Every time I hear about an unlicensed station getting shut down, it makes me miss the wonderful WPPR (West Philadelphia Pirate Radio). This FCC raid story has to be one of the weirder ones I've heard, though:
http://radioandrecords.com/Subscribers/TodaysNews/homepage.htm Philly-Area Spanish-Language Pirate Shut Down The FCC yesterday shut down Pennsauken, NJ-based "El Sol 95.3," which began broadcasting 24/7 in January and could be heard throughout the Philadelphia area. According to AP, federal authorities seized equipment from the station, which had been the subject of repeated complaints from stations with similar frequencies located throughout the region. A group called The Moors operated El Sol, and the group claimed that U.S. laws do not apply to the group's members because they are indigenous Americans who, they claim, have lived on the continent since the beginning of time. A man representing the station told a visiting FCC field agent in January that El Sol was authorized under the "Great Seal" and offered a homemade document signed by "Queen Ali," according to a federal civil complaint filed May 17 in a Newark, NJ U.S. District Court. Members of the Moors, also known as the Al Moroccan Empire, were in summer 2003 accused of operating a money fraud ring. -- Matthew Snyder Philadelphia, PA ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
