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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION THREE
Los Angeles Regional Office
11331 183
rd
 Street, PMB #365
Cerritos, CA 90703
Field@FCC.gov
(562) 860-7474
April 13, 2018
Alexander J. Brittin
Boulder, Colorado
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-FIELDWR-18-00026170
On January 9, 2018, Agents from the Denver Office (Denver 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 in Boulder, Colorado.  The 
Agents confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 95.5 MHz were 
emanating from your property located on 14
th
 Street in Boulder, Colorado.  Public records list 
you as the owner of this property.  The Commission’s records show that no license was issued 
for a broadcast station on 95.5 MHz at this location in Boulder, Colorado.
On January 12, 2018, an Agent from the Denver Office responded to a complaint of an 
unlicensed FM station operating in Boulder, Colorado.  The Agent confirmed by direction 
finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 91.0 MHz were emanating from your property 
located on 14
th
 Street in Boulder, Colorado.  The Commission’s records show that no license was 
issued for a broadcast station on 91.0 MHz at this location in Boulder, Colorado.
On January 19, 2018, Agents from the Denver Office responded to a complaint of an unlicensed 
FM station operating in Boulder, Colorado.  The Agents confirmed by direction finding 
techniques that radio signals on frequency 104.7 MHz were emanating from your property 
located on 14
th
 Street in Boulder, Colorado.  The Commission’s records show that no license was 
issued for a broadcast station on 104.7 MHz at this location in Boulder, Colorado.
On January 29, 2018, Agents from the Denver Office responded to a complaint of an unlicensed 
FM station operating in Boulder, Colorado.  The Agents confirmed by direction finding 
techniques that radio signals on frequency 90.4 MHz were emanating from your property located 
on 14
th
 Street in Boulder, Colorado.  The Commission’s records show that no license was issued 
for a broadcast station on 90.4 MHz at this location in Boulder, Colorado.
On February 7 and 14, 2018, Agents from the Denver Office responded to a complaint of an 
unlicensed FM station operating in Boulder, Colorado.  The Agents confirmed by direction 
finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 101.3 MHz were emanating from your 
property located on 14
th
 Street in Boulder, Colorado.  The Commission’s records show that no 
license was issued for a broadcast station on 101.3 MHz at this location in Boulder, Colorado.
Radio stations operating on a range of frequencies,
1
 including 95.5, 91.0, 104.7, 90.4, and 101.3 
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.
3
  On the dates above, Agents measured the 
field strength of the signal on the frequencies of 95.5, 91.0, 104.7, 90.4, and 101.3 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, the station was operating in violation of Section 301 of the Act.
4
  
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.
5
  
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 Commission.  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.
1
 47 CFR § 73.201.
2
 47 U.S.C. § 301.  
3
 47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq.   
4
 47 U.S.C. § 301.
5
 See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510.
6
 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
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