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Wanna intern at a pirate station?

someone from the FCC IRS DEA and a few other alphabet organizations could sneak an undercover in there as an intern to gather evidence
 
Nick said:
Seriously, anyone who applies for this internship shouldn't be allowed to work in radio.
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1) You think today's college kids are smart enough to even know, let alone care, about the difference between legal and pirate? That's ambitious of you.

2) They've been on the air for some time now. It's not that hard to trace a pirate and bust 'em up. At this point, it's on the FCC, not on the stations. Take the money/experience any way you can and cry ignorant if somebody asks you questions.
 
What school would be stupid enough to approve credits for this? If I worked in that department, I think I would check out any organization that I haven't heard about before I send students over.

These guys have some set of balls, and the FCC seems to have lost theirs and are more concerned about broadband TV service than anything on radio. FM is turning into CB for the 21st century.
 
WNTIRadio said:
What school would be stupid enough to approve credits for this? If I worked in that department, I think I would check out any organization that I haven't heard about before I send students over.
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Take a look at what Will said and apply it to what you said. The schools have no clue (nor the time and desire) just as the students have no clue.
 
I'm sure most students and school administrators believe that if it's on the radio it must be legal. But if a student wants to do radio as a career, he should at least know the difference between a legal station and a pirate station, and that 87.7 is not in the FM band (but there are some analog LPTVs broadcasting music on 87.7)
 
I would fault both the school, and the student, equally.
If you are serious about going into a legitimate industry,
you don't "intern" for criminals. Wanna be a banker?
Go intern for a loan shark! Valuable career training! ::) ::)
 
All very good points, but academic folks don't know that the FM band is 88-108. Hell, I know people that work in this industry that don't know that. It's sad, but true. It's a damn shame an FCC license isn't required anymore.

I came in after the FCC license rule was abolished, but I know damn well I could've passed.
 
Bottom line is, that if the "intern" at the "radio station" that is also a pirate goes to get a job at a real radio station, those "call letters" will be enough to insure that the resume gets tossed in the circular file.
 
If the student cannot get proper credit for the internship, then the place offering it is in violation of several labor laws. I don't know if it's possible to get internship credit for working at an illegal enterprise. One would assume not, but I'm not a lawyer so I'm hesitant to make a definitive pronouncement.

Thusly, I wonder if someone could file a complaint with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. I suspect some poor sap would have to actually attempt to intern there first, and thus force the actual crime of unpaid wages to be committed.

But I would wager that the EOLAW would act against this pirate quicker than the FCC will. Considering that the FCC probably never will. :mad:
 
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