*UPDATE* Unidad Christian OFF THE AIR

["Michael Fitzpatrick" <fitzradio@mail.map.com>]

My corrections:

First off this is off a press release we were faxed at work.

I got a chance to drive by the "station" today. It was located behind this old abandoned church at the corner of Carew and Dwight St in Springfield. On the roof of the one story building is a 30-40' tall mast with antenna which looks like a standard two way antenna on the top of it. The building is run down and has a sign on the front which is all spanish except one word which is faded and Pentacostal. I know that the FCC was in town for a month or so in the Spring. Though I do not know what this station's ERP was, their signal  could be heard into Westfield, some 6 miles away.

IMHO, I am glad to see it gone, 94.3 was one of the few channels left where I could DX around here.


>This came over the AP wires here at work:
>
>I am phrasing it in my own words though:
>
>The FBI went to 1071 Dwight St, Springfield and confiscated all the
>broadcasting equipment from "Unidad Christian" radio. This is the pirate
>that was on 94.3 in Springfield and had a better signal than some of the
>college stations around here. I havent driven by the building yet to see if
>they left the transmitting antenna up or not.
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>
>
>--MIKE
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>