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FCC Shuts Down Alex Jones' Flagship Liberty Radio Station
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FCC shuts down Alex Jones' flagship Liberty Radio station
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/15/alex-jones-liberty-radio-station-shutdown-fcc/
By - Associated Press - Updated: 6:38 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas – 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 station’s operators $15,000 – 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.
A message left with the Olenicks wasn’t returned. According to a letter the FCC entered as an exhibit in its lawsuit, the Olenicks refused to pay the fine or recognize the FCC’s authority, saying they would regard its agents as trespassers should they return.