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FCC planning one of its periodic alleged crackdowns on local pirate radio stations

By adamg on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 10:23am

The Dorchester Reporter reports on warnings being sent to operators of unlicensed stations in Dorchester and Mattapan.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Mattapan
Free tagging: 
pirate radio


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Comments

By theszak on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 10:31am.

WEMF Radio Brookline Street Cambridge http://wemfradio.com/

By surprisefries on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 5:40pm.

What of WEMF? Unless I'm very mistaken, it's Internet-only.

By Ron Newman on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 11:15am.

That's below the official FM band, so it's not going to interfere with any licensed station. (Before the digital conversion, it might have interfered with a TV channel 6.)

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By anon on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 11:48am.

WJIB recently got a license to simulcast on FM 101.3, which that pirate would interfere with.

By E on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 3:22pm.

Here's hoping the new FM signal will reach the North Shore! :)

By bike nerd on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 12:12pm.

this only makes one want to open up one even more

By anon on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 3:17pm.

They appear on the morning show on a regular basis with Tayla on 101.3 FM. Did the law enforcement advisory issued in 2016 not make it clear to them not to support this illegal radio station. Tayla post all her radio interviews on you tube.

By anon on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 7:45am.

Why do you care if they support this station?

By Ron Newman on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 10:23am.

Doesn't it seem a little odd for police to be official guests on an illegal radio station?

By anon on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 6:45pm.

It's a victimless crime if there's no licensed station being interfered with, and provides a voice to the local community.

By Ron Newman on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 11:21pm.

isn't this where WJIB's FM repeater will go? If so, the pirate station will eventually interfere with a licensed station even if it doesn't do so currently.

By Ron Newman on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 4:57am.

Bob Bittner threw the switch on his FM transmitter at 1 pm EDT on Friday, August 4. The "Big City" pirate is now seriously interfering with a licensed station, as you can read in numerous listener reports on Facebook's Friends and Lovers of WJIB group.

Big City, if you're reading this ... please find another frequency and leave our beloved station alone.