Earlier this week, the FCC, working with local law enforcement, shut down local “pirate” radio station CTY-Radio, broadcasting on 89.7 FM. Operator Rian Hayes, 29, was taken into custody and will be arraigned this Friday on federal charges including unlicensed…
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The Stop-Callers
Usually, here at The City Desk, we like to offer well-researched accounts of the city’s past and present, based largely upon old newspaper articles, city/university archival materials and personal accounts. We like to stay away from posting apocrypha whenever possible.…
Survivors of the Radio Apocalypse
In 1967, Jeff Crane walked out onto North Canton Avenue and winced from his first view of sunlight in 16 years. As his eyes adjusted, he took a nervous look around and saw an unwashed, bushy-bearded, shabbily-dressed, long-haired man stumbling…