"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
Even Online There’s No Such Thing as ‘Free Radio’......
Article from Radio Survivor about music royalties. It seems that both the ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) went after an unnamed Pirate looking to extort money from said Pirate for the music on their internet feed. I have heard of similar cases on this side of the pond with Pirates and internet stations being targeted by similar extortion racketeers in Ireland and the UK. According to what I was told RebsFM an internet only station playing Irish Rebel music which had a massive following was hit with a very large bill for music rights this led to their closure. This is in spite of the fact that 99% of the artists that were played on RebsFM were not and never will be signed up to any such music rights/copyright organisation, and so will receive not one cent of this extortion money, and most Irish Rebel bands are more than happy to support air/internet play of their music as no mainstream station will play their music.
I have been told that Listen2myRadio does not supply details to these organisations. This however needs to be confirmed before anybody signs up and gets caught out. Using false details including a false IP address may help. Any thoughts on this one folks?
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
Radio is Soulless..... Article from Wired about East Village Radio originally a pirate but now only an internet station. Importantly though the piece discusses everything that is wrong with commercial radio now. www.wired.com/2015/04/internet-radio-soulless-outlaw-station-fix/
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
Luis Angel Ayora has been fined $20,000 for operating "Radio Impacto2" a Spanish language Pirate out of Queens NY on 91.9FM.
"The Enforcement Bureau said that in its decision, the high penalty was warranted because the commission repeatedly warned Ayora that pirate radio operations are illegal. The fact that he continued to operate the unauthorized station demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the commission’s authority and its rules," The also stated that they could fine the station $16,000 up to a maximum of $122,500 for each day of it's operation.
Ayora has 30 days to pay or appeal the fine.
Fingers crossed for Luis Angel Ayora and Radio Impacto2. Let's hope he can beat off the Fraggle Comedy Collection.
Read more on the links below and see their Facebook and YouTube links.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
The $20,000 fine against Luis Angel Ayora for operating Radio Impacto2 has now escalated to a forfeiture order.
"In April 2014, the New York office of the Enforcement Bureau proposed the penalty against Ayora for operating an unlicensed transmitter on 91.9 MHz in Queens, N.Y.
The Enforcement Bureau said in its decision it repeatedly warned him that operating an unlicensed station is illegal. “The fact that Mr. Ayora would ignore the commission’s warnings demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the commission’s authority and its rules, warranting a significant penalty,” stated G. Michael Moffitt, regional director of the Northeast Region of the Enforcement Bureau.
Ayora hasn’t responded to the NAL, so the bureau has escalated the penalty.
If not paid within 30 days, the case may be turned over to the Justice Department for collection."
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
The House Communications Subcommittee is scheduling a hearing for Thursday the 11th of June on the proposal to close 16 out of 24 FCC offices. Hey let's hope they decide to close all 24 LOL.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
To the UK now and a Wolverhampton pirate radio boss lands £4,000 court bill
A pirate radio boss has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 for running an illegal station and helping others with broadcasts. Ricky Llewellyn, who runs drum and bass station Distinct FM, also allowed Hot 92, Irie UK and Sting FM to make broadcasts from his server.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
Crackdown against pirate radio stations in the London (UK) borough of Hackney. Hackney Homes has been clamping down on pirate radio stations in the borough and warning of the dangers of illegal radio....Yes you guessed it Jets falling out of the sky and police cars turning up at the coffee shop instead of the scene of the crime. Oh wait the first one never happens, and well the second one, let's just say there is a reason you never hear of big robberies at coffee shops, it's all down to the cops gathered in such numbers outside.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
There is now a proposal to convert the Red Sands fort complex into a luxury hotel. The Red Sands forts were of course the home of first Radio Invicta, then KING Radio and finally Radio 390 before they were closed down. They were originally built along with a number of other Maunsell forts to defend the cost of the UK during the Second World War. When the 60's Pirate radio revolution came along the Red Sands forts along with the Shivering Sands forts (Radio Sutch and then Radio City), Sunk Head Navel Fort (Radio Tower), Fort Knock John (Radio Essex) and Rough Sands fort (which was intended to be used again for Radio Essex this never happened), were occupied as Pirate stations at different points.
It is to be hoped that along with the military history associated with the forts that the Pirate Radio history will also be preserved. It is also to be hoped that there are some reasonable priced rooms to stay in. It will be good if they save them from a watery grave.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
Kim Jong-un: "Right lads let's see what Pirate Radio stations we can pick up on this Wireless thing. I have a hankering to listen to a bit of Ol' Country and Western music."
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.
An interesting one from Portland, Victoria in Australia of a pirate operating on 101.3FM. The owner Terence Sulman was fined $600 Aus and forfeited all his equipment in a recent court appearance after he pleaded guilty to broadcasting illegally. The reason I say it's interesting is from the first link comes the following quotes.
Mark Loney, the executive manager of the ACMA's Spectrum Operation and Services branch, said Sulman had previously worked for a radio station so he had a "rough idea of what to do and he did it". Mr Loney said setting up a pirate radio station was "unusual" and "serious". "[Sulman] was trying to offer something like a local commercial radio station, so he sold advertising and sponsorship to local businesses," he said. "[He was] knowingly operating an illegal radio station, attempting to make money out of it. "So he wasn't just doing it as a hobby. He was attempting to earn an income out of it. So that's why we decided in this case to prosecute." Mr Loney was confident the fine handed down by the courts would deter future operations. "Not only is it unusual for us to fine people for running pirate radio, it's unusual for us to even prosecute," he said. "Like many laws, almost everyone complies with them, but when people break them, particularly for commercial gain, then it's worth prosecuting them."
Does this suggest if the station was run as a hobby, and had not tried to gain revenue from advertising, then it would have remained unmolested by the authorities? As long as there are airwaves, there will be pirates. Free the airwaves.
"Lets see' we're on err 92 FM tonight, and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right."
Mark Hunter - Pump Up The Volume.