PiratesWeek 12/3/06

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Back from Vacation! So this week is a bit of catch up. Pirates in the news include a mention on Glen Hausers program World of Radio about the Brother Stairs parody number station. A notice of apparent liability from the FCC to an ebay seller of non certified HF radios from T.W.I.A.R.  Janice and Steve Karlock talks about listening to HF pirates on their show the International radio Report.
  We go though a few posts on the Free Radio Network, and one on Radio Pirates, as well as the pirates stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly.
Off air recordings this week include the stations; Radio Free Speech, WHJR and MAC shortwave.
In other radio news from T.W.I.A.R. Ofcom is thinking about ending AM & FM radio in the U.K. & reassigning the spectrum to internet TV also a CHU update.
 The propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music this week includes tracks from the artists: Norman Hedman's Tropique and Guardian Mind Mix.
Thanks for listening
RD

PiratesWeek 11/5/06

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Sevral Pirates in the news. The Broward Sheriff's Office on Thursday shut down a private radio station in Sunrise FL. Radio station 96.1 Tha Zone was visited by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday. See the VIDEO . East Chicago, Ind., radio station broadcasting uncensored gangsta rap music on 90.5 FM Xtreme Fm was targeted by Ofcom and police in a raid.
Select posts on the FRN
FCC endources BPL, a news story from TWIAR.
Propagation Forcast from TWIAR
No show the Next two weeks.
Thanks For Listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 10/29/06

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Happy Halloween. This podcast has been Levelated, SolderSmoke #37 is out.
One pirate in the news. From The Sunday Times Pirate radio heroes Phantom FM are now legit.
Select bulletin board posts from the FRN and Alt.Radio.Pirate. Stations logged from The Free Radio Weekly.
Off Air Recordings from the pirate radio stations of: Possum Hunting Radio, WDDR, TIER, KFUD.
In other radio news: From Slashdot Review is a story of the launch of NASAs stereo mission. From TWIAR comes a story of FCC action again a couple "legit" stations. From Radio Intel is a story that RCI's popular SWL Digest program is offering a CD set of the old SW station Ident & Interval Signals Series.
Website of the week is DXer.ca
Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: Asymmetry, jbreel, Harry S. Caterson and Josh Woodward

Thanks for listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 10/22/06

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Just one pirate in the news. From free103point9 Newsroom. The FCC announced today that it moved a "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" to a "Forfeiture Order" against Shawn Deroux for operating a radio station at 87.9-FM in the Bronx without a license. That means Deroux isn't paying his $10,000 fine, and the FCC slowly stepping up their efforts to get him to pay.
We go through selected posts on the FRN and Alt Radio pirate, as well as note stations logged per the FRN.
Off Air recordings include the stations; WDDR, United Patriot Militia Bingo, Radio Free Euphoria, Kracker radio, and submitted by Eric- TIER.
In the radio news, from Radio Intel, Passport To World Band Radio Due Out Soon Passband.com has posted a shipment date of October 23, for the 2007 edition. From TWIAR a story that HF radio transmissions can disrupt BPL connections.
The extended propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music from the artists: Lumberjack Mafia, Yamomanem, The Psycho Daisies, Savium
Thanks for Listening
RD

Pirates Week 10/15/06

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Two Pirates in the news this week. 20-year-old Majorie Voltaire was arrested Thursday night at the request of the Federal Communications Commission for making an unauthorized transmission of a radio broadcast - a third-degree felony. Also John Peel last program from Radio London circa 1967 will be aired on BBC6 Music Monday Oct. 23.
We go through postings on the Free Radio Network & log stations via the Free Radio Weekly.
DJboutit has started a new blog, check it out.
Off air recordings this week of the pirate stations of WDDR, Radio First Termer, and Robot Radio.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: kcsaito, Psykosoul, yamomanem, and Sonic Deviant.

Thanks for listening.
RD

Pirates Week 10/08/06

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Two pirates in the news. From World Of Radio comes a story of a pirate on Catalina Island off the coast of California. Second from the Quad Cities Online is news that Pirate radio station DJ Matthew Britcher was sentenced to four years in jail for stealing a credit card from a deaf elderly man.
Logging from the FRN.
Off air recording include the pirate stations of: WAIR, Truckdriver Man, Voice of Bozo, A UNID, and Radio Paisano.
An audio story from TWIAR on the ARRL suing the FCC, FCC action against Loves on sales of illegal CB radios.
Website of the week is a blog on European Pirates.
The Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Check out the Levelator, a Java program that will nomalize your .Wav files.
Three weeks to Halloween!
Podsafe music from the artists: Nyasha Munangwa, Greg Federico, and Jason Burke.

Thanks for Listening
RD

Pirates Week 10/02/06

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One pirate in the news this week. UK police raid against a pirate operator called Renegade.
We got through select posts from the FRN.
Recent shortwave pirate radio stations heard from The Free Radio Weekly.
Off air recording this week include Robot Radio, TIER, Brother Stair numbers station.
In other radio news, Dave Rabbit interview on the NPR program "On the Media"
From TWIAR comes a story that the FCC has created a new homeland security bureau.
Check out the Pirate Radio IRC chatroom via Chris Smolinski site.

 Podsafe artist this week include:  Matthew Hall, Lumberjack Mafia and Savium

Thanks for listening

RD