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THAT FINAL ITEM: THE CASE OF THE VANISHED VENTURA
CALIFORNIA UNLICENSED BRIADCAST STATION
And finally this week the story of the vanishing unlicensed
broadcaster in the city of Ventura, California. Did he get
scared off the air or did he simply get tired of playing a
want-to-be broadcaster, Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, has what we know about this interesting
here and gone station:
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Actually, what we know comes by way of Bob Gonsett, W6VR,
and his CGC Communicator broadcast industry electronic
newsletter. According to Bob, this past July 11th a
complaint was filed with the FCC field office in Los Angeles
concerning an unlicensed station on 89.7 MHz reportedly
operating from Channel Drive in the coastal city of Ventura,
California. The station referred to itself as "KSSR... The
People's Radio." It even had its own business card and
Website.
But on July 25th the CGC Communicator received word that the
station had vanished from the airwaves and has shut down
their Website. In fact the last Web update was reported on
July 24th and said - quote -- "It was nice while it lasted."
According to the CGC Communicator, one of the people
involved with the complaint isn't sure if the FCC paid the
station a visit, or if the broadcaster saw his vehicle pass
by in front of the alleged station location with an antenna
in the middle of the vehicle roof and decided to shut it
down before the FCC showed up. Either way, the unlicensed
broadcaster is gone, at least for now.
So where does this all lead? According to the CGC
Newsletter, for many the temptation to find such an
unlicensed station is almost overwhelming. It is something
most can do with simple direction finding equipment. That's
fine if it can be done secretly. The problem with obvious
and overt DFing is that the unlicensed station may shut down
prematurely only to surface again elsewhere.
The CGC Communicator says that in dealing with unlicensed
broadcasters that there is a definite advantage in letting
the FCC handle these cases from start to finish. The CGC
Communicator notes that once a federal case is opened, the
unlicensed station is more likely to stay off the air and
that means a lot less work for everyone involved.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
not all that far from Ventura in the Newsroom in Los
Angeles.
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By the way, according to Bob Gonsett, W6VR, the real KSSR-FM
is located in the city of Santa Rosa, California and
operates on 95.9 MHz. (CGC Communicator)
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