To start your own radio station you have to have a fair number of things in place from equipment to a license. You could have the ability to broadcast at a kabillion watts and it would do you no good whatsoever until you get a license (the FCC is rather testy about unlicensed transmissions on the FM and AM frequencies). Get the license, get the equipment and get on the air!
The FCC (or the equivalent body in other countries) has the power to shut down broadcasters if they fail to comply with either general regulations for broadcasting or specific requirements for a station. As broadcasters spend huge amounts of money to open a station, both for the hardware and infrastructure as well as the applications and compliance work, they generally make sure that there is no cause for their licenses to be suspended for any reason. Normally, notices from the FCC about compliance problems are enough for the station to correct it without anyone from the FCC pulling the plug on them.
KAST is an American licensed radio station in Astoria, Oregon. The OMG FCC Licenses LCC is the one who owned the station.
FCC regulation. Due to possible interference with radio station in Ohio
You wait until the station gives out it's identity as required by FCC regulations.
The FCC
a portable operation is any station that can be moved, like my studio. i can bring it with me
Get a permit. In the US that would be the FCC. or you might buy an existing station.
In the USA, it's the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
I'm on a college radio station, and we've been told it's a $7000 fine.
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has no role in determining the format of a radio station.