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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION THREE
Los Angeles Regional Office
18000 Studebaker Road, Suite 660
Cerritos, CA 90703
Field@FCC.gov
(562) 860-7474
November 15, 2017
Jason Bird
Las Vegas, NV
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-FIELDWR-17-00025453
On October 24, 2017, Agents from the Los Angeles Office (Los Angeles 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 88.5 MHz in 
Las Vegas, NV.  The agents confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on 
88.5 MHz were emanating from your residence on Marmot Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The 
Commission’s records show that no license was issued for operation of a radio station on 
88.5 MHz at this location in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Los Angeles Office investigated and 
determined you are the owner or operator of the unlicensed FM station on 88.5 MHz.
Radio stations operating on a range of frequencies,
1
including 88.5 MHz, must be licensed by the 
FCC 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.
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On October 24, 2017, the Agents measured the field strength of the signal 
on the frequency 88.5 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.  
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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 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.
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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.
Lark Hadley
Regional Director
Region Three
Enforcement Bureau
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).