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FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU REGION ONE
Columbia Regional Office
9200 Farm House Lane
Columbia, Maryland 21046
(301) 725-1996
August 18, 2017
Kevin and Allison Blume 
Mishawaka, Indiana 
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-FIELDNER-17-00024194
On May 16, 2017, an Agent from the Chicago Office of the Federal Communications 
Commission’s (FCC’s) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) responded to a complaint of an unlicensed 
FM station operating on the frequency 93.9 MHz in Osceola, Indiana area.  The Agent 
confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 93.9 MHz were 
emanating from your residence in Mishawaka, Indiana.  The Commission’s records show no 
license issued for operation of a radio station on 93.9 MHz at this location in Mishawaka, 
Indiana.  
Radio stations operating on a range of frequencies,
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including 93.9 MHz, must be licensed by the 
FCC pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act).
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  The only 
exception to this licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a power 
level or mode of operation that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the 
Commission’s rules.
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The field strength of the signal on frequency 93.9 MHz was measured at 
85 microvolts per meter (µV/m) at 621 meters, which exceeded the maximum permitted level of 
250 µV/m at 3 meters for non-licensed devices.  Thus, this station is operating in violation of 
Section 301 of the Act.
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47 CFR § 73.201.  
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47 U.S.C. § 301.   
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47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq. 
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47 U.S.C. § 301. 
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio 
station authorization constitutes a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the 
operator to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines, in rem
arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions, including 
imprisonment.
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UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED 
IMMEDIATELY. 
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any evidence that you have 
authority to operate granted by the FCC.  Your response should be sent to the address in the 
letterhead and reference the listed case number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974,
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we are 
informing you that the Commission’s staff will use all relevant material information before it to 
determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC 
Rules.  This will include any information that you disclose in your reply. 
You may contact this office if you have any questions. 
David C. Dombrowski 
Regional Director 
Region One 
Enforcement Bureau 
Federal Communications Commission 
Attachments: 
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended 
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", March 2005 
                                                
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See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510. 
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5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).