Illegal radio broadcasts interfering with airline pilots in Miami: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Illegal radio broadcasts interfering with airline pilots in Miami: South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
MIAMI -- Pilots coming and going from Miami International Airport are getting an earful of something unexpected: Hip-hop tunes from a pirate radio station.
The music comes on a pair of frequencies from a station that calls itself Da Streetz.
>Authorities traced the signals to a large radio antenna on tower mounted on a nearby warehouse in a Miami suburb, but did not find a radio transmitter or disc jockey.
And Da Streetz remains on the air, interfering at times with communications between pilots and the control tower.
``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.''