FCC fines ABC $395,000 over 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' emergency alert tones
WASHINGTON - Simulated wireless alert tones used in a"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" skit making fun of a presidential alert test have cost Walt Disney Co's ABC $395,000 in civil fines with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The use of emergency alert system or wireless emergency alert tones are barred by FCC rules"to avoid confusion when the tones are used, alert fatigue among listeners, and false activation of the system by the operative data elements contained in the alert tones," the agency said. Meruelo paid $67,000 for broadcasting a simulated signal in a promotion for its morning show on southern California-based radio stations KDAY and KDEY-FM.ABC said in a statement it takes"regulatory compliance seriously and we are pleased to have resolved this issue." In its consent decree with the FCC, it admitted it did broadcast the tones"in the absence of an actual emergency" or authorized test in an Oct. 3, 2018 broadcast.
ABC told the FCC the tones were improperly included in the episode because a"misunderstanding that the use of the tone was permissible." The FCC said ABC took steps to remove the portion of the episode containing the tones from its website and other online streaming sites, and decided not to rebroadcast the episode.
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