Comments on: Pirates on 87.9FM at Greater Risk?

By: bob1234

bob1234 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:52:01 +0000

I just got an FCC call for my 87.9 running 1/2 watt into a jpole at 20 feet. Guess a couple xm satellite guys complained I washed out thier signal when they drove by. Gezz cry babies. Was only on for like 2 weeks.

By: Matthew Lasar

Matthew Lasar — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:49:36 +0000

Richard: If I were you, I’d get a refund from that charm school.

By: Richard B. Johnson

Richard B. Johnson — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:58:15 +0000

I would also like to note that people think I am an asshole so I plan on going to war with all the pirates I hear on my radio dial because it’s my air waves and I own them. I have no life and nothing better to do anyways so I find it’s my personal job to do this at the expense of what little reputation I already have.

By: Maize's Magikarp

Maize's Magikarp — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:38:16 +0000

I really think that the radio spectrum should be deregulated. The FCC has not opened up a low-power broadcast application window for over 8 years. In any event, I can’t afford the $200 registration fee anyway.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:33:21 +0000

Oh, and as far as the FCC being the “protectors of the public airwaves”, that pretty much ended when they decided to start selling (rather than leasing, for example) chunks of the spectrum to the highest bidders.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:15:16 +0000

So, Mr. Johnson took it upon himself to relentlessly nag the FCC into spending how many thousands of our tax dollars to hassle a low power pirate who wasn’t hurting anybody or interfering with anything?
Thanks, but no thanks, Richard. If you think this makes you some kind of hero, well… maybe you should consider a different hobby.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000

Richard take a chill pill. Radio wouldn’t be what it is today without pirate radio. If there not interfering leave them alone. Pirate Radio Rules!!!

By: Richard B. Johnson

Richard B. Johnson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:03:48 +0000

I have reported the precise location of several unlicensed radio stations to the FCC and they ignore me. Since 87.9 (the WAVE) is practically in my back dooryard, I have reported them twice. I get the computerized receipt, but they don’t bother to shut them down or even contact them. The FCC is lazy, violates its own rules, and no longer protects the spectrum which, last time I checked, is public property. As a long time holder of a FCC First Class Commercial License, I had to learn, and comply with, the rules when I was working in the broadcast industry. Nowadays, anyone can transmit any kind of low-fidelity signal anywhere and never be held accountable.

I am seriously considering publishing the precise address of every pirate station I find (I know how to DF them), and let the vigilantes take them off the air.