Enforcement Bureau Proposes $15,000 Fine for Pirate Radio Operator

The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $15,000 fine for an alleged Paterson, New Jersey, pirate radio operator who continued operating his unlicensed station KalienteMix on 90.5 MHz despite repeated warnings from the bureau, said a notice of apparent liability released Friday. Alejandro Ramirez “has a history of operating unlicensed FM stations in New Jersey,” the NAL said. The bureau sent Ramirez two Notices of Unlicensed Operation in 2013 and 2014, and in May and August this year tracked radio signals to two different properties in Paterson, one owned by Ramirez’s wife. Two more notices were sent to Ramirez, with no responses received. The bureau proposed a $10,000 fine for the unlicensed operation, and adjusted it upward for Ramirez’s disregard of repeated warnings, the NAL said.