Ottawa boy ordered to shut down his pirate radio station
source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-pirate-radio-station.html
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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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hardharry
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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
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hardharry
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hardharry
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hardharry
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Bigdog_mike
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Keep stickin' it to the man bro! It's amazing the capabilities the interwebs allows us.
- 3 years ago
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Bigdog_mike
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LowShred
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Well, that kid's got his career set out for him, haha.
- 3 years ago
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LowShred
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EdJoyProductions
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"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.'"
I love this kid!
- 3 years ago
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EdJoyProductions
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rockhallmemeber
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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
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rockhallmemeber
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bombastinator
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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!
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bombastinator
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wintermadness90
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bombastinator:
YES WE DO!
- 3 years ago
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wintermadness90
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CalPal
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bombastinator:
Where be Jack Sparrow?!
- 3 years ago
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CalPal
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samthesixth
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Pump up the volume young man!
- 3 years ago
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samthesixth
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shanklinmike [removed]
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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
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shanklinmike [removed]
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bombastinator
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shanklinmike:
semantically equal to "laws suck! we need to not have them" My understanding is that while laws may for the sake of argument suck, lawlessness sucks a whole lot worse.
- 3 years ago
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bombastinator
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nanac
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You can't keep a good boy down!!!!!!!!
- 3 years ago
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nanac
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hell0everything
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This is awesome =) Good for you, guy. Keep on keepin' on.
...you better be playing good shit, though.
- 3 years ago
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hell0everything
