Bad news in radio geek land

Franklin Avenue spreads the news that a pirate radio station in the San Fernando Valley has folded under the withering eye of the FCC. Was it trying to foment revolution? Was it playing scary anti-establishment rap or punk rock? Actually, no. It was a Hebrew-language station. Well OK, it may have been trying to stir up trouble; our Hebrew skills are limited.

What with internet radio, podcasting and blogs, pirate radio as a necessary medium, for free speech and better music, has kind of faded. In a few cities, though, it soldiers on; we hear San Diego's Free Radio 96.9FM went back up last week, after getting busted last year by the FCC.

In LA, there's pretty much just one FM frequency — 104.7 — with enough space for a pirate signal to be heard (although sometimes they squeeze in at the end of the dial). We'd swear that from time to time, when we tune into 104.7, we hear something. Have you heard any fly-by-night radio here in LA? Or is it just an echo of pirate radio days of yore?