FCC Cracking Down on Property Owners From Which Pirate Broadcasters Operate

Well, that's what happens when budgets are cut. There needs to be some enforcement and that takes money.

I can totally agree with the Government being frugal with tax dollars. Unfortunately, roads, schools, fire departments, FCC, etc., etc., etc., are not built and operated on budget cuts...

Dan WQ4G

 

they actually have 1 fm station 1 am station and 4 SW transmitters Im 30 miles away and have a hard time hearing the stations. they can focus the beam My Stepson worked on the antenna It is huge. this is just one of the photos I took of it

 

Just any other law enforcement agency, the property owners CAN be fined! They are considered to be an a accessory to the crime and they can be held liable! So if your a property owner and your renters are using your property for illegal purposes, you can and will held accountable. So GET RID OF THEM!

 

Not B.S. There are a whole bunch of Landlords and Property Managers that simply look the other way as long as the rent is current... Have you ever dealt with and incalcitrant Landlord or Property Manager?

I realize that children sometimes do stupid things. But, illegal is illegal. Does being a minor place you above the law? And, where are the parents? So how are teens renting or purchasing the locations where this activity is going on? How are they able to afford the equipment necessary to set up a bootleg broadcast station? And, what message does it send to other children/teens when their peers are allowed to engage in illegal activity?

You contradict yourself... Do they play with radio, starting illegal broadcast stations? Or do they stream, with no interest in radio?

Most leases, that I have seen, already include sanctions against illegal activity of ANY kind...

And, who's fault is that?

Dan WQ4G

 

civil asset forfeiture is the game!! govt has been doing this b.s. for years and it needs to end!

 

up here in Vermont,many still use a radio to hear music because the internet is so sparse here.

 

Click on the link. SEE the map.

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/maps/fcc-enforcement-actions-against-pirate-radio-location/

Just between Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut there have been more than 400 of them busted in the past 3.5 years.

If you click on the circles the stats for that state will pop up on the right side of the screen. Click on the blue links (in the pop up) and you can see the actions taken in that state.

Dan WQ4G

 

In Vermont, property owners can be held liable because they are an accessory to the crime for allowing the illegal activity. The property owners and the operators of the pirate station can both be held liable.

 

Well, who the H appointed the jerk and for what reason? Wasn't (or isn't) Pai a 'swamp creature'?

Dan WQ4G

 

Ever deal with your County or City's Code Enforcement? They don't send the Notice of Violations to the tenant - they send it to the property owner(s). The property owner is responsible for what goes on on their property. It is not the Tenant who pays the fines - it is the Landlord.

And, many times the Landlord is absent and lives in a different state and may not even be an individual person. So how would they know what is going on? Humm, the FCC sends them a notice - that's how - just like Code Enforcement does.

Well, if they are Licensed I would proffer to say that they are NOT a pirate station...

Dan WQ4G

 

Better yet, how about the FCC do something about all the RFI out there? To me that is a BIGGER problem than those pesky robo-callers. I have a machine that takes care of the robo-callers.

Dan WQ4G

 

Obviously you have never deal with Code Enforcement. If illegal activity is happening on the property it IS the land owner's responsibility. Period. I'm not saying that it is their responsibility to enforce the law. But, it IS their responsibility not to condone it or be complicit.

Dan WQ4G

 

You assume a lot.... Landlords who know of illegal activities, what constitutes a pirate, what kids do... If it is not spelled out in the law, if its overly broad, the law is BS. The law does not get to assume.

 

You mean the 'swamp'...

Dan WQ4G

 

I assume nothing. I've been there and done that.

Ok, you hear an unlicensed station in the ham bands... You know the operator is unlicensed.

Pirate? Or not Pirate?

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