Federal Communications Commission Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel Former licensee of Station WNSY541 Honolulu, Hawaii ) ) ) ) ) ) ) File No.: EB-FIELDWR-25-00039237 FRN: 0004511655 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Released: February 3, 2026 By the Regional Director, Region Three, Enforcement Bureau: 1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules 47 CFR § 1.89. to Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel (HHVH), former licensee of Private Land Mobile Radio Service (PLMRS) station WNSY541 (Station) in Honolulu, Hawaii. HHVH’s license to operate the Station as a conventional radio system expired on July 31, 2025. See license for station WNSY541, available at https://wireless2.‌‌fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=1675043. Pursuant to section 1.89(a) of the Commission’s rules, issuance of this Notice does not preclude the Enforcement Bureau from further action if warranted, including issuing a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the violations noted herein. 47 CFR § 1.89(a). 2. On August 13, 2025, the Commission received a complaint of interference on 464.9 MHz in Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 27, 2025, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau’s Honolulu Office monitored the PLMRS 421-512 MHz band, found a signal centered on 464.9 MHz emanating from the Station located at 2005 Kalia Rd, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815, and observed the following violations: a. 47 U.S.C. § 301: “No person shall use or operate any apparatus for the transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio” within the United States without a license or authorization granted by the Commission. 47 U.S.C. § 301. 47 CFR § 1.903(a): “Stations in the Wireless Radio Services must be used and operated only in accordance with the rules applicable to their particular service [. . .] and with a valid authorization granted by the Commission.” 47 CFR § 1.903(a). On the date the agent monitored the Station’s transmission on 464.9 MHz, the Station had no FCC license to operate because its license had expired on July 31, 2025, with no pending application for renewal. Even if the Station’s license had not expired, the Station operated as a trunked radio system, which was not in accordance with its expired license that authorized only a conventional radio system. See supra. note 2. HHVH subsequently obtained a new license to operate a trunked radio system station (WSKD210) at the same location effective September 19, 2025, on a different frequency. See license for station WSKD210, available at https://appsint.fcc.gov/UlsApp/‌UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=5201350. 3. Pursuant to section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), and section 1.89 of the Commission’s rules, we seek additional information concerning the violations and any remedial actions taken. 47 U.S.C. § 308(b); 47 CFR § 1.89. Therefore, HHVH must submit a written statement concerning this matter within twenty (20) days of release of this Notice. The response (i) must fully explain each violation, including all relevant surrounding facts and circumstances, (ii) must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and (iii) must include a time line for completion of any pending corrective action(s). The response must be complete in itself and must not be abbreviated by reference to other communications or answers to other notices. 47 CFR § 1.89(c). 4. In accordance with section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules, we direct HHVH to support its response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an authorized officer of HHVH with personal knowledge of the representations provided in HHVH’s response, verifying the truth and accuracy of the information therein, and confirming that all of the information requested by this Notice which is in the licensee’s possession, custody, control, or knowledge has been produced. Section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules provides that “[a]ny document to be filed with the Federal Communications Commission and which is required by any law, rule or other regulation of the United States to be supported, evidenced, established or proved by a written sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath or affidavit by the person making the same, may be supported, evidenced, established or proved by the unsworn declaration, certification, verification, or statement in writing of such person . . . . Such declaration shall be subscribed by the declarant as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form . . . : ‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.” 47 CFR § 1.16. To knowingly and willfully make any false statement or conceal any material fact in reply to this Notice is punishable by fine or imprisonment under title 18 of the U.S. Code. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq.; see also 47 CFR § 1.17. 5. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the File Number, specified above, and mailed to the following address: Federal Communications Commission Los Angeles Regional Office 11331 183rd Street, PMB #365 Cerritos, CA 90703 6. This Notice shall be sent to HHVH at its address of record. 7. The Privacy Act of 1974 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3). requires that we advise you that the Commission will use all relevant material information before it, including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Lark Hadley Regional Director, Region Three Enforcement Bureau 2