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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION ONE
Columbia Regional Office
9200 Farm House Lane
Columbia, Maryland 21046
(301) 725-1996
November 3, 2017
Ignace Jean-Charles
Mattapan, Massachusetts
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-FIELDNER-17-00024504
On August 17, 2017, September 19, 2017, and September 20, 2017, Agents from the Boston
Office (Boston Office) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) 
Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) responded to a complaint of an unlicensed FM station operating 
on the frequency 106.3 MHz in Boston, Massachusetts.  The Agents confirmed by direction 
finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 106.3 MHz were emanating from a residential 
property on Wellington Hill Street, Mattapan, Massachusetts.  The Commission’s records show 
that no license was issued for operation of a radio station on 106.3 MHz at this location in 
Mattapan, Massachusetts. The Boston Office investigated and determined you are the owner or
operator of the FM broadcast station on 106.3 MHz in Mattapan.
Radio stations operating on a range of frequencies,
1
including 106.3 MHz, must be licensed by 
pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act).
2
  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.
3
On August 17, 2017, Agents measured the field strength of the signal on 
the frequency 106.3 MHz for the station and found that it exceeded the maximum permitted level 
of 250 µV/m at 3 meters for non-licensed devices.  Thus, this station was operating in violation 
of Section 301 of the Act.
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1
47 CFR § 73.201.
2
47 U.S.C. § 301.  
3
47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq.   
4
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 will subject the 
operator to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, in rem seizure of the offending radio 
equipment without further notice, substantial fines, and criminal sanctions, including 
imprisonment.
5
  
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED 
IMMEDIATELY AND MUST NOT RESUME.
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,
6
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.
6
5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).