Many, many moons ago when Xzins was a young buck, some from the high school discovered that their dad’s ham radio could hit one end or other of our radio frequencies.
So, they became a rock and roll pirate station. They actually played very good music, were awful DJs, and should have been loved by the Burger Brewing Company, because Burger got non-stop advertising whenever they were on air.
The radio station eventually was closed down by the authorities.
And, no connection whatsoever, but the Burger Brewing company disappeared a decade or so later. I’m sure they needed the free advertising even then.
87.7 is a favorite of Pirate Radio enthusiasts because it is on the FM frequency dial, but is not licensed to anyone. It was only used for VHF channel 6, so if there was no channel 6 nearby, it was a wide open frequency. Unfortunately the Feds are aware and they monitor it for signals.
If you are going to do Pirate Radio it is best to bury it between station frequencies that play a similar genre. That way a weak signal is not detected as a pirate station as easily. If you are playing heavy metal between two classical music stations you are more likely to be “targeted”.
It took the Feds about 8 years to discover the Christian Pirate radio station that was broadcasting in our “neighborhood” ;-)