*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 50800.doc* FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BUREAU WESTERN REGION Anchorage Resident Agent Office P. O. Box 221849 Anchorage, Alaska 99522- 1849 July 25, 2005 Deborah A. Seaman- Steele Anchorage, AK 99516- 2253 NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION Case Number: EB- 05- AN- 055 Document Number: W20053278001 While monitoring the FM broadcast band an agent from the Anchorage Resident Agent Office monitored and subsequently located the signal of an unlicensed broadcast radio station on 95.5 MHz emanating from your residence in Anchorage, Alaska. On June 6, 2005, the agent confirmed by direction finding techniques that a radio signal on frequency 95.5 MHz was emanating from this location in Anchorage, Alaska. The Commission’s records show no license issued for operation of a broadcast station at this location on 95.5 MHz in Anchorage, Alaska. Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U. S. C. § 301. The only exception to this licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a power level that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 15.1 et seq. Your operation on frequency 95.5 MHz measured 6300 microvolts per meter (µV/ m) at 70 meters. This exceeds the allowable unlicensed limit of 250 µV/ m at 3 meters established in Part 15. Thus, this station is operating in violation of 47 U. S. C. § 301. You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the operator of this illegal operation to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary forfeitures, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (See 47 U. S. C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510). UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED IMMEDIATELY. You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any evidence that you have authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference the listed case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U. S. C. § 552a( e)( 3), we are informing you that the Commission’s staff will use all relevant material information before it to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in your reply. 1 You may contact this office if you have any questions. David J. Charlton Resident Agent Anchorage Resident Agent Office Attachments: Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet" July 2003 2