San Diego Pirates Easy To Find, but Still ‘Casting

A San Diego TV station tracked down the location of Free Radio San Diego using a $20 radio, under the assumption the station had been evading the FCC a la “Pump Up the Volume.” But that’s not quite true, since the FCC has visited the station twice, although not yet with a warrant or any cops.

I wonder if the TV coverage will turn up the temperature for FRSD, since I doubt the FCC appreciates being “outsmarted” by some smug TV reporter with a Wal-Mart radio.

In other pirate news, John at DIYmedia.net reports that the feds got to Radio Free Brattleboro in Vermont and fined an unlicensed broadcaster in Florida. From a press report, it doesn’t look like the FCC had any cops or warrants, so the station must have just decided not to push its luck.