NYC PROPERTY OWNER GETS "PIRATE" LETTER FROM FCC

The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to a property owner in the New York borough of the Bronx, charging them with permitting unlicensed broadcasting from that location. The FCC cited complaints about a broadcast on 89.3 FM coming from an apartment above ground-floor retail establishments in June and November of 2024 and again this past January.

The letter was sent under the PIRATE Act of 2020, which strengthened the FCC's enforcement authority and raised possible penalties against pirate broadcasters. The property owners are required to respond to the agency within 10 days.

Under the PIRATE Act, the FCC can issue a maximum fine of $2.5 million if the broadcasts continue after the response period has passed.

The RadioWorld website, which carried the report, said one of its readers in New York City identified the broadcast as coming from an entity known as "Digital FM WDYM."

This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.