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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: John Poet on December 10, 2015, 0247 UTC
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Remarks made last week by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai will likely fuel concern among broadcast industry observers {i.e. whores ~ J.Poet} who doubt the Federal Communication Commission’s commitment to enforcement.
In his address to the PLI/FCBA 33rd Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Washington, Commissioner Pai acknowledged the trend of fewer FCC enforcement actions and specifically mentioned the lack of attention given to pirate radio complaints.
The FCC commissioner said an email he obtained from an unidentified whistleblower within the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau dated Oct. 28, 2014, included the following instructions from the bureau’s Northeast Regional Director to field agents: “We are scaling back our response to pirate operations. Barring interference to a safety service, pirates should not be given a high priority. If there’s interference to a safety service, it’s not a pirate case but instead a safety case.”
The email went on to state “we will not be issuing NALs [Notice of Apparent Liability] to the majority of pirate operators,” according to Commissioner Pai.
Industry observers have told Radio World the FCC’s pending field office closings and staff cutbacks will further erode the FCC’s enforcement abilities.
“My prediction is that we’ll continue to see a less effective enforcement process and fewer enforcement actions,” Pai said.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/fcc-c ... ons/277676
And may your prediction come true! ~John Poet
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Sounds like the NE Director has a healthy attitude about pirate enforcement-- unless there's a valid threat to health and safety, they have better things to do than chase pirates...
Some of these other field offices should follow their lead-- for the short time that they may continue to exist before many are eliminated...
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Was anything said that differentiated HF from FM enforcement efforts?
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They're only going to go after penguin-phobic pirates, Al. You have nothing.....uh...... maybe you should stay off the air.
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Enforcement disarray will now lead to the emergence of a more aggressive, anti pirate jammer.
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There's nothing new about jammers. They've infested the pirate frequencies for years. They're just part of the game.
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Considering the number of AM's & FM's out there doing things that are blatantly illegal, I'd say they should have better things to do.
+-RH
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+1, agree with RH
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I consider this good news [for MF/HF, unless you are licensed & being encroached upon... or operate a business using Part 15 for links or service & get driven off...
I had an enjoyable conversation about this very recently... ;)
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