West Seattle “pirate radio” off the air

We had quite the discussion here over the weekend after reporting that the “pirate” FM station Radio 33 was back on the air, as they’d planned, getting ready to broadcast the Homelessness Marathon. Their return had to be cut short, though, according to this communique just out of the inbox from Radio 33’s chief engineer:

Radio 33 had to leave the air early on Monday morning due to a bad sound card in the automation computer. Management deemed the sound quality too noisy and distorted to allow on the air, and it will not be fixed in time for the Homelessness Marathon that was set to air Wednesday night.

Looks like you’ll be able to listen to the marathon online, though.

charlabob February 19, 2008 (7:12 pm)

Damn, another finely-tuned conspiracy theory bites the dust — when we couldn’t get the station, about an hour after the blog announced its availability, we assumed “The Man” had shut ’em down. But no….they were the victims of bad hardware. Who hasn’t been there?

Guess I’ll just have to go rent “Pump Up the Volume” again — if you haven’t seen it, do, inspiration until Radio 33 returns.

bob with a small "b" February 19, 2008 (9:27 pm)

These “pirates” seems to care more about sound quality then the distorted noise being pumped out by these 100,000 watt splatter machines.

credmond February 19, 2008 (10:31 pm)

LibertÃ©, EgalitÃ© , FraternitÃ©! Oh, and viva Pirate Radio anywhere and everywhere.
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A good movie for anarchists is “The Motorcycle Diaries.” Rouses the blood and causes spontaneous outbursts of “Revolution.” All heroes die and all visions fade. Which is why we need constant reminders that we really are a FREE people. Otherwise, well, we’re not really free, are we?

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