17 min

Pirate Radio » The PIRATE Act Verge Extras

    • Technology

Congress is in the process of passing a non-partisan bill to increase support for enforcement against illegal pirate radio operations: Fines can now go as high as $2 million, and the FCC will fund “enforcement sweeps” in major radio markets. Does this target well-intentioned community radio, designed to speak to immigrant communities?
Episode three of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Bijan Stephen.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Congress is in the process of passing a non-partisan bill to increase support for enforcement against illegal pirate radio operations: Fines can now go as high as $2 million, and the FCC will fund “enforcement sweeps” in major radio markets. Does this target well-intentioned community radio, designed to speak to immigrant communities?
Episode three of The Verge's Pirate Radio mini-series featuring Bijan Stephen.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 min

Top Podcasts In Technology

Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
All-In Podcast, LLC
Hard Fork
The New York Times
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
TED Radio Hour
NPR
Darknet Diaries
Jack Rhysider

More by The Verge

The Vergecast
The Verge
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The Verge
Why'd You Push That Button?
The Verge
Ctrl-Walt-Delete
The Verge
Converge with Casey Newton
The Verge
Verge Extras
The Verge