Proposed Penalty of $10,000 for Passaic Pirate Radio Operator 'El Emperador'
The New York office of the FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $10,000 fine for an alleged Passaic, New Jersey, pirate radio operator who the bureau said continued operating his unlicensed station La Consentida FM despite several warnings from the bureau,…
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said a notice of apparent liability released Friday. It said Jose Luis Hernandez, called “El Emperador,” received a warning notice from the bureau in March, but didn't respond and was found operating his station out of a house in July. The superintendent of Hernandez's building removed the unlicensed antenna after the bureau issued him a notice of unlicensed operation, the NAL said.