Re: Radio Free Brattleboro Shut Down

[Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@yahoo.com>]

--- Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com> wrote:
> Radio Free Brattleboro has been shut down by the
> FCC:

I'm guessing that the folks at RFB knew that they
were on the air illegally and just hoped they wouldn't
get shut down. I don't know if the FCC
will force a fine on them right away, or if they
just told them "just shut down and you won't get in
further trouble, but if we catch you on again, expect
big fines", etc.

It sounded from the article like they were kinda doing
a bit of civil disobediance; a challenge to
big corporate media.

If they were on under flea power (like Allston-
Brighton Free Radio)--which they were not--
maybe they could have gotten away with it,
but I guess those two complaints were what got the
FCC down there to shut them down. On several
visits to Brattleboro, I found they could be
received in the downtown area well, and faintly
for a few miles (as the article said, basically
within the town limits).

Any word on another Vt. pirate which got shut down,
Rutland Town's Radio Free Vermont? i.e., did they
ever webcast like they hinted?