Victorian pirate radio operator convicted

A Victorian court has fined a man for running a pirate radio station out of Portland in the state's southwest.

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A pirate radio station in southwestern Victoria has been shut down and its operator fined.

The broadcast watchdog investigated unlicensed transmissions on 101.3 FM coming from Portland in March, and a man pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed operation and illegally possessing radio communications devices.

Australian Communications and Media Authority chairman Chris Chapman said the man's conviction should be a strong deterrent for anyone else thinking of running a pirate station.

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Published 16 July 2015 10:37am