Pirate Radio station WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580

Pirate Radio station WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580 WRFN "Radio Suburbia" 1580 on the AM dial used to entertain the northwest Chicago suburban area on Friday nights at 9:00 pm... "people DID tune to WRFN".

Check out actual recordings from the station near the bottom of the timeline. Pirate Radio station WRFN Radio Suburbia, "The radio station with s*x appeal" was on the air from 9 to midnight on Friday nights in 1968. WRFN DJ Al Vincent spun the latest pop & rock as well as oldies-but-goodies. WRFN was shut down by the FCC on March 22nd 1968 during a broadcast. WRFN - AM 1580, Niles Illinois, used

to entertain the northwest Chicago suburban area, Identified itself as "Radio Suburbia", "The radio station with s*x appeal" was on the air from 9 to midnight on Friday nights in 1968. Using 45 watts, WRFN DJ Al Vincent (a student at Niles West High School https://www.facebook.com/pages/Niles-West-High-School/104056062965301 ) spun the latest pop & rock as well as oldies-but-goodies. WRFN was shut down by the FCC on March 22, 1968 during a broadcast. Articles about this station appeared in the Chicago Tribune ("Radio Station 'Way Out'; FCC Closes It"); Broadcasting magazine April 8, 1968, pg.67 ("Chicago's Caroline silenced by FCC fuzz") and in "Valley Voices: A Radio History" by John Russell Ghrist.

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05/20/2024

In Compliance Reports

Federal Communications Commission Starts Off 2024 with More Pirate Radio Notices
January 18, 2024 |By In Compliance

The New Year has just begun, but the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has wasted no time in issuing a new round of warnings to property owners in the New York metro area for allowing pirate radio operations on their properties.

The New York Office of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued two Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting on January 4th in connection with unlicensed FM broadcast station operations in Brooklyn, NY. The Bureau issued a third Notice on January 11th in connection with unlicensed operations in Manhattan. In each case, agents from the Enforcement Bureau responded to complaints of unlicensed operations and used direction-finding techniques to confirm the exact locations of the illegal radio signals.

Recipients of the Notices were informed of their potential liability for permitting the pirate broadcasts and ordered to submit evidence that pirate operations are no longer being conducted on their properties. Failure to comply with the terms of the FCC’s Notice could subject non-compliant property owners to a maximum of over $2.3 million in financial penalties.

The Enforcement Bureau’s most recent Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting in the New York metro area are available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398770A1.pdf, https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398771A1.pdf, and https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398772A1.pdf.

Does the FCC monitor this ??
05/20/2024

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