FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
REGION ONE
Columbia Regional Office
9200 Farm House Lane
Columbia, Maryland 21046
(301) 725-1996
              
June 6, 2017
George Brown
Mount Vernon, New York
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-FIELDNER-17-00023354
On April 18, 2017, Agents from the New York Office of the Federal Communications 
Commission’s (Commission’s) Enforcement Bureau received a complaint of an unlicensed FM 
station operating on the frequency 104.5 MHz in Bronx, New York.  The Agents confirmed by
direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 104.5 MHz were emanating from the 
53 Sea Lounge Bar & Restaurant in Mount Vernon, New York.  The owner of this restaurant 
identified you as the operator of this station.  The Commission’s records show no license issued 
for operation of a radio station on 104.5 MHz at this location in Mount Vernon, New York.
Radio stations operating on many frequencies, including 104.5 MHz, must be licensed by the 
Commission pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act, as amended (Act).
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  The only 
exception to this licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a power 
level or mode of operation that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the 
Commission’s rules.
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The field strength of the signal on frequency 104.5 MHz was measured at 
1,734 microvolts per meter (µV/m) at 1079.08 meters, which exceeded the maximum permitted 
level of 250 µV/m at 3 meters for non-licensed devices.  Thus, this station is operating in
violation of Section 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.
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47 U.S.C. § 301.  
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47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq.
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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 Commission.  Your response should be sent to the address in 
the letterhead and reference the listed case number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974,
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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 the 
Commission’s rules.  This will include any information that you disclose in your reply.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
David C. Dombrowski
Regional Director
Region One
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", March 2005
                                                
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See 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).