The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a simple parable that teaches children the fatal risk of raising a false alarm. To do so is to risk one’s life when raising the alarm about a real emergency that may go duly ...

Yesterday, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against CBS for false EAS alerting, which is FCC-speak for “CBS, tell us why we shouldn’t fine you $272,000 for airing a fake ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last year ...

A program that aired on more than 500 U.S. noncommercial radio stations in 2023 contained Emergency Alert System tones in the absence of a real emergency, according to the FCC. American Public Media ...

Misuse of the codes associated with the nation’s emergency alert system can lead to hefty fines — just ask Meruelo Radio Holdings, ABC, AMC and Discovery, who agreed to a series of civil consent ...

A collective $600,000 in civil penalties will be collected from the offenders, including AMC’s The Walking Dead and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Cabler AMC has agreed to pay $104,000 after The Walking ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could go all the way with a proposed fine against ESPN. The proposal calls for a penalty of $146,976 against ESPN for violating the Emergency Alert System ...

WASHINGTON—The FCC has levied a fine of $504,000 against Fox for “willfully violating” commission rules on transmitting EAS Tones during regular programming. The violation occurred during an NFL ...

WASHINGTON—The FCC has proposed a fine of $146,976 against ESPN, the statutory maximum the agency can impose for violating emergency alert system rules. The FCC said ESPN violated the rules when it ...

As the trades have reported, a rather unusual spot appearing to be a FOX NFL promo aired during yesterday’s NFL pre-game show. What made it particularly unusual was that it included an EAS-like tone, ...