{"id":42312,"date":"2020-03-14T18:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42312"},"modified":"2020-03-14T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:35:30","slug":"fcc-hope-to-hire-pirate-radio-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/fcc-hope-to-hire-pirate-radio-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC hope to hire Pirate Radio hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42313\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-e1584225204331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42313\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42313\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ben Koorengevel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/fcc-to-hire-substantial-number-of-new-agents-to-capture\/article_bb9e4fc6-637c-11ea-abd8-13e6dee2b921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside Radio<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Broadcasters would likely call it money well-spent, but it\u2019s still cash coming from the federal government\u2019s hands. The Federal Communications Commission estimates it will cost the agency at least $11 million to enforce the newly-adopted law that requires it to step up pirate radio enforcement. \u201cSpecifically, in order to combat the problem of illegal radio operations, the statute requires a sweeping process that will require new equipment and a substantial number of additional field agents to implement fully,\u201d FCC Chair Ajit Pai told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee during a hearing on Tuesday. Pai said he hoped congressional budget writers would determine a \u201creasonable funding level\u201d for the FCC that reflects that added cost, suggesting the agency\u2019s budget for the upcoming fiscal year should be raised to $354 million.<\/p>\n<p>Signed into law by President Trump last month, the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act, or \u201cPIRATE\u201d Act (S.1228) was unanimously approved by both the Senate and House. The new law raises fines on unlicensed station operators to $100,000 per day per violation, up to a maximum of $2 million. In addition to tougher fines on violators, the FCC would also be required to conduct sweeps in the five cities where pirate radio is the biggest problem\u2014New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas\u2014at least once a year. And then, within six months, field agents would be mandated to return to those markets to conduct \u201cmonitoring sweeps\u201d to determine whether the unlicensed operators simply powered back up or changed frequencies. The agency would also be required to issue a report to Congress on an annual basis about its pirate-fighting efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Pai told the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee that the FCC is already gearing up for implementing the new law. \u201cWe are submitting a formal amendment to the Office of Management and Budget concerning costs associated with the full implementation of the PIRATE Act,\u201d said Pai.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/fcc-to-hire-substantial-number-of-new-agents-to-capture\/article_bb9e4fc6-637c-11ea-abd8-13e6dee2b921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading the full article at Inside Radio.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Inside Radio) Broadcasters would likely call it money well-spent, but it\u2019s still cash coming from the federal government\u2019s hands. The Federal Communications Commission estimates it will cost the agency at least $11 million to enforce the newly-adopted law that requires it to step up pirate radio enforcement. \u201cSpecifically, in order to combat the problem [&hellip;]<\/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":[2128,1241,3791,2309,1583,7219,7029,4092],"class_list":["post-42312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-ajit-pai","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-enforcement-bureau","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-fm-pirates","tag-inside-radio","tag-pirate-act","tag-pirate-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b0s","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":42312,"position":0},"title":"The &#8220;PIRATE Act&#8221; 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. On May 8, Rep. 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During my tenure we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SX-99-Dial-Nar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31100,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/fcc-cracking-down-on-colorado-pirates\/","url_meta":{"origin":42312,"position":4},"title":"FCC cracking down on Colorado pirates","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Westword via Mike Hansgen) Will the FCC Sink Pirate Radio in Colorado? 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