[bitnet.swl-l] pirate radio station busts

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 90 12:59:31 EST
From: ka2raf@nn2z.ampr.org (Chris Crosby)
Message-Id: <3858@nn2z.ampr.org>
To: swls@allbbs
Subject: Pirate Stations Shutdown

Date: Sun, 07 Jan 90 18:21:43 EST
From: k2pg@nn2z.ampr.org (PHIL)
Message-Id: <3843@nn2z.ampr.org>
To: swls
Subject: Pirate Broadcasters Silenced

The following is an article from the December 27, 1989 issue of
Radio World magazine (a broacast trade journal):

BROOKLYN, NY--"As part of a continuing effort to shut down pirate radio
broadcasters, US marshals and FCC staff seized equipment belonging to a
pirate station here on 9 November.

  The equipment, housed in Borough Park, was used to operate an
  unlicensed station on 91.9 MHz. under the illegal callsign WJPT,
  according to the FCC.  Another Brooklyn pirate station, WHOT, was shut
  down in July.

    The FCC has closed in on several pirate high frequency radio stations
    this year operated on 7415 kHz.:  WNPR, Massapequa, NY, and WENJ, New
    Brunswick, NJ.

      Penalties for unlicensed radio operations include seizure of the
      equipment, fines of up to $100,000 and/or one year in prison for the
      operators.

      [tnx to K2PG]
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