Why cant voice of africa just p**s off

[mergulz]

Voice of Africa have had there licence revoked over 5 times since they were awarded a licence in 2007, they recently lost it in Nov 2014 due to broadcast production copyright issues( think they relayed a BBC programme).
After 7 months they managed to pay their fine and come back on according to Ofcom, I think it's about time voar gave up and let touch fm have their frequency back.

[teckniqs]

Heard this horrible mess at my house in Worthing the other day, they obviously put out a strong signal to be heard down here. 200w ERP or what ever they have is far too much, 200 fucking milliwatts is far too much!

[mergulz]

There pushing 25watts of clean transmission from e13, agree that even a milliwatt is too much. They need to move to AM

[teckniqs]

They were when they were on 94.3, but since they moved to 94.0 they've been using 200w.

[mergulz]

Well if they are pushing 200 then their not within the regulations set by Ofcom. Legal???

[teckniqs]

stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/.../voice-of-africa.pdf

[teckniqs]

VoAR has also been given approval for a power increase from 50 Watts to 200 Watts (an increase of 6dB).

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q= ... r+increase

PDF file at the top of the search.

Looks like they were on 50w before they got given 200w, all legit.

[ir8 pir8]

wern't they a pirate ?

[pure94]

dirty racist station just like genesis got no place on the fm dial

[teckniqs]

wern't they a pirate ?

About 15 or so years ago on 107.7fm.

[mergulz]

I will give £100 to anyone that will go and rip their aerial down.

[s2000]

Havent heard VOAR on air for a while, its been all touch here for months. Who's blank carrier is that on 94.0 now, its got no ID?

[mergulz]

I can hear baahment

[s2000]

Just tuned in, thats what I'm hearing here at the moment, thats Touch FM.

[mergulz]

Can someone tell me if their current tx is legal as there not playing any music or topics related to Africa, audio is poor and different to what's playing on the net. Your views please.

[teckniqs]

Just to clarify, is 94.0 now Touch or still VOA? This is all getting very confusing here!

[s2000]

Tonight I'm picking up VOAR on 94.0fm in S/E suburbs, terrible signal, hissy as fuck.. Cant hear Touch in the background either.

[ir8 pir8]

i thought they were and they carry on like they are lbc. fuck em

[s2000]

Drove past their site today, they can't even put a dipole up correctly. Would imagine a good amount of rf going up to the sky and ground lol

[teckniqs]

Better there than their target area, I'm sure!