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Miami Pirate That Interfered With WMKL Raided By Police

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Another crack down on pirate radio in the Miami area. This story comes from radioandrecords.com


FROM RADIOANDRECORDS.com


North Miami Beach, FL police detectives on June 23 seized and impounded equipment being used by an unlicensed radio station that used the 91.7 MHz frequency -- the same one used by Christian Rock noncomm WMKL/Key Largo-Miami.

According to the police report, the pirate station's transmitter was located on a two-story office building. The station was unattended, using a Windows Media Player running on a PC with a DSL connection. Furthermore, police say the pirate station's transmitter was turned on every evening using a "hot water heater"-type timing switch, which would turn off each morning. Local police were aided in locating the unlicensed radio station by WMKL staffers who pinpointed the source in under 30 minutes. A complaint has also filed with the FCC. WMKL's coverage of northern Miami-Dade County signal was effectively restored with the shutdown of the pirate station.


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Kevin</P>
 
> Another crack down on pirate radio in the Miami area. This
> story comes from radioandrecords.com
>
>
> FROM RADIOANDRECORDS.com
>
>
> North Miami Beach, FL police detectives on June 23 seized
> and impounded equipment being used by an unlicensed radio
> station that used the 91.7 MHz frequency -- the same one
> used by Christian Rock noncomm WMKL/Key Largo-Miami.
>
> According to the police report, the pirate station's
> transmitter was located on a two-story office building. The
> station was unattended, using a Windows Media Player running
> on a PC with a DSL connection. Furthermore, police say the
> pirate station's transmitter was turned on every evening
> using a "hot water heater"-type timing switch, which would
> turn off each morning. Local police were aided in locating
> the unlicensed radio station by WMKL staffers who pinpointed
> the source in under 30 minutes. A complaint has also filed
> with the FCC. WMKL's coverage of northern Miami-Dade County
> signal was effectively restored with the shutdown of the
> pirate station.
>
Thank God! These pirates ruin everything about radio.
 
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