Reidsville, NC

Reidsville, NC 27320
Rockingham Co.
North central NC. Find Greensboro, NC on a map, and about 20 miles north
on US hwy 29 sits Reidsville.
http://www.reidsville.com/

This is what came to me in an E-mail from a local resident of this community!

"This article was printed in the Eden Daily
News, on May 28, 1997. If it was ever reported in the Reidsville paper,
no one that I talked to ever saw it. It was done without telling the
Reidsville city residents, and any further follow-ups were missed by
anyone I know."

Reidsville squelches electronic interference
By MICKEY POWELL Staff Writer REIDSVILLE--Residents who get irritated when a neighbor's use of a citizens band radio interferes with their home TV reception may now find their problems over and out, so to speak. An amendment to the city's ordinance, recently approved by the Reidsville City Council, limits the use of electronic devices that may interfere with private radio, television or telephone reception. Basically stated, it is now unlawful for someone to operate within city limits any device "designed to transmit or receive communications	signals, broadcasts or frequencies," according to the amendment, between 6 p.m. and midnight every day, as well as from noon to midnight on weekends. Those are the times when officials think people are more likely to be listening to AM or FM radio or watching television "prime viewing time," as City Attorney J. Michael Thomas called it. Such devices as CB's and HAM radios are targeted by the ordinance. When they are caught, violators will face a $100 civil penalty each day until the problem is corrected, although council must approve	the fine before it is imposed. The ordinance amendment was spurred by frequent complaints about interference. It is not designed to prevent people from using communications devices, but rather limit use to hours when it will be less intrusive to other people. "People have a right to use this equipment," said Councilman Reid King. Thomas said it can be hard to trace down people causing interference. But with most of the people making complaints so far, he said, it has been "obvious" who the ones causing the interference were.	Originally worded to mention only radio and TV reception, King asked for the word "telephone" to also be included in the amendment. Interference can occur on both conventional and cellular phones, he noted. The ordinance will not apply to any transmitter or broadcasting station operating under provisions of the federal or state regulation such as the local radio and television stations, the police fire and departments, municipal services, emergency workers and health care providers are also excluded.