{"id":31373,"date":"2018-03-29T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31373"},"modified":"2018-03-29T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:35:52","slug":"fcc-enforcement-update-boston-brooklyn-miami-newark-and-fayetteville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/fcc-enforcement-update-boston-brooklyn-miami-newark-and-fayetteville\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC enforcement update: Boston, Brooklyn, Miami, Newark and Fayetteville"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to an SWLing Post<\/em> contributor who shares the following FCC enforcement items:<\/p>\n

RADIO EQUIPMENT SEIZED FROM TWO ILLEGAL RADIO STATIONS IN BOSTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2018\/db0328\/DOC-349973A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O\u2019RIELLY ON ACTION AGAINST TWO BOSTON PIRATE RADIO \u201cSTATIONS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2018\/db0328\/DOC-349972A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Notes:<\/h3>\n

These news releases do not indicate whether the U.S. Marshals Service and FCC agents personally interacted with the alleged operators of these stations.<\/p>\n

The FCC stated that the items were seized from the stations’ “antenna location,” which suggests that transmission equipment, but not studio equipment or persons, were taken into custody. For those details we will have to await official legal texts and not news pieces from the FCC media office.<\/p>\n

Only a small minority of unlicensed stations ever have their equipment seized. Increasingly the FCC sends enforcement notices to the landlords of these stations, in the expectation that they will act against broadcasting tenants.<\/p>\n

Additional enforcement actions against unlicensed stations were released today:<\/p>\n

JEROME MOULTRIE; MIAMI, FLORIDA.<\/strong> Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.1 MHz in Miami, Florida. Action by: Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03\/28\/2018 by Notice. EB\u00a0DOC-349981A1.docx<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DOC-349981A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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JEAN CLAUDE MICHEL; BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.<\/strong> Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.9 MHz in Brooklyn, New York. Action by: Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03\/28\/2018 by Notice. EB\u00a0DOC-349979A1.docx<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DOC-349979A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

ANGEL RIGOBERTO PINZON; OSSINING, NEW YORK.<\/strong> Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.5 MHz in Newark, New Jersey. Action by: Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03\/28\/2018 by Notice. EB\u00a0DOC-349978A1.docx<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DOC-349978A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

FREDDIE RODRIGUEZ; FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.<\/strong> Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 87.9 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Action by: Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03\/28\/2018 by Notice. EB\u00a0DOC-349980A1.docx<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DOC-349980A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to an SWLing Post contributor who shares the following FCC enforcement items: RADIO EQUIPMENT SEIZED FROM TWO ILLEGAL RADIO STATIONS IN BOSTON https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2018\/db0328\/DOC-349973A1.pdf STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O\u2019RIELLY ON ACTION AGAINST TWO BOSTON PIRATE RADIO \u201cSTATIONS\u201d https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2018\/db0328\/DOC-349972A1.pdf Notes: These news releases do not indicate whether the U.S. Marshals Service and FCC agents personally […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,297],"tags":[1241,2309,1583,4092,2207],"class_list":["post-31373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-fcc","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-fm-pirates","tag-pirate-radio","tag-pirates-shutdown"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8a1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/winb-to-add-new-transmitter\/","url_meta":{"origin":31373,"position":0},"title":"WINB to add new transmitter","author":"Thomas","date":"December 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benn Kobb (AK4AV), who notes: This routine FCC HF announcement indicates that it has received an application from WINB. http:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2017\/db1213\/DOC-348229A1.pdf According to Ms. Ghavami, the FCC's engineer on HF broadcast matters, the application is to add a transmitter to the existing station, for which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160903_085705777.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28375,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/fcc-opens-630220-meters-october-16-pre-registration-required\/","url_meta":{"origin":31373,"position":1},"title":"FCC opens 630\/220 meters October 16, pre-registration required","author":"Thomas","date":"September 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) CQ\u00a0MF\/LF Editor\u00a0John Langridge, KB5NJD\/WG2XIQ, reports that the FCC has authorized amateur radio use of the 630 and 2200-meter bands, effective October 16, 2017, providing registration procedures have been followed and no objections are received within 30 days. 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