Former unlicensed low-power FM operator Alan Fried has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case against the federal government. Fried operated a 20 W station in Minneapolis without a license in 1996. The FCC fined him and confiscated his equipment for broadcasting without a license.
Fried told the court his constitutional rights have been violated because there was no way he could be on the air legally with a low-power station after the FCC stopped allocating frequencies for that classification.
The court may decide by December if it will hear the case.
Leslie Stimson
Fried Petitions Supremes On LPFM
Fried Petitions Supremes On LPFM
