en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz
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The station ended its operation when the Federal Government cut off electric power to the island in late May 1971.
This is off by about a year. Reliable sources say Radio Free Alcatraz was broadcast live through September 3, 1970, and that the island’s power cutoff happened during mid-1970, not late May 1971.
Full reasoning
Available records contradict both the date and the claimed endpoint.
- The National Park Service says that by mid-1970 the occupation had already reached the point where "the government shut off all electrical power" while the occupation still continued into 1971. That rules out "late May 1971" as the date of the cutoff.
- A page documenting Radio Free Alcatraz states that the series was "recorded and broadcast live from 22 Dec. 1969-3 Sept. 1970" and lists surviving episodes from May, June, July, and August 1970. So the program clearly did not end when power was cut; broadcasts continued afterward.
Taken together, the evidence shows the sentence is incorrect: Radio Free Alcatraz continued into September 1970, and the electrical cutoff referenced here occurred in 1970, not 1971.
2 sources
- We Hold the Rock - Alcatraz Island (U.S. National Park Service)
By this time, mid-1970... In the meantime, the government shut off all electrical power, and removed the water barge... The occupation continued on into 1971...
- Radio Free Alcatraz - Tara Evonne Trudell
The series of news reports on the Indians of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco was recorded and broadcast live from 22 Dec. 1969-3 Sept. 1970... May 28, 1970... June 11, 1970... July 30, 1970... August 13, 1970.