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Austin pirate radio station, flagship for Alex Jones, faces $15k fine

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https://www.mystatesman.com/busines...-jones-faces-15k-fine/IKeK5Z5IUjegmfqznULCLN/

Although Alex Jones is best known for doing a rant show on the internet and the fallout YouTube and competing apps had to deal with over Joneses content. Now one of its radio affiliates Liberty Radio is facing a fine over that Jones affiliate is a pirate and has not gotten approval by the FCC. Apparently one of Alex Joneses affiliate s have broadcasted from an apartment complex.
 
RadioPatrol said:
https://www.mystatesman.com/busines...-jones-faces-15k-fine/IKeK5Z5IUjegmfqznULCLN/

Although Alex Jones is best known for doing a rant show on the internet and the fallout YouTube and competing apps had to deal with over Joneses content. Now one of its radio affiliates Liberty Radio is facing a fine over that Jones affiliate is a pirate and has not gotten approval by the FCC. Apparently one of Alex Joneses affiliate s have broadcasted from an apartment complex.
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Is the same complex owned by the Olenicks? From what I heard the filed a countersuit against the FCC claiming they lacked jurisdiction. I asked them about that a few years back when I lived in Austin part time.
 
willdav713 said:
Is the same complex owned by the Olenicks? From what I heard the filed a countersuit against the FCC claiming they lacked jurisdiction. I asked them about that a few years back when I lived in Austin part time.
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Interesting case, and good PR for the FCC, but its doubtful anything will stick. The apartment building has rental units. The Olniks rented space for a tower and a washroom for radio equipment. They have a signed lease and the tenant put his own lock on the washroom. They make a lote of noise but at the end of the day this is a landlord-tenant relationship. A landlord is not responsible if a tenant breaks the law. A landlord can enter a unit for maintenance reasons, but cannot legally consent to a search of a tenant's private space. A landlord is not law enforcement. In some situations a landlord has a duty to report wrongdoing to authorities, but a landlord has no legal duty to stop a tenant from committing crimes.
 
Uknowit said:
A landlord is not responsible if a tenant breaks the law.
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If you're a landlord who knowingly rented space to a business operating in a building zoned as residential, it's a zoning violation. Also if the tenant uses your building for an illegal radio tower, that's another violation. And yes, they are responsible for notifying authorities if they know crimes are being committed on their property.
 
TheBigA said:
If you're a landlord who knowingly rented space to a business operating in a building zoned as residential, it's a zoning violation. Also if the tenant uses your building for an illegal radio tower, that's another violation. And yes, they are responsible for notifying authorities if they know crimes are being committed on their property.
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It depends on the State and then the locality. In Austin, they do have zoning, while in Houston they don't sans deed restricted communities such as Sharpstown. But the tenant is responsible not the landlord. If a neighbor damages another neighbor's property of the apartment complex, the neighbor is charged criminally and/or civilly not the landlord. TAA leases have a indemnity clause that passes muster with the Texas Property Code. There are certain instances where the landlord is held liable (health and safety codes ie. no hot water, no water, etc.) that is usually mitigated usually through code enforcement.
 
Well their channel's about to be taken over by KJZX-LP, which is moving to 89.1 FM soon.
I haven't heard this Alex Jones pirate on the air in Austin and their website continues to say last I checked they lost their old tower site in December 2017.
I think they gave up FM and moved to online only. This should make the FCC happy, but I can't speak as to who will pay the fines.
 
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