{"id":31100,"date":"2018-03-08T08:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31100"},"modified":"2018-03-08T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:22:17","slug":"fcc-cracking-down-on-colorado-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/fcc-cracking-down-on-colorado-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC cracking down on Colorado pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Way High Radio’s studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: Westword<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

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Will the FCC Sink Pirate Radio in Colorado?<\/h3>\n

Word spread quickly about the mysterious unmarked black SUV parked at a highway exit just outside the town of Ward on January 24. In the self-sufficient mountain community perched at 9,500 feet, strangers always attract attention. But the strangers in the SUV weren\u2019t just a curiosity; they were enforcement agents with the Federal Communications Commission, and they presented a real threat to a beloved community resource.<\/p>\n

Since 1997, Ward had played host to an unlicensed FM radio station called Way High Radio. Colloquially known as \u201cpirate\u201d stations, radio operations such as Way High Radio are expressly forbidden by the FCC, which regulates America\u2019s airwaves. That the station had been able to illegally broadcast from 90.5 FM for so many years was largely thanks to the isolation of the mountain town, roughly an hour-and-a-half drive from the FCC\u2019s enforcement office in Denver.<\/p>\n

When DJ Willy (not his real name) heard about the federal agents parked near town, he got a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. This was a moment he\u2019d been dreading for a long time. But he\u2019d also studied up on FCC enforcement, and knew the agents would want to catch someone actually inside the radio station\u2019s studio, a small trailer located next to Ward\u2019s town hall with an antenna on top and a wooden sign that proclaimed \u201cOffice of Human Rights.\u201d[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading the full article at Westword.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to view Way High Radio’s website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Westword via Mike Hansgen) Will the FCC Sink Pirate Radio in Colorado? Word spread quickly about the mysterious unmarked black SUV parked at a highway exit just outside the town of Ward on January 24. In the self-sufficient mountain community perched at 9,500 feet, strangers always attract attention. 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