Country Music Back On The Air In Florida After Police Bust Pirate Hip-Hop Station

September 23rd, 2006 | By Administrator

An aspiring DJ in Hollywood, FL has been arrested for illegally broadcasting Hip-Hop music over the airwaves of a local Country music station.

Darin Satter, 34, allegedly set up a pirate radio station, which interfered with 99.9 WKIS-FM’s signal. For several weeks, fans of the station – which is known as Kiss Country – heard Hip-Hop music playing instead of the usual country format.

When fans of the station started complaining about the music selection, WKIS engineers tracked the pirate signal to a local trailer park.

Broward Sheriff Office detectives arrived and found a 30-foot-tall broadcasting antenna outside of Satter’s trailer.

Satter was arrested and charged with unauthorized transmission/interference with a licensed public radio station. He is facing up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

“I figured he had a 2way radio, you know a hand radio,” Satter’s neighbor said of the 30-foot-antenna.