FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
WESTERN REGION
Portland Resident Agent Office
P.O. Box 61469
Vancouver, WA 98666-1469
 
April 1, 2009
Dennis James Sherbino
Bend, Oregon
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
Case Number:  EB-09-PO-0003
Document Number:  W200932920001
The Portland Resident Agent Office received information that an unlicensed broadcast radio 
station on 107.3 MHz was allegedly operating in Bend, Oregon.  On March 27, 2009, an agent 
from this office confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 107.3 
MHz were emanating from your residence in Bend, Oregon.  The Commission’s records show 
that no license was issued for operation of a broadcast station at this location on 107.3 MHz in 
Bend, Oregon.  
Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 301.  The only exception to 
this licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a power level that 
complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.1 
et seq.  Your operation on frequency 107.3 MHz was measured at 19,837 microvolts per meter 
(µV/m) at 178 meters. This exceeds the allowable unlicensed limit of 250 µV/m at 3 meters
established in Part 15.  Thus, this station is operating in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio 
station authorization constitutes a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the 
operator of this illegal operation to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial 
monetary forfeitures, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal 
sanctions including imprisonment.  (See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510.)
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED 
IMMEDIATELY.
You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any evidence that you have 
authority to operate granted by the FCC.  Your response should be sent to the address in the 
letterhead and reference the listed case and document number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 
U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission’s staff will use all relevant 
material information before it to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure 
your compliance with FCC Rules.  This will include any information that you disclose in your 
reply.
You may contact this office if you have any questions.
Binh Nguyen
Resident Agent 
Portland Resident Agent Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
Attachments:
Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet," March 2005