In this letter to the editor, the author comments on Randy Stines’ recent article “FCC Finds Collecting Pirate Radio Fines a Challenge.” Comment on this or any article. Email [email protected]. Your ...

On July 23, the House of Representatives by unanimous consent passed H.R. 5709, Preventing Illegal Use of Radio Through Enforcement Act — dubbed the “PIRATE Act.” Nearly five months later, the upper ...

Broadcast associations from every state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonweath of Puerto Rico, are urging Congress to pass the “PIRATE” Act ahead of the so-called “lame duck” session ...

IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) – In the age of podcasts and streaming services, you might think pirate radio is low on the list of concerns of federal lawmakers and broadcasters. You’d be wrong. They’re ...

Two alleged pirate radio stations outside of Boston received what was undoubtedly a disrupting visit on March 26 when representatives from the U.S. Marshals Service and Boston Police Department seized ...

Landlords who don’t stop their tenants from illegally broadcasting over radio waves could face fines of up to $2 million from Uncle Sam. The Federal Communications Commission has sent letters to two ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation that will greatly strengthen the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s ability to find unlicensed radio broadcasters and silence them for good is one step closer to becoming law. The ...

Unlicensed radio broadcasts, popularly referred to as pirate radio, come and go by necessity. Stations surface only to disappear without notice, generally because operators get information that the ...