Report No. GN-154                                                                March 11, 1994
                              GENERAL ACTION


            FCC ISSUES $17,500 FORFEITURE TO PIRATE BROADCASTER

     The Commission has denied Andrew R. Yoder's Application for Review of the
$17,500 forfeiture penalty issued by the Field Operations Bureau against him for
repeatedly operating a broadcast station without an authorization in violation of Section
301 of the Communications Act.

     Commission investigators monitored transmissions from the station which
operated under the call sign "Radio USA" from various locations, eventually tracing the
transmissions to the home of Mr. Yoder's parents in Springs, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Yoder
refused to allow the FCC investigators to inspect his radio station, another violation of
Commission Rules. 

     The station and operator were positively identified by voice and close-in direction-
finding techniques.  The Commission rejected Mr. Yoder's arguments that the evidence
was insufficent to establish that he was the operator of the station, and that he was not
obligated to allow the FCC investigators to inspect his radio station. 

     Action by the Commission March 10, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion and Order 
(FCC 94-66).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and Barrett.

                                   -FCC-

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