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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>"........internet radio and the introduction of community broadcasting licences have taken away some of the incentive for pirates to broadcast........"?<div><br></div><div>Sorry - on which planet is this?<br><br><div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"><b>Ian Hickling</b><br></font></div><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;" size="3"><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Partner</font></font><br><br><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img alt="" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png"></a><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></i></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:40:18 +0100<br>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: [cma-l] Four hundred pirate radio setups shut down in London in just two years<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>
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Regulators have raided nearly 400 suspected pirate radio setups in London over the last two years, the <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/four-hundred-pirate-radio-stations-shut-down-in-london-in-just-two-years-10362974.html" target="_blank">Standard</a> can reveal.<BR>
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Figures released by Ofcom in response to a Freedom of Information
request show nearly a quarter of the raids took place in Haringey, north
London, while 90 resulted in equipment being seized.<BR>Lambeth,
south London, was the next biggest offender, with more than 50 raids on
suspected pirates between April 2013 and March this year.<BR>The
communications regulator says internet radio and the introduction of
community broadcasting licences have taken away some of the incentive
for pirates to broadcast.<BR>But pirate stations remain a problem because they can interfere with vital comms channels used by the emergency services.<BR>"It's not about raising revenue," Clive Corrie, Ofcom's head of
spectrum enforcement, told the Standard. "It's about protecting the
spectrum from harmful interference.<BR>"Last year Ofcom received 53
complaints of interference to aviation services - ground-to-air radio
location and radio navigation systems."<BR>Of the 53 complaints, 48 related to the London area.<BR>Mr Corrie added the problem was largely confined to the capital, though the reason for this has experts at something of a loss.<BR>"It's
a big problem, especially in London," he said. "There are about 70
active stations in the London area. In the whole of the UK we've got
something like just over 100.<BR>"From the enquiries we've carried out, this problem doesn't exist in New York or Rome or Paris - it's a London phenomenon."<BR>The true figures are likely to be even higher - councils don't have to tell Ofcom when they raid pirate radio setups.<BR>Hackney
Council revealed last month it had dismantled 29 masts and transmitters
being used by pirate broadcasters in 12 months - only five of which are
recorded in the FOI disclosure given to the Standard.<BR>Aviation
doesn't use the same bandwidth as FM radio but because the home-made
transmitters are typically a dozen times stronger than community radio
equipment - sometimes up to 300 Watts - and are often poorly installed,
they can inadvertently take over higher frequencies.<BR>Corrie added
pirates typically chose tower blocks on high ground, and often hide
equipment in lift shafts and air vents - not just to stop authorities
from getting to it, but also to protect it from other pirate groups.
"It's a bit of a Wild West situation," he said.<BR>Among the council raids in Hackney this year was one on the Summit Estate, Upper Clapton.<BR>Hackney's
housing chief Cllr Philip Glanville said: "Surprisingly, this type of
activity is still quite common, and can have an impact on the lives of
our residents."<BR>Three years ago, the Army inadvertently raided an illegal dance music station in north-east London.<BR>Soldiers
stumbled upon a group of "young men" broadcasting from Highfield Towers
in Collier Row as they set up surveillance equipment ahead of the
Olympics.<BR><br></div>Source: <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/four-hundred-pirate-radio-stations-shut-down-in-london-in-just-two-years-10362974.html" target="_blank">http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/four-hundred-pirate-radio-stations-shut-down-in-london-in-just-two-years-10362974.html</a><br><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div class="ecxgmail_signature">Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div>
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