Pirate Radio Equipment Seized in Massachusetts
Radio equipment from two Boston-area alleged pirate radio stations was seized in a federal forfeiture action Monday, said a release from DOJ Wednesday. “We are pursuing multiple legal routes to stop pirate broadcasters; the seizure action in Boston is just…
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one of them,” said FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Rosemary Harold, in the release. The stations, which the government said were unlicensed, were identified by DOJ as “Big City” and “B87.7 FM,” both broadcast from Dorchester, Massachusetts, the release said. They had received multiple warnings from the FCC but continued to broadcast, the release said. Commissioner Mike O’Rielly praised the seizure in a statement crediting Chairman Ajit Pai’s leadership on radio piracy: “This FCC will not sit idly by while pirates flaunt our rules.”