After 13 years of near continuous broadcasting, San Francisco micro radio station Pirate Cat Radio (87.9 FM), operating out of Pirate Cat Café, has been ordered off the air and fined $10,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In a notice dated August 31, 2009 the FCC asserted that Monkey, the founder of Pirate Cat Radio, “willfully and repeatedly violated Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934” and proposed to fine him $10,000 for the infraction.
By bringing to bear the full weight of the Federal government against continued broadcast operations, the FCC’s order effectively ends Pirate Cat Radio’s thirteen-year run as one of the Bay Area’s most consistent voices of protest against corporate-run media monopolies and monocultural programming.
Here’s the full statement from Pirate Cat Radio founder Monkey.
SF Gate’s “Off The Record” and SFAppeal have more on the story.
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What a load of shit.
At least they can keep web casting.
that’s karma getting back at Monkey for treating his volunteers like shit and harassing them.
@Cat, agreed. don’t want to get into particulars, but I am glad to no longer be part of his game.
They caught FCCfree about a month ago too. Seems like they did a sweep.
Feel bad for Pirate Cat, but not for Monkey.
can someone please define ‘Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934′? i am trying to look it up and its eluding me :(
what do they think pcr did wrong exactly?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES
Section 301 bottom line means your suppose to have a license to operate. Like driving a car.