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November 13, 2018

BY UPS AND FIRST CLASS MAIL
Gerald Sutton 
Alma, Arkansas


NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION

Case Number:  EB-FIELDSCR-18-00027605
The New Orleans Office of the Federal Communications Commissions (Commissions) Enforcement Bureau received a complaint of an unlicensed FM station operating on frequency 94.1 MHz and causing harmful interference to a licensed FM station operating on 94.1 MHz.  On October 18, 2018, an Agent from the New Orleans Office confirmed by direction finding techniques that the unlicensed station had changed frequencies and that radio signals on frequency 103.1 MHz were emanating from a business/residence located on Fayetteville Ave. in Alma, Arkansas. The Commissions records show no license issued for operation of a radio station on 103.1 MHz at this location.  
Radio stations operating on certain frequencies, 47 CFR  73.201. 
 including 103.1 MHz, must be licensed by the Commission pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act). 47 U.S.C.  301.
  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 Commissions rules. 47 CFR  15.1, et seq.
  The Agent found that the station at your business/residence was operating at a power level that exceeds the level permitted by Part 15.  The field strength of the signal on frequency 103.1 MHz was measured at levels exceeding the maximum permitted level of 250 microvolts per meter at 3 meters for non-licensed devices.  Therefore, this station is operating in violation of Section 301. 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 seizure of the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. See 47 U.S.C.  401, 501, 503, and 510.
  
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 Commission.  Your response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference the listed case number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.  552a(e)(3).
 we are informing you that the Commissions staff will use all relevant material information before it to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with the Commissions rules.  This will include any information that you disclose in your reply.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.




Ronald D. Ramage
Regional Director
Region Two
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission



Attachments:
	Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
	Enforcement Bureau, Inspection Fact Sheet