Pirate on 101.3 getting stronger

[Rob Landry]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, raccoonradio@gmail.com wrote:

> There is indeed a 91.7 pirate,probably this one, causing problems for
> WUMB,WMWM, and WMFO.I posted about it on WUMB's facebook page and I think
> they said they contacted the FCC. Some listeners of the other two legit
> stations and perhaps their management complained.

There was a (92.1? I forget) pirate a couple years ago that was stepping 
on WUMB. The FCC was persuaded to visit the pirate, who complied 
immediately with their order to shut down. The next day, a WUMB staffer 
observed that the FM antenna on the pirate's roof had been removed.

A week later, a colleague called from Quincy to report what sounded very 
much like the same pirate, back on the air on the same frequency from a 
different location.

A couple years back there was a pirate in Brockton causing headaches to 
stations at the high end of the reserved band. The FCC was unable to find 
the pirate's sttudio, but they confiscated the transmitter, anntenna, and 
a Barix box the pirate had been using as an STL. Needless to say, that 
pirate simply popped back on the air from elsewhere.

I have long argued that there ought to be a state law penalizing 
*advertisers* on pirate stations. When it's no longer profitable, the 
pirates will go away.


Rob