Updated to clarify that Alex Jones is not involved in the station.
A pirate radio station in Texas that broadcast conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s show has dropped off the air amid an intensifying fight with the FCC.
The Department of Justice filed suit against Walter and Rae Olenick, accusing them of operating an unlicensed radio station out of their Austin apartment complex since at least 2013.
The FCC sent the couple multiple letters, warning of the dire consequences of broadcasting without a license, including fines, seizure of equipment and even criminal sanctions. It called upon the operators of Liberty Radio to “cease immediately.”
The Olenicks responded that the agency lacked jurisdiction and to “kindly never bother us with your harassment … again.”
The FCC imposed a $15,000 fine on the Olenicks in 2014 for their willful and repeated violations, which they refused to pay.
The U.S. Attorney filed suit (read it here) Friday in U.
A pirate radio station in Texas that broadcast conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s show has dropped off the air amid an intensifying fight with the FCC.
The Department of Justice filed suit against Walter and Rae Olenick, accusing them of operating an unlicensed radio station out of their Austin apartment complex since at least 2013.
The FCC sent the couple multiple letters, warning of the dire consequences of broadcasting without a license, including fines, seizure of equipment and even criminal sanctions. It called upon the operators of Liberty Radio to “cease immediately.”
The Olenicks responded that the agency lacked jurisdiction and to “kindly never bother us with your harassment … again.”
The FCC imposed a $15,000 fine on the Olenicks in 2014 for their willful and repeated violations, which they refused to pay.
The U.S. Attorney filed suit (read it here) Friday in U.
- 8/16/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
FCC chairman Ajit Pai today defended the agency’s decision to crack down on a pirate radio station in Texas that broadcast conservative theorist Alex Jones’ show.
The agency attracted criticism, and praise, for removing the right-wing commentator from the airwaves, Pai said in testimony this morning before the Senate.
“It is important to make clear that our pirate radio enforcement efforts — including this one — have nothing to do with the content of pirate radio stations air,” Pai said. “We act against pirate radio station because they are violating the law by broadcasting on the FM airwaves without a license.”
The FCC’s enforcement actions against pirate radio stations don’t normally make national news. The federal government’s suit against the operators of Liberty Radio attracted attention because the rogue station, operating out a maintenance building in an Austin apartment complex, aired the controversial The Alex Jones Show. Jones...
The agency attracted criticism, and praise, for removing the right-wing commentator from the airwaves, Pai said in testimony this morning before the Senate.
“It is important to make clear that our pirate radio enforcement efforts — including this one — have nothing to do with the content of pirate radio stations air,” Pai said. “We act against pirate radio station because they are violating the law by broadcasting on the FM airwaves without a license.”
The FCC’s enforcement actions against pirate radio stations don’t normally make national news. The federal government’s suit against the operators of Liberty Radio attracted attention because the rogue station, operating out a maintenance building in an Austin apartment complex, aired the controversial The Alex Jones Show. Jones...
- 8/16/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
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