{"id":11797,"date":"2025-02-18T05:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T05:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/fcc-shuts-down-pirate-radio-station-recognized-for-airing-alex-jones-exhibits\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T05:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T05:53:33","slug":"fcc-shuts-down-pirate-radio-station-recognized-for-airing-alex-jones-exhibits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/fcc-shuts-down-pirate-radio-station-recognized-for-airing-alex-jones-exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Shuts Down Pirate Radio Station Recognized For Airing Alex Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A pirate radio station which aired Alex Jones' show has been shut down by the Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Radio was broadcasting on 90.1 FM without federal consent, according to The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/business\/austin-pirate-radio-station-flagship-for-alex-jones-faces-15k-fine\/W6xZeQvOwVSQMtnb2Vch3K\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Austin American-Statesman<\/em><span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-1-icon-path\" transform=\"matrix(0.046875,0,0,0.046875,0.0234375,0.02343964)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M 473.563,227.063 407.5,161 262.75,305.75 c -25,25 -49.563,41 -74.5,16 -25,-25 -9,-49.5 16,-74.5 L 349,102.5 283.937,37.406 c -14.188,-14.188 -2,-37.906 19,-37.906 h 170.625 c 20.938,0 37.938,16.969 37.938,37.906 v 170.688 c 0,20.937 -23.687,33.187 -37.937,18.969 z M 63.5,447.5 h 320 V 259.313 l 64,64 V 447.5 c 0,35.375 -28.625,64 -64,64 h -320 c -35.375,0 -64,-28.625 -64,-64 v -320 c 0,-35.344 28.625,-64 64,-64 h 124.188 l 64,64 H 63.5 Z\" \/>\r\n                        <\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\u00a0reported that with the FCC accusing the station had done so since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>On August 15,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/business\/austin-pirate-radio-station-flagship-for-alex-jones-faces-15k-fine\/IKeK5Z5IUjegmfqznULCLN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the FCC shut down one of those stations<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-1-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\u2014Texas Liberty Radio. This incarnation of Texas Liberty Radio has operated since at least 2013, running off radio equipment stored in a utility room in a crumbling apartment complex on the east side of Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Following a complaint about a hijacked broadcast going out over 90.1 on the FM frequency, FCC investigators came to Austin and tracked the signal down to the an apartment complex owned by M. Rae Nalder-Olenick and Walter Olenick. The FCC has ended the broadcast and is suing the Olenicks for $15,000 in unpaid fines, which the couple have refused to pay. It\u2019s not their first run-in with the law. In 2017, Austin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/news\/local\/settlement-paves-way-for-new-units-replace-crumbling-apartments\/EuALSld7ShCbbu9s6Mz2KK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paid $150,000 to evacuate and relocate<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-1-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\u00a0the apartment complex\u2019s tenants after the Olenicks had let the complex fall into dangerous disrepair.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Liberty <a href=\"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/cancer-and-the-potential-use-of-cannabis-to-inhibit-cancers-growth\/\" title=\"Cancer and the potential use of cannabis to inhibit cancer\u2019s growth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91\">Radio<\/a> did not exclusively broadcast Alex Jones. The radio station also ran its own programming, including a show about cryptocurrency, an anti-vaccination program, and music. &#8220;Due to circumstances beyond our control, the current location site of the tower is no longer available as of December 7, 2017,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/txlr.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Liberty Radio\u2019s website said<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-1-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>. The events of December 7 are unclear. \u201cIf you are a property owner and would be interested in providing a new home for TXLR, please email us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reference:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/3kyye3\/the-fcc-shut-down-alex-jones-flagship-pirate-radio-station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/3kyye3\/the-fcc-shut-down-alex-jones-flagship-pirate-radio-station<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-1-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2345\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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Liberty Radio was broadcasting on 90.1 FM without federal consent, according to The\u00a0Austin American-Statesman \u00a0reported that with the FCC accusing the station had done so since 2013. On August 15,\u00a0the FCC shut down one of those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disruptarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}