FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BUREAU REGION THREE Los Angeles Regional Office 11331 183rd Street, PMB #365 Cerritos, CA 90703 Field@FCC.gov (562) 860-7474 August 14, 2019 Angelica J. Moreno Oxnard, California 93033 Case Number: EB-FIELDWR-18-00027886 NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION On July 17, 2019, an Agent from the Los Angeles Office (Los Angeles Office) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) responded to a complaint of an unlicensed FM station operating on the frequency 99.3 MHz in Oxnard, CA. The Agent confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 99.3 MHz were emanating from the property located on W. Iris St., Oxnard, CA. Public records list you as the owner of the property. The Commission’s records show that no license was issued for operation of a broadcast station at this location on 99.3 MHz in Oxnard, California. Radio stations operating on a range of frequencies 47 CFR § 73.201. , including 99.3 MHz, must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act). 47 U.S.C. § 301. 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. 47 CFR §§ 15.1 et seq. On July 17, 2019, an Agent measured the field strength of the signal on the frequency 99.3 MHz for the station and found that it exceeded the maximum permitted level of 250 microvolts per meter (µV/m) at 3 meters established under part 15. Thus, this station is operating in violation of section 301 of the Act. 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 seizure of 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 AND 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 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 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. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Lark Hadley Regional Director Region Three Enforcement Bureau Attachments: Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet," March 2005