§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the maximum penalty that can be imposed on people running illegal radio broadcasting stations.
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§ Mr. ButcherThe maximum penalty under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 for the unlicensed use of a radio transmitter is a fine of £2,000 and/or three months' imprisonment.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the names of the illegal radio stations operating in the London area, and the number of times such stations have been raided by officers of his Department in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. ButcherThe following is a list of unlicensed broadcasting stations raided by my Department's radio investigation service during 1988 together with the number of times they were raided in each of the preceding three years
Times raided Station 1988 1987 1986 1985 Britannia Radio 3 — — — City Radio 2 4 — — Classic Radio 4 — — — Faze One 7 14 — — Fresh 6 4 — — GCR 20 59 2 — Girls FM 1 3 — — Gremlins 1 — — — Grooves FM 1 — — — Hits FM 1 — 1 — Ice House Radio 2 — — — Kiss FM 3 18 11 11 London 88 7 — — — London Irish Community Radio 1 — — — LWR 15 15 14 14 NMR 1 1 — — Passion 2 2 — — Playback 4 1 — — PRS 3 — — — Raiders FM 2 1 — — Ramjam 1 — — — RJR 1 20 — — Rock to Rock 4 3 1 — Roots FM 1 — 1 — Sangam Radio 9 1 — — Sina Radio 11 7 3 4 Sky Radio 7 4 — — Solar 3 13 2 12 Starpoint 3 5 10 — Traffic Jam 2 1 — — Time FM 4 4 2 — TKO 8 8 11 1 WNK 1 4 — — A further eight unidentified stations have been raided on 27 occasions so far during 1988.