night the relaunch of his radio station "La Mía Radio 105.7 FM", with a luxurious and modern booth, located in the exclusive sector of Bedford Park Blvd in the borough of the Bronx.

Ha! That quote sent me into a spit take. My grandparents lived around the corner from Bedford Park Blvd. for 40-or-so years. Unless his "luxurious and modern booth" is either in the Bronx Botanical Garden or Lehman College (where Bedford Park Blvd. terminates at either end), nobody I know is calling that an "exclusive sector" of The Bronx.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
when a popular popular/long standing pirate gets shut down, i see people say.... well thats proof this is a format hole (or something along those lines)

one of the reasons that pirates appear to be so "successful" and can do these niche formats is because they dont have nearly the bills to pay and fcc law they must follow. so its much cheaper to operate a pirate and likely none of their "on air people" are getting paid
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And many pirate operators, with no research or market survey, believe that the music they personally like is also just fabulously loved and wanted by tens of thousands of other people.

Or they believe that the stuff they mix in clubs under the influence of liquor, loud music and dim lights... and other substances... is what people want to hear during their everyday life.

Or they think that the programmers of "real" radio stations are all corrupt and play bad music because they are paid off.

Or... (fill in any excuse you want here).
 
DavidEduardo said:
And many pirate operators, with no research or market survey, believe that the music they personally like is also just fabulously loved and wanted by tens of thousands of other people.

Or they believe that the stuff they mix in clubs under the influence of liquor, loud music and dim lights... and other substances... is what people want to hear during their everyday life.

Or they think that the programmers of "real" radio stations are all corrupt and play bad music because they are paid off.

Or... (fill in any excuse you want here).
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I remember a pirate on 99.7 operating out of Brooklyn (I think) that played the usual Caribbean music but mixed in classic CHR titles from the 2010s. Not sure if it's still on the air.
 
Is this guy still operating today? I am surprised they haven't gone with an Internet streaming station which a lot of folks say is the future. I guess some people still think transmitters, towers, and receivers are still relevant.

WARNING. The following is not PC. Do not read if easily offended.

I seriously would like the FCC raid and jail these guys. I really don't care about the "culture wherever they came from". This is a nation based on laws. It you don't think you can live by the laws of this country because it doesn't "fit" your "culture" either work within the political process or find somewhere else to live.

Sorry if I offended you.
 
@second choice
I'll add to your post with a question that also may cut close to the sensibilities of many here -- those of yet another, disassociated, O/T brotherhood.
Keeping matters strictly to radio, the question is 'What percentage of busted pirates over the decades has been female?'
Have there indeed been *any*?
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
@second choice
I'll add to your post with a question that also may cut close to the sensibilities of many here -- those of yet another, disassociated, O/T brotherhood.
Keeping matters strictly to radio, the question is 'What percentage of busted pirates over the decades has been female?'
Have there indeed been *any*?
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Good question. I have no idea where you would look that up. How many pirates have been busted in the last 30 or 40 years? If the commission "makes some examples" and legally seize buildings where this crap originates from, and has a "TV events" with folks in handcuffs being loaded into vans there wouldn't be many pirates of any sex.

Not counting ownership thru an estate, how many females actually own and run radio stations? I worked for one in the mid 1970's. She was a partner and actually ran WPTN. I also worked at a station where the female manager ended up buying the station several years after I left.
 
Cathy Jewell owns KSSL Post/Slaton, TX outside Lubbock. Lila (forget her last name) owns an AM and FM in Rugby, ND

Theres a female owner of an AM FM in Dillon, MT

A husband and wife own stations in the twin tiers region of NY/PA

Theres a lady who owns an AM/translator and FM in Cornelia, GA

Theres a lady who owns a few stations around Seymour/Paoli, IN that she inherited from her husband

A female just sold/turned off some stations around Santa Maria after he husband died 2 years ago

Thats what i remember just from memory, without looking it up
 
It is my considered opinion that some of these pirate operators would make good programmers at real stations, if they weren't insistent on operating outside the rules.

As for Jhonny Peralta (to use his preferred spelling), what is unfortunate is that because his case has now levied the maximum allowable fine and he has chosen not to reply to any FCC notices, he will be one of those that DOJ goes after to collect from, even if that means seizing bank accounts and assets and/or attaching his paycheck if he also has any real employment.

And, of course, he will be forever banned from having an interest in any licensed station and it's not likely anyone would want him as an employee, either.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
when a popular popular/long standing pirate gets shut down, i see people say.... well thats proof this is a format hole (or something along those lines)

one of the reasons that pirates appear to be so "successful" and can do these niche formats is because they dont have nearly the bills to pay and fcc law they must follow. so its much cheaper to operate a pirate and likely none of their "on air people" are getting paid
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A hobby that $2 million fines attached to it is one expensive hobby
 
K.M. Richards said:
And, of course, he will be forever banned from having an interest in any licensed station
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Tell that to Allan Weiner who ran several well known pirates and now owns several stations
 
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