The Federal Communications Commission issued 21 notices to landlords of alleged pirate radio operators during all of 2022 and it expects to step up its enforcement in the coming months. Its latest warning is not going to one of the hot spots for pirates, like New York or San Francisco, but rather Tulsa, OK.
The Enforcement Bureau has put Thumper Properties on notice that it could face fines totaling more than $2.3 million after field agents tracked a pirate station operating at 100.7 FM to a home on North Utica Avenue in Tulsa in November. It is giving Thumper ten days to respond to the FCC, which points out that under federal law an owner is responsible if it is determined that they permitted someone to operate a pirate station from their property.
Did anyone in Tulsa ever hear this station? I was wondering what they were broadcasting. Maybe amateur DJ playing his perfered music or some idiot just ranting about politics or Covid or some other hot button issue of the day.
The Enforcement Bureau has put Thumper Properties on notice that it could face fines totaling more than $2.3 million after field agents tracked a pirate station operating at 100.7 FM to a home on North Utica Avenue in Tulsa in November. It is giving Thumper ten days to respond to the FCC, which points out that under federal law an owner is responsible if it is determined that they permitted someone to operate a pirate station from their property.
Did anyone in Tulsa ever hear this station? I was wondering what they were broadcasting. Maybe amateur DJ playing his perfered music or some idiot just ranting about politics or Covid or some other hot button issue of the day.
