New anti-pirate radio bill passed by House

[w3jn]

"The House passed the PIRATE Bill on Monday, hoping to discourage unlicensed radio stations from operating by fining them 10 times more per day than previously, as well as requiring sweeps of the five biggest US markets for pirates and creating a national database of both legal broadcasters and pirates. Gordon Smith, CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, praised the measure and added, "Unlawful pirate radio stations not only interfere with licensed radio broadcasts, but also jeopardize air traffic control communications and threaten public safety."

http://www.insideradio.com/free/house-passes-pirate-bill-would-raise-fines-up-to-million/article_511370d4-394b-11e9-82b4-5395b7e20642.html

[KK4YY]

Here's the actual bill. A fun read.
https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr583/BILLS-116hr583ih.pdf

[WBear2GCR]

... yeah sure they do.

Radio being almost boots up, nobody would possibly WANT programming that might actually
appeal to people and make them listen to radio, now would one?

Just a thought...

[Opcom]

and they will do what about the thousands of unlicensed GMRS mobiles, repeater pirates, etc.?
Never get them except for a whole site of HTs in a building or a big trucking or service company. As usual, make more laws instead of enforcing what's on the books. Hope I'm wrong but only the reports on the FCC pages will tell, eventually.