FCC officials and federal marshals raided an unlicensed radio station.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1997

FCC officials and federal marshals raided an unlicensed radio station in Howell, N.J., last Thursday, seizing the station's transmitting equipment and taking it off the air. The action was taken as a result of complaints filed with the FCC by WRDR (FM) Egg Harbor, N.J. Beth Colon, the owner of WRDR and three other New Jersey stations, says she is "very pleased at the FCC's swift and immediate action." The station's owner, Salvatore DeRogatis, describes the raid by saying, "They came in here like gestapo agents." He cites as his defense the ongoing Free Radio Berkeley case, in which a federal judge refused to shut down an unlicensed California station.

NAB President Eddie Fritts commented: "We are delighted that the federal authorities have stepped up...

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