{"id":26199,"date":"2017-06-06T06:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26199"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:59:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:59:52","slug":"radioworld-fcc-puts-pirate-activity-in-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/radioworld-fcc-puts-pirate-activity-in-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"RadioWorld: FCC Puts Pirate Activity in Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: RadioWorld<\/a> via Bill Patalon)<\/p>\n

Over the course of two days in May, the Federal Communications Commission took action on four allegedly unlicensed pirate radio operators.<\/p>\n

In all these cases \u2014 one in Mount Vernon, N.Y., one in Dallas and three in a single location in East Orange, N.J. \u2014 the FCC reiterated that operating radio transmitting equipment at certain levels without a valid station is against the law, ordered them all to shut down, laid out the potential ramifications and gave each a window in time for them to explain their actions in writing.<\/p>\n

Pirate radio has been a renewed point of concern for broadcasters in the United States, with recent debate over the possible impact of cuts in field offices and with Commissioner Michael O\u2019Rielly keeping a spotlight on the problem.<\/p>\n

Continue reading at RadioWorld…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: RadioWorld via Bill Patalon) Over the course of two days in May, the Federal Communications Commission took action on four allegedly unlicensed pirate radio operators. In all these cases \u2014 one in Mount Vernon, N.Y., one in Dallas and three in a single location in East Orange, N.J. \u2014 the FCC reiterated that operating […]<\/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":[3339,1583,4092,3801],"class_list":["post-26199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-bill-patalon","tag-fm-pirates","tag-pirate-radio","tag-radioworld"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Oz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31979,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/the-pirate-act-promises-fines-up-to-100000-per-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":26199,"position":0},"title":"The “PIRATE Act” promises fines up to $100,000 per day","author":"Thomas","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio World via Mike Hansgen) Pirate Radio Bill Formally Introduced Bipartisan legislation designed to thwart and penalize radio pirates and supporters BY SUSAN ASHWORTH, MAY 9, 2018 Another legislative step has been taken in the effort to fight illegal pirate radio operations. 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