- Pirate Cat Radio
Infobox Radio Station
name = Pirate Cat Radio
airdate = April 1995
frequency = 87.9 (MHz)
104.8 (MHz)
area =San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
Berlin
format = Eclectic
owner = Community
erp = 1,200watt s
branding = 87.9fm Pirate Cat Radio
slogan = Free Radio for Free Minds
class = none
webcast = [http://www.piratecatradio.com/pcr.m3u)]
website = [http://www.piratecatradio.com/ www.piratecatradio.com] |Pirate Cat Radio (87.9 FM) is a low power community
radio station that has been broadcasting since April of 1996, in theSan Francisco Bay Area . Pirate Cat Radio also simultaneously broadcasts inLos Angeles at 87.9FM andBerlin , Germany on 104.8FMfact|date=August 2008The station founder, Monkey, started broadcasting Pirate Cat Radio out of his bedroom in
Los Gatos , California (a suburb in theSan Francisco Bay Area ) at the age of 15.fact|date=August 2008As of
March 1 2008 , Pirate Cat Radio became the first unlicensed American radio station to open its studio to the public which is run out of its volunteer-operated cafe in San Francisco, California.fact|date=August 2008 Currently Pirate Cat Radio is widely known as the only unlicensed radio station to continuously broadcasts internationally with multiple transmitters.fact|date=August 2008Despite being a unlicensed radio station and receiving over 600 "Notices of Unlicensed Radio Operation" from the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (as of August 2008); the station has been able to stay on the air operating under an obscure clause in the US Code of Federal Regulations (Title 47 section 73.3542 of US Code of Federal Regulations).or|date=August 2008References
ee also
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Pirate_radio_in_North_America
*Community radio
*Low-power broadcasting
*Pirate television External Links
* Pirate Cat Radio - http://www.piratecatradio.com
* CurrentTV Interview with PCR staff - http://current.com/items/76292662_pirate_cat_radio
* http://news.eltecolote.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d90a4e90fbdd6968e92283cf6d04a49e
* http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.14.98/slices-9819.html
* http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2008/07/pirate_cat_radio_and_cafe.php
* http://www.laweekly.com/2002-02-28/columns/the-face-of-pirate-cat-radio/
* http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/06/pirate-radio-on-the-rise.html
* http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2006/12/howard_sterns_e.html
* http://www.nbc11.com/news/6916001/detail.html
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