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Does Pittsburgh still have an FCC Field Office? If not, which office covers western PA?
 
From the FCC website:

The FCC has three Regional Offices, 16 District Offices, and nine Resident Agent Offices located across the United States.

The FCC's three Regional Offices, covering the Northeast, South Central, and Western regions of the nation are located in Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and San Francisco, CA, respectively.

The 16 District Offices are located in Atlanta, GA: Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Columbia, MD; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Tampa, FL.

The eight Resident Agent Offices are located in Anchorage, AK; Buffalo, NY; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Miami, FL; Norfolk, VA; Portland, OR; and San Juan, PR.
 
When I took the exam for the First Class Radiotelephone license, it was given at the Old Post Office Building on Smithfield Street in Pgh., and was administered by an RI from the Buffalo Office. Later, Pgh. came under the Philadelphia office. The tests were given every three months.

If I recall correctly, we did have some kind of FCC office in Monroeville. However, it did not provide the usual functions such as exams, etc.
 
I believe there used to be one years ago in the Federal Bldg. downtown (late 60's/early 70's). Mike Emerick, formerly an instructor at Geneva College, tells a great story about leading a group of his students to the Pittsburgh Federal Building so that they could take their license test in order to get on the campus radio station. Building security evidently assumed that they were there to conduct a Vietnam War protest, and he had a bit of a tense situation until he could convince them they had come for the FCC.

(I see the NY State Thruway between Erie and Buffalo is closed today due to snow drifts, so have at it, yinz Pirates! :D )
 
When a radio or TV station in western PA gets a visit from the FCC, which office is the Field Agent from?
 
Thanks. I may relocate to the Pittsburgh area and if I do I plan to start up a Part 15 AM station with a FCC Type Accepted transmitter. If I do, I will need to contact that office to let them know the station is on the air.
 
Careful there. Make sure you comply in all ways as pirates don't last long around here anymore. No one needs the seizure and fines.
 
^^^I think I know what I am doing. I have a long time friend at the FCC in DC and I've been involved with Part 15 AM radio for a dozen years.

There is a big difference between a Part 15 AM using an FCC Type Accepted transmitter and a FM pirate.
 
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