$15,000 Fine Proposed for Alleged Massachusetts Pirate
The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $15,000 fine for Vasco Oburoni, the operator of an unlicensed radio station on 102.3 MHz in Worcester, Massachusetts, said a notice of apparent liability released Monday. Bureau agents in 2015 identified Oburoni’s station as…
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operating out of the Christian Praise International’s church building, the NAL said. After repeated warnings in 2015, Oburoni met with bureau agents and asked about getting a license, the NAL said. In May 2016, the bureau found that the station was still operating from the same church building, the NAL said. “That Mr. Oburoni continued to operate an unlicensed station after being put on notice that his actions contravened the Act, the Rules, and related Commission decisions and orders, demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the Commission's authority and requirements,” said the NAL. Oburoni couldn’t be reached for comment, and his station’s website’s online broadcast wasn’t functioning.