FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION 2
Miami Office
P.O. Box 266468
Weston, FL 33326
August 5, 2016
Roman Belmontes & Bertha Garcia
Homestead, Florida
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number: EB-FIELDSCR-16-00022084
Document Number:  W201632600025
On July 16, 2016, agents from this office confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio 
signals on frequency 91.7 MHz were emanating from a residential property on NW 8
th
St. in 
Homestead, Florida.  Public records list you as the property owners.  The Commission’s records 
show that no license was issued for operation of a broadcast station at this location on 91.7 MHz 
in Homestead, Florida.  
Radio stations operating on many frequencies, including 91.7 MHz, 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.  On July 16, 2016, the field strength 
of the signal on frequency 91.7 MHz exceeded the maximum permitted level of 250 microvolts 
per meter (µV/m) at 3 meters for non-licensed devices.  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 to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines, 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 NOT RESUME.
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.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
Ronald D. Ramage
Regional Director
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet," March 2005
FCC Enforcement Advisory - Warning: Unauthorized Radio Broadcasting is Illegal, March 1, 2016