The FCC has levied another hefty fine, this time against a pirate radio operator in Irvington, N.J. In a forfeiture order released on Sept. 8, it was announced that Masner Beauplan must pay a $920,000 penalty for operating an unauthorized radio station on 91.7 MHz. In the order, the commission affirms that Beauplan illegally operated “Radio Leve Kanpe” from November 2023 to January 2024 — a total of 46 days. Radio World first reported on Beauplan’s near-million dollar fine in Sept. 2024. At the time, the proposed fine was issued as part of a much larger pirate radio crackdown in Miami and the NYC metro area. Other pirate operators fined in the NYC metro area sweep included “DJ AJ 305” — who has since been arrested on a felony charge — Raul Alcantara of “Sabor FM” and Wilner Baptiste of “M-One Radio Live.” Under the 2020 Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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