CB RADIO: FCC finally fines repeat offender

Agency issues $25K judgment in Channel 39 interference incident from 2022

Summary of this article: We detail a case involving a citizens band radio operator who has been fined $25,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for willful interference dating back to 2022. In the latest action, the FCC issued a forfeiture order in an attempt to collect the fine being levied. The CBer has had a history of past FCC violations.

The Federal Communications Commission has taken almost three years to the month to go after an Illinois citizens band operator to pay a fine as a result of an interference complaint dating back to 2022.

After almost three years, the FCC has issued a $25,000 penalty against a CBer for causing willful interference on Channel 39. | AI image created for National Communications Magazine

It’s not the first rodeo for this CBer either, as he has been cited at least two other times by the FCC in years past. We first reported at the end of 2022 on this incident and this CBer’s previous brushes with the FCC and other law enforcement agencies. Now, the FCC wants to collect a $25,000 fine and we have all the details below.