Comments on: Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio

snsranch — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:45:37 -0800

Free Radio San Diego I thought you Mefite Rebels might like the idea of Pirate Radio. Just in case you're not into satellite.

By: punkbitch

punkbitch — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:04:22 -0800

Absofuckinglutely! Lets hire Christian Slater to be the voice of Metaradio.

By: radiosig

radiosig — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:15:09 -0800

and here's the offshoot of FRSD, established last year by some of their original staff after a dispute over whether the station should play NWA.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:30:39 -0800

radiosig; there was a dispute over the playing of NWA? Wow, so much for Free Radio. Thanks for the the link, I'll check it out.

By: radiosig

radiosig — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:42:38 -0800

well, in fairness, it was some members of what is now radioactive that felt there should be restrictions on playing what they veiwed as hatespeech, while other members wanted to remain faithful to the ideal of truly "free" radio. keep in mind that this is just what i heard from somebody who heard it from somebody. personally, i listen to and enjoy both stations.

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:28:24 -0800

Previously mentioned here. Just sayin'.

By: heydanno

heydanno — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:06:58 -0800

See also Free Radio Santa Cruz, which has been on-the-air without a license for almost ten years. (in comparison to FRSD's 4 years or so)

By: indiebass

indiebass — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:00:04 -0800

Lets rise up in the cafeteria and stab them with our plastic forks! TALK HARD, SNSRANCH!

By: By The Grace of God

By The Grace of God — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:33:09 -0800

Fight media consolidation: Legal low power FM station builders and lobbyists

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 07:12:49 -0800

Well, they're playing the Dukes of Stratosphear right now, so they can't be all bad. Of course, I live for this sort of stuff. (Utterly blatant, gratuitous self-link)

By: edgeways

edgeways — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:55:36 -0800

I wonder how th FCC decides who to target and who not? We had a pirate station here in Duluth, a much smaller market. There where no formal complaints from other stations in the market, but it got busted in less then 2 years.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:37:47 -0800

edgeways: I wonder that, too. We had a pirate station crop up in Austin, and despite moving thrice, burying the transmitter, and being ultra-secretive about who was involved (I attended one clandestine meeting-- it was almost CIA like), they got shut down and had their gear confiscated 3 times in 9 months, and finally gave up, despite being very low-power, stepping on nobody, and being quite popular with the college area they broadcast to. I miss it horribly.

By: gohlkus

gohlkus — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:47:51 -0800

I always like running into Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9 FM, on the airwaves in the Oakland/Berkeley area, and just listened to Berkeley Liberation Radio (site is bereft of content except for some very elaborate "under construction" images), 104.1 FM, for the first time Sunday night. The airwaves belong to the public.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:22:37 -0800

Regarding the FCC, FRSD in San Diego caught the FCC in a catch-22 when the SuperBowl was here. Apparently the FCC refused license to FRSD prior to the game citing that it would interfere with other local broadcasts. But for the GAME the FCC licensed it to either Viacom or Clear Channel, whatever corp was broadcasting it. By doing so the FCC screwed up thier justification. Really, just read the stuff on FRSD. It's pretty clear, get it?, that is FCC is just a big monopoly supporter.