{"id":41556,"date":"2020-01-12T07:11:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T11:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41556"},"modified":"2020-01-12T07:11:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T11:11:27","slug":"pirate-act-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/pirate-act-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"PIRATE Act passes Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio World<\/a> via Marty)<\/p>\n

“Opponents of illegal broadcasting scored a major and long-anticipated victory today: The Senate (finally) unanimously passed the\u00a0PIRATE Act<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Short for \u201cPreventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement,\u201d only one hurdle remains for S.R. 1228: President Trump\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n

The legislation also represents a coup for FCC Commissioner Michael O\u2019Rielly, who has championed the anti-piracy enforcement actions recently.<\/p>\n

In response to the act\u2019s Senate passage,\u00a0National Association of Broadcasters<\/a> President\/CEO Gordon Smith said, ‘This legislation provides stronger resources to help the FCC combat illegal pirate radio operations, which not only interfere with licensed radio stations but also public safety communications and air traffic control systems. We look forward to the President signing the PIRATE Act into law.’\u201d[…]<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio World via Marty) “Opponents of illegal broadcasting scored a major and long-anticipated victory today: The Senate (finally) unanimously passed the\u00a0PIRATE Act\u00a0Wednesday. Short for \u201cPreventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement,\u201d only one hurdle remains for S.R. 1228: President Trump\u2019s desk. The legislation also represents a coup for FCC Commissioner Michael O\u2019Rielly, who has championed […]<\/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":[1241,4806,3791,7029,634],"class_list":["post-41556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-anti-pirate-agenda","tag-fcc-enforcement-bureau","tag-pirate-act","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aOg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42312,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/fcc-hope-to-hire-pirate-radio-hunters\/","url_meta":{"origin":41556,"position":0},"title":"FCC hope to hire Pirate Radio hunters","author":"Thomas","date":"March 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Inside Radio) Broadcasters would likely call it money well-spent, but it\u2019s still cash coming from the federal government\u2019s hands. 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True, the Dallas office issues two Notices of Unlicensed Operation for an 87.9 in Houston, run out of New Beginnings Fellowship Church. 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