However, After almost three years, Judge Wilken granted the injunction, ruling that she could not reach our constitutional defense because the station had not applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a Waiver of their onerous licensing requirements, a ruling that we considered to be clearly erroneous. There have been multiple ex parte orders for seizure of micro broadcasters' equipment in the last year, including some SWAT team type raids on broadcasters. This case is pending. In Michigan a Guild firm, Constitutional Litigation Associates , with Pat Edwards taking the lead, has won a major victory in defending a religious micro-broadcaster, The Reverend Strawcutter . There are clear signals that a new low power service is likely.
Micro radio is on the brink of winning.
In conjunction with the workshop, the micro lawyers will be holding a major strategy session to coordinate legal defense for our clients. The focus of this struggle is moving from the courts to the Federal Communications Commission, and that the key task is to ensure that a good low power service emerges. The Micro-Radio Movement is a grass roots movement not used to or set up for dealing with Washington beauracratic proceedings. The CDC, with very limited resources and personnel has undertaken the job of making sure that the views of the Micro-Radio Movement are presented and at the table. CDC is a San Francisco Bay Area based national committee of the Guild.