Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Pirate radio operators in the Boston area must pay a combined $200,000 in fines for illegally operating FM radio stations, the Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday.

In the 1960s, if you were a teenager in the United States, a big part of your life was probably music. There was a seemingly endless supply of both radio stations and 45s to keep you entertained. I… ...

The FCC continues its campaign against pirate operators with these actions. The FCC recently confirmed a record fine of $2.3 million against operators of another unlicensed station in New York City.

Pirate radio has been around since the mid-1930s, growing up alongside commercial radio. But as the cost of technology—namely radio transmitters and antennas, which can be had for as little as $200 ...

Every single station complied by shutting down their operations. All except for Radio Caroline, which kept pumping out pop music to millions in the U.K. and on the European continent.

PHOTO: Ronan O’Rahilly with bell. The late founder of Radio Caroline with the station's signature bell. (Offshore Echos Magazine) In 1967, the British government passed legislation -- the Marine ...

Secondly, a $1.78 million proposed fine has been issued to Dexter Blake, in response to his suspected operation of a pirate radio station known as “ Linkage Radio,” which can be heard in the ...

A home on Tiffany Place in Irvington, N.J.: a pirate radio station serving Haitian Creole listeners at 91.7 MHz from a house owned by Gais Jeune and Isabel Moriceau.

Correction (April 5, 2012: 8:30 p.m.): Offshore pirate radio ships typically sailed in international waters, out of reach of individual countries' laws. That point was incorrect in the original ...