Fybush: Hot 97 (87.7) raided, shut down

[dumber than a box of hair]

WOW !!! HOT 97 Boston was more popular than I thought . Look at this thread and how many times it was read . Just like Howard Stern, Love them or Hate them, People did listen to them . I hope 97 come back on the Legal side ( maybe take 1090 off Crappy One hands or a 24 hour legal signal ).

So, let's see if we have this right:  Since lots of people posted on this thread, lots of people listened to Hot 97.

I'd like some of whatever it is you're smoking.

[WNTIRadio]

A board full of industry people and radio geeks isn't a good measure of an audience.  We all tend to listen to everything if there's a transmitter hooked up to send it out.

[N.E. Streetz]

WOW !!! HOT 97 Boston was more popular than I thought . Look at this thread and how many times it was read . Just like Howard Stern, Love them or Hate them, People did listen to them . I hope 97 come back on the Legal side ( maybe take 1090 off Crappy One hands or a 24 hour legal signal ).

So, let's see if we have this right:  Since lots of people posted on this thread, lots of people listened to Hot 97.

I'd like some of whatever it is you're smoking.

So Let's see if we have this right : Illegal Radio Station is Bad, Smoking whatever is good .   Sorry I dont smoke .

[N.E. Streetz]

Why is Touch 106.1 still on the air?

No legal Radio Stations complain about Touch FM . That's my guess .

[dumber than a box of hair]

So Let's see if we have this right : Illegal Radio Station is Bad, Smoking whatever is good .   Sorry I dont smoke .

Wow.  The jokes just write themselves.

[WNTIRadio]

I know legal radio stations do complain about Touch.  The reason it stays is that it's lower power, and the aforementioned community issues.  Touch does do some real community service.  Still, they could LMA an AM, such as WILD and do the same legally and reach a broader area.  I'm sure Radio One would rather rent to an African American community group than the Chinese govt. 

[MickeyD]

I somehow have my doubts that this was an FCC raid. There must be a reason that they decided not to go back on the air and just maintain an internet presence.

Scott Fybush is a journalist who has sources for information like this.  What are your sources?

I didn't see any of his sources listed did you? We will have to see when they unseal the indictment. They were shutdown twice and Touch 106 still keeps on rockin and rolling.

[LAUROJRM]

Don't know why Touch 106.1 is still on the air. I do know Mayor Menino, and Gov Deval Patrick was on there few times.

Big city 101.3 is still on the air, as well as 105.3 to name a few. There's also Choice 102.9. All can be heard in and around Dorchester, Mattapan, and parts of Roxbury areas.
If you have computers, I believe all broadcast LIVE online

[Nick]

Hot 87.7 ran a lot of power! It could be heard 30 miles from Boston. I even DXed it all the way from New Jersey a few times, and someone heard it via e skip in Georgia!

Touch 106.1 seems to have a lot of political connections

[raccoonradio]

Fybush's column today at http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html mentions the "high-powered pirate"
at 87.7 that got an FCC raid 2 weeks ago (Raid! I always think of the cartoon ads for a certain bug spray when I hear that word. Raid kills bugs dead; FCC kills unauthorized signals). He says the station
told the Jamaica Star that due to their "tremendous success" they were able to simulcast their
"digital Internet radio" on terrestrial radio, but now they're sticking to the Net. Of course if they
had a license they'd still be offering their programming on terrestrial radio as well. Putting a shine
on a sneaker!

Search is my friend:
http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20120319/ent/ent1.html
>>As most independent radio stations in America which operate on terrestrial radio have come to realize Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations are designed to make it almost impossible for independent broadcasters to succeed....As a result, independent radio is all but non-existent on terrestrial radio.

(Other than a bunch of college stations, etc.)