{"id":31776,"date":"2018-04-26T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31776"},"modified":"2018-04-26T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:36:49","slug":"new-jersey-fm-pirate-fined-25000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/new-jersey-fm-pirate-fined-25000\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey FM Pirate fined $25,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, @UlisK3LU<\/a>, who notes that New Jersey pirate radio station operator,\u00a0Winston Tulloch (KC2ALN), has been fined $25,000 for operating an unlicensed station on 90.9 MHz FM.\u00a0 According to the FCC, the hefty penalty comes after after multiple requests to halt broadcasting starting in February 2015. The station was finally taken off the air in September 2017.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full FCC Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, @UlisK3LU, who notes that New Jersey pirate radio station operator,\u00a0Winston Tulloch (KC2ALN), has been fined $25,000 for operating an unlicensed station on 90.9 MHz FM.\u00a0 According to the FCC, the hefty penalty comes after after multiple requests to halt broadcasting starting in February 2015. The station was finally taken […]<\/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":[3781,3,297],"tags":[1241,3791,2182,1583,6997],"class_list":["post-31776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-enforcement-bureau","tag-fm-pirate-radio","tag-fm-pirates","tag-winston-tulloch-kc2aln"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8gw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/fcc-fines-ham-25000-for-operating-an-fm-pirate-radio-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":31776,"position":0},"title":"FCC fines ham $25,000 for operating FM pirate radio station","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) FCC fines Amateur Radio licensee $25,000 for operating unlicensed FM station ARRL reports in an FCC Enforcement Bureau case going back to early 2015, a Paterson, New Jersey, Amateur Radio licensee has been penalized in the amount of $25,000 for allegedly continuing to operate an unlicensed FM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28925,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/alabama-fm-pirate-fined-15000\/","url_meta":{"origin":31776,"position":1},"title":"Alabama FM pirate fined $15,000","author":"Thomas","date":"October 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WAFF) A Guntersville man is being slapped with a $15,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission. 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