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Linkage Radio, which carries mainly Jamaican programming, is among three unlicensed radio stations fine just over US$6 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for operating in the New York area recently. The operators of Linkage...
From the Existential Issue: The Pirate Radio Capital In 2018, David Goren, a radio producer and audio archivist, created the Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map to collect the sounds of dozens of pirated broadcasts from across the borough. Pirate stations earn their name by hitching a ride on already licensed radio frequencies that typically cost commercial stations millions of dollars to acquire and set up. Nowhere in the country are there more pirate radio stations than in New York, where they provide a vital service to immigrant populations. Goren estimates that New York has about a hundred pi...
Two of the notices went to the Long Island–based Benedict Realty Group, the other to Bronstein Properties. The three notices involved buildings within a half-mile of each other in Jackson Heights. The notices give the management companies 10 days to shut down the broadcasting before the FCC takes further action—which could include fines. In a statement Monday, Bronstein Properties spokeswoman Taryn Duffy said the company “does not permit or condone any pirate radio operations by tenants in our buildings, and as soon as the Federal Communications Commission alerted us to this activity, ...