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Mon, 25 Sep 2006

From what I've seen lately, commercial radio is slowly dying in the US. Especially the AM variety, which is nowadays filled with ranting right wingers almost to the exclusion of anything else. I can't remember the last time I heard a song on the AM radio. And FM is devolving into a series of taped "formats".

I honestly hope these folks succeed - if they do, we'll have a radio band as interesting as the Internet. If they don't, we'll all Rush to know Jack, but that'll be about it.

Attendees at a secret "free radio" camp learn how to build their own FM transmitters and evade detection by the FCC. The rogue radio broadcasters claim it's their right to be on the air; feds say they interfere with legit radio signals.

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On 9/25/2006 09:12:14
Bjorngrímnir wrote

If pirate radio actually poses a threat to air traffic control (which I don't know enough about broadcasting to say one way or the other), then I think that there is merit in making sure that the pirate broadcasts aren't endangering lives. It's hard for me to imagine, because my understanding of pirate radio is that it's range is pretty limited. But as for tweaking the nose of corporate radio, and tugging the FCC's beard, I think pirate radio is a great concept because people actually use their voices and speak freely on airwaves that I'm not so sure any government has ownership of. Wasn't there a Christian Slater movie about this sort of thing some time ago?

On 9/25/2006 09:39:57
Dave H wrote

An Old Canard

The "interfering with civil aircraft" is an old canard that NAB and others whip out to fuel their fight: the only way pirate radio could cause such interference is if a.)it was transmitting in that band - highly unlikely if they want to reach an audience since you'd have to listen to the pirates on aircraft radios, or b.)if they were so high powered and located so close to an airport or tower that bleed over would happen. That's never been proven, AFAIK. So hoist the Jolly Roger! Thanks for the comment and Be well, Dave H.

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