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FAA On Trail Of Pirate Radio Station

An AP newswire article, via CBS News, reports that:

Airline pilots taking off from Miami International Airport are getting an earful of hip-hop tunes from a pirate radio station that sometimes interfere with their communications with the control tower.

The music comes on a pair of frequencies from a station that calls itself Da Streetz.

"It's intermittent. Not all day, everyday," said Kathleen Bergen, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman. "But clear communication between air control and the pilots is a critical part of flying."

Authorities traced the signals to an antenna at a nearby warehouse but did not find the disc jockey, although they did confiscate equipment including three computers and a CD player.

Despite that discovery and the seizures, the broadcasts have continued, authorities said.

posted by Fergie @ 3/20/2006 06:14:00 AM