This is just my humble opinion, but this whole pirate thing is only going to get increasingly more difficult to suppress.
The certainly under-loved, understaffed, underpaid FCC cannot possibly keep up with all this. I'm aware that there has always been pirate activity of some sort or other over the years, albeit not to the extent we're experiencing these days, and with the explosion of LPFM and translators, the average listener might never be able to discern the difference between duly-licensed operations and pirates. If he can even receive any of these stations, that is. It is primarily folks on these boards who come across the latter and bring it to the attention of the rest of us, who can mostly shake our heads in disgust, perhaps even despair at times. Yes, complaints are made to the FCC, the perps are sought and even put out of business temporarily, and, much like phone scammers, re-appear at a different frequency. And the legitimate operator who hoped to keep himself afloat with his LPFM or translator finds himself assaulted by these ne'er do wells.
I don't have any answers, just airing my opinion, for which I will either be slammed by some of you or banned by the moderator. In a nutshell: today's FM band is too damned crowded! If only there were a realistic way to "make FM great again!"
