Ofcom active in Somerset

Ofcom have taken action against a suspected pirate station in Taunton. Rage FM, operating from the centre of Taunton, has been closed down following a raid by police and OFCOM officers on 17 April 2014.

Town Centre Neighbourhood officers and members of OFCOM, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, executed a warrant under the Wireless and Telegraphy Act 2006.

Computers and broadcasting equipment was seized during the operation in the High Street area, police say.

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