Clemons wants to go on legally

[Mike Ward]

I was under the impression that the LPFM rules specifically prohibit
ex-pirates from getting LPFM licenses. Maybe Mr. McDonough has partners who
are the face of the operation, or maybe you don't get the death penalty
unless you get an NAL.


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Jeff Lehmann <jjlehmann@comcast.net> wrote:

> Being busted running a pirate, or at least being issued a notice of
> unlicensed operation does not prevent you from getting a LPFM. Joseph
> McDonough ran the 87.9 The Wave pirate in Boxford, did get a NOUO, and now
> has a LPFM, 94.9 WXBJ in Salisbury. He also wants a full power FM on 88.3
> as well.
>
> Jeff Lehmann
>
> > On Apr 18, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Mike Ward <mward@iname.com> wrote:
> >
> > The other problem is, of course, that Clemons can't be involved in any
> LPFM
> > due to FCC rules...especially now that he's been busted.
> >> On Apr 18, 2014 11:24 AM, "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2780738#sthash.vtERb5oP.uxfs
> >>
> >>>> Clemons, a former police officer, defended the breaking of the law
> >> explaining his station was filling a void that local licensed stations
> >> weren’t filling in the African American community.  He now plans to go
> >> after a low-power FM pointing out he marched 712 miles to Washington in
> >> 2009 to support efforts that ultimately won an expansion of the service.
> >> “We’re going to go through the legal channels,” Clemons said.
> >>
> >> (As if there are any avail in Boston--that 103.7 religious station could
> >> have been a possibility...and there were a bunch of LPFM permits that
> are
> >> in the works...)
> >>
>