The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $25,000 fine...

The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $25,000 fine against a Bay Shore, New York, man for allegedly operating a radio transmitter without a license and interfering with the radio communications system of the Melville Fire District, also in New York. Newsday reported that Drew Buckley, of Bay Shore, was charged with chanting “aah, la, la” and other “gibberish” on Melville Fire Department’s radio frequency over a period of nine months before he was arrested last year (http://nwsdy.li/TBBTsk). Buckley’s alleged actions demonstrate “a deliberate disregard for public safety and the Commission’s authority and rules, warranting a substantial penalty above our normal sanction for unlicensed operations that interfere with licensed communications,” the bureau said Thursday (http://bit.ly/1jRHaSZ).