[EAS] More FCC fines for misusing EAS and WEA tones

[Ed Czarnecki]

Simple concept ... don't use unauthorized EAS tones in your broadcast programming:

The FCC announced several fines yesterday (8/15) for misuse of EAS tones:

- Jimmy Kimmel show = $395,000 fine for used a simulated WEA tone three times during a sketch last year.
- The Walking Dead = $104,000 fine for using the EAS tone during the "Omega" episode
- Lone Star Law = $68,000 because they aired an actual WEA signal that was caught on crewmembers' phones as they were filming.
- KDAY and KDEY-FM parent Meruelo Radio Holdings = $67,000 for a simulated EAS attention signal in a promotion for the morning show on these LA area stations.

Edward Czarnecki | Senior Director - Strategy & Government Affairs | ext. 122
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