> Interference issues crop up because the pirate broadcaster likely did not have the engineering knowledge or resources to analyze and predict problems in that

> Interference issues crop up because the pirate broadcaster likely did not have the engineering knowledge or resources to analyze and predict problems in that chain In this case, in Boston, the FM band is full. No new licensees can be fit in, due to the dearth of open channels and minimum power regs. So any pirate is likely to be stepping on someone. Maybe not in protected contours, but I'm willing to bet that the complainants are not actually measuring interference anyway.