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Radio News: FCC warns eight pirates
Nov 16, 2017 9:24 pm
Susan Ashworth in Radio World backs up the Federal Communications Commission's claim that it is doing much work to stop the scourge of pirate radio in a Nov. 15 story. The headline says, "In One Day, FCC Snares 10 Alleged Pirates." "Snares," though, actually means "sends a letter to" and the number ten seems more like the number three. The Radio World article only lists three specific pirate radio operations: John Pierre on Albemarle Road in Brooklyn on 93.7 MHz. Victor Miller's unlicensed FM station on 90.1 MHz, "possibly from a residence on Byron Ave." in Brooklyn; and in Pennsylvania, World Hype Radio operated by Ray Daniels on 100.9 MHz in Stroudsburg. The day before, in a separate story, Ashworth reported about four different stations in Stamford (106.5-FM), Hartford (93.3-FM), Bridgeport (106.5-FM), and Waterbury (106.3-FM) in Connecticut operated by Oraine Ennis. The FCC also sent a letter to an unrelated pirate station in East Hartford, on 107.5-FM with the signal coming from the Power Tabernacle Ministries church. The FCC has cut much of its enforcement division, and even before at full strength, just sends warning letters when it is first notified of unlicensed activity on the dial.