Enforcement Bureau Warns New York Property Owners Hosting Pirates
The FCC Enforcement Bureau sent warnings of possible forfeitures of up to $2.3 million each to two owners of New York properties for allegedly hosting pirate radio stations, said enforcement bureau letters in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. The notices to property…
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owners The Joseph Best and Sheila Y. Best Living Trust in Brooklyn and 271 Zacko, LLC in Scarsdale formally notify them of the illegal broadcasting identified by FCC field agents, demand proof that the broadcasts have ceased and request that the broadcasters be identified. “Persons or entities found to willfully and knowingly suffer” third parties “to engage in so-called 'pirate radio' broadcasting on their property can face significant financial penalties,” the letters said.