It seems that the FCC’s sweep of microradio is not leaving the old guard alone. Several long-running microradio stations have been visited by the FCC recently, including two individuals specifically targeted from the Free Radio Olympia collective, which sent out this missive:
Free Radio Olympia, a 6-year-old consensus-run pirate radio collective, has come under heavy harassment from the FCC. Although we have temporarily gone off the air while maintaining our internet stream, we have decided to continue broadcasting once we have found a new, willing transmitter site, despite the strong possibility of an immanent FCC raid…We especially would appreciate your being alert for any news of an actual raid, and spreading the story as rapidly and widely as possible.
Mediageek details another communiqué which details the station’s long history of being a good steward the airwaves while posing a radical challenge to the FCC’s licensing policies which deny the existence of stations like FRO. The station may consider separating its studio from transmitter via webcasting, which seems to at least complicate the FCC’s enforcement process, if not stymie it.
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