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Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his pirate radio station

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Industry Canada has ordered a 14-year-old Ottawa boy to shut down the unlicensed radio station he started a week ago.

Jayhaed Saadé received a note from Industry Canada a few days after he began broadcasting his all-music pirate radio station MIX 91.9 FM from Greely, a community in Ottawa's south end.

"They said I need a licence," Saadé said. "I didn't know. I said, 'OK, I'll apply for the licence but I can't shut off the station.'"

Industry Canada confirmed it had ordered Saadé to stop broadcasting and is investigating the case following complaints.

Under Canadian law, broadcasting without a licence carries a maximum fine of $5,000 and could result in jail time.

Saadé said he's wanted to run a radio station since he was a small child, so he set one up using equipment he ordered on the internet, including a sound processor to improve the clarity and a radio data system that displays the name of the song that's playing. He even mounted an antenna on the roof.

"I play every request," he said. "If you want to talk on air, I'll let you talk on air — there's no problem."

Some listeners have reported being able to hear Saadé's station from 20 kilometres away. In recent days, his phone has been ringing off the hook with requests for songs.

Saadé said that since hearing from Industry Canada, he has applied for a licence. His father, Georges Saadé, said it is expected take six to 10 months to get the permit.

Jayhaed said he plans to keep broadcasting in the meantime.
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15 comments // Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his pirate radio station

  • hardharry
    • 0
      hardharry  
    • Here's what I don't understand !!!
      Why did he go down without a fight ?

      But better yet ... just 'cuz he can't broadcast on the AIRWAVES
      does NOT prevent him from still maintaining the Internet side
      of the station? ESPECIALLY since this year lots of good
      little girls & boys will be getting the new WI-FI Radios under the
      Christmas tree & be able to listen on WI-FI Radio !!! It's a new
      day & a whole new playing field, why NOT just take down the
      Frequency Modulated version til a license is secured, but keep
      going online for the people that have supported you thus far DJ J ???

      BTW J, as a sidenote, I was in and around the Chelsea area of the HWY 5
      on the Quebec side & was still able to get your signal that far while driving through
      the area on the weekend !!!

    • 3 years ago
  • hardharry
    • 0
      hardharry  
    • "Everybody Knows"

      Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
      Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
      Everybody knows that the war is over
      Everybody knows the good guys lost
      Everybody knows the fight was fixed
      The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
      That's how it goes
      Everybody knows
      Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
      Everybody knows that the captain lied
      Everybody got this broken feeling
      Like their father or their dog just died

      Everybody talking to their pockets
      Everybody wants a box of chocolates
      And a long stem rose
      Everybody knows

      Everybody knows that you love me baby
      Everybody knows that you really do
      Everybody knows that you've been faithful
      Ah give or take a night or two
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      But there were so many people you just had to meet
      Without your clothes
      And everybody knows

      Everybody knows, everybody knows
      That's how it goes
      Everybody knows

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      That's how it goes
      Everybody knows

      And everybody knows that it's now or never
      Everybody knows that it's me or you
      And everybody knows that you live forever
      Ah when you've done a line or two
      Everybody knows the deal is rotten
      Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
      For your ribbons and bows
      And everybody knows

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      Are just a shining artifact of the past
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      But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
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      To the beach of Malibu
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      Before it blows
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    • 3 years ago
  • Bigdog_mike
  • LowShred
  • EdJoyProductions
  • rockhallmemeber
    • 0
      rockhallmemeber  
    • Very cool. It is important to play by the rules when it comes to the airwaves. I hate to say it but copyright violations are next if you play music. Time to start podcasting!

    • 3 years ago
  • bombastinator
    • 0
      bombastinator  
    • If they make radio broadcasters pirates, then only pirates will broadcast radio, and do we really want that many lousy fake Cornish accents around? ARRRR!

    • 3 years ago
  • wintermadness90
  • CalPal
  • samthesixth
  • shanklinmike
    • 0
      shanklinmike [removed]  
    • Government sucks! We need to minimize it, this is just one small example of how they crush entrepreneurship just to make a buck. The Federal government is the biggest corporation alive today!

    • 3 years ago
  • bombastinator
  • bailey78
  • nanac
  • hell0everything
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