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Friday, February 25, 2011

The FCC hunts down a Los Angeles pirate

Pirate radio This pirate wasn't operating in a cave in the middle of nowhere: He set up shop in an office building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The FCC tracked down the pirate signal originating on 101.5 in the Wilshire Westlake Building. While they could not locate the operator, the FCC did issue a "notice of unlicensed operation" warning the owner of the building, which could be followed up with a $10,000 fine unless the pirate broadcasts end. The signal was directly interfering with Pepperdine University's low-power KWVS-LP and Clear Channel's KGB-FM (101.5), which originates in San Diego but can be heard in some areas of Los Angeles.

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