Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones confronts Hispanic protesters in Austin, Texas on September 18, 2005. Robert Daemmrich Photography IncâCorbis via Getty Images
The FCC had tracked the transmissions to a 50-foot tower at an Austin apartment complex
AUSTIN, Texas â The Federal Communications Commission has shut down a pirate radio station that served as the flagship outlet for conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The Austin American-Statesman reports the FCC also has fined the stationâs operators $15,000 â a fine the FCC says in a lawsuit the operators are refusing to pay.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin alleges Liberty Radio operated on a channel without a license since at least 2013. The lawsuit names as defendants Walter Olenick and M. Rae Nadler-Olenick.
Court documents show the FCC had tracked the transmissions to a 50-foot tower at an Austin apartment complex owned by an entity linked to the Olenicks.
EsplainingThings on August 16th, 2018 at 12:36 UTC »
This seemed odd to me so I did a little looking, Jones' show is broadcast over more than 90 radio stations and this pirate station was being run out of a maintenance or utility room in a crumbling apartment complex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones#Radio,_websites_and_mail-order_business
By these people who were openly running the station because they're "sovereign citizen" types who believe the FCC has no jurisdiction over them: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2014-07-11/fcc-to-radio-pirates-15000-arrgh/
budderbean on August 16th, 2018 at 11:02 UTC »
It's getting bizarre now.
SlowSpeedChase on August 16th, 2018 at 03:08 UTC »
On the grounds of broadcasting illegally too. Fascinating, I wonder what Ajit's take is on this.