Paul said: Allan Weiner going back to the dark side and doing pirate again? And risk his broadcast licenses? ///// It's totally amazing that he was even allowed to go legit after all of his high profile pirate activities. I have no doubt that the FCC only allowed it so that he would stop bothering them as a pirate. Previous pirate activities are normally grounds to deny a license. That rule of thumb was in place to deter anyone who might have thoughts of eventually applying for a license from going the pirate route in the interim.
Just to rub it in Allan did have a weekly program called Radio Newyork International on his licensed shortwave station. And even more ironic I recall that he got his shortwave station licensed to operate on or near a very popular pirate radio frequency somewhere in the 7 MHz band. So technically he was still running pirate radio with much higher power and an FCC license! He also openly invited former pirate operators to host programs on his SW station. Is the SW station still around? Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO Westminster CO http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com