FCC Warns Pirates, Including Alaska Church
The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued 10 warning letters to alleged pirate radio operators in New York, Pennsylvania, Alaska and New Jersey, according to notices of unlicensed operation released Tuesday. FCC and broadcast officials said a recent uptick in the number…
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of such notices is the result of changes to how such information is publicized and a more aggressive enforcement policy (see 1708180057). The warning letter issued in Alaska was to the Anchorage Baptist Temple; and a warning letter issued to Kacy Rankine of West Orange, New Jersey, identified him as the operator of pirate Roadblock Radio. A notice issued to Jonathan Campbell of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, said his unlicensed broadcasts came to light after an interference complaint from the local county 911 operation. The bureau also warned seven unlicensed operators in New York -- Yonkers, Monroe, Spring Valley, New York City and three more operators were warned in Brooklyn (here, here and here).