[BC] FCC Shuts Down San Diego Pirate Station

[Larry Albert]

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FCC raids free radio station

San Diego Union-Tribune

"Federal agents armed with a search warrant shut down Free Radio 96.9 FM, 
the self-proclaimed oldest-running and most notorious unlicensed radio 
broadcaster in San Diego, in a midmorning raid yesterday. About a dozen 
armed agents ? some wearing shirts with the initials FCC, for Federal 
Communications Commission ? served the warrant in South Park about 10 a.m. 
They seized amplifiers, computers, a transmitter and other equipment that 
effectively knocked the station off the air, witnesses said." ... "The U.S. 
Attorney's Office declined comment yesterday; no one from the FCC returned 
phone calls seeking comment."

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