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U.S. Marshals Shut Down Radio Free Brattleboro

HeadlineJun 23, 2005

In Vermont, U.S. Marshals have shut down the low power community radio station Radio Free Brattleboro for operating without a license. We reached station co-founder Larry Bloch on Wednesday: That was Larry Bloch of Radio Free Brattleboro. Although the FCC has tried to shut down the station before, Radio Free Brattleboro has received strong support from the community. Last year town voters endorsed a referendum supporting the station by a two-to-one margin. The station’s attorney James Maxwell said “Rfb does not operate in defiance of government, but rather from the belief of its members and listeners that community radio is essential to good government and democratic process.”

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