{"id":15733,"date":"2015-11-22T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2015-11-22T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T13:52:14","slug":"fcc-remarks-on-the-growth-of-pirate-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/fcc-remarks-on-the-growth-of-pirate-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC: Remarks on the Growth of Pirate Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SX-99-Dial-Nar\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Bob, who writes:<\/p>\n

Remarks on the Growth of Pirate Radio from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, November 17, 2015:<\/p>\n

“I know that this committee is concerned about pirate radio. During my tenure we have taken 280 enforcement actions against pirate radio, that’s in the last two years. Commissioner [Michael] O’Rielly has been a real leader in keeping us focused on this. We’re working with the NAB [National Association of Broadcasters] on a joint task force on pirate radio. But we need more tools.<\/p>\n

“We’re playing whack-a-mole with pirate radio. Every time a pirate radio station pops up, we whack it. We need to have consequences for those who facilitate those stations popping up. The landlords who look the other way, because helping pirates is risk-free.<\/p>\n

“Congress could make it illegal to aid or abet pirate radio operations. Denying them the opportunity to operate in this way would be a significant means of thwarting the continued growth of pirate radio.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/hearing\/oversight-federal-communications-commission-1<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bob, who writes: Remarks on the Growth of Pirate Radio from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, November 17, 2015: “I know that this committee is concerned about pirate radio. During my tenure we have taken 280 enforcement actions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,297],"tags":[2182,1583,4092],"class_list":["post-15733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-fm-pirate-radio","tag-fm-pirates","tag-pirate-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-45L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24900,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/fcc-commissioner-pushing-for-aggressive-pirate-radio-enforcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":15733,"position":0},"title":"FCC Commissioner pushing for aggressive pirate radio enforcement","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to an SWLing Post contributor who shares this FCC PDF document: Remarks of FCC Commissioner Michael O\u2019Rielly\u00a0Before the 2017 Hispanic Radio Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida March 28, 2017. 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