Archaic laws tune out FM station

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Vaishali (Bihar): The residents of Vaishali may soon have to do without their favourite radio station - FM radio Mansoorpur 1.

A Central Government team raided Mansoorpur village in Bihar and shut down the FM radio station they said was being run illegally.

It was cheap and had become a part of the local community but ironically, had been running without a license.

But the owner of Mansoorpur 1 and its fans are protesting the move.

"Everybody here will protest. We all get a lot of information from this channel," a fan of Mansoorpur 1 Mohan says.

"People won't get any information. We advertise the Pulse Polio program, give news. Nobody listens to tape. Everybody enjoys listening to my station," the owner of Mansoorpur 1 Raghav says.

CNN-IBN was the first to report when the station was set up with an investment of just Rs 50 rupees.

Run from a hut, it is the only source of entertainment for the villagers in and around Mansoorpur.

But the administration is firm on its stand.

"Transmitting and receiving signals at particular frequency is prohibited. Unless you get clearance from the government. This news came in paper and the local officer incharge was asked to probe into it," the District Magistrate of Vaishali, Sanjeev Hans, says.

FM Radio Mansoorpur 1 was definitely an innovative idea, and one that gained tremendous fanfare.

But it's obvious that without necessary clearances, the station is running into trouble.