Come Thursday (9/20), unless delayed by a real emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FCC are on track to conduct a combined nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON—Over the years, the FCC has warned broadcasters not to air the real EAS tones for any ...

A settlement has been reached between the FCC and Tegna after the commission threw a flag over an advertisement for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars from TV station WTLV that used Emergency Alert System ...

MULTIPLE CITIES: NBC may have violated federal rules with story about today’s test of the Emergency Alert System. The network ran the piece along with the audio tones that trigger the system on the ...

One of the nation’s largest owners of broadcast TV stations has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC that resolves an investigation into the improper insertion of Emergency Alert System (EAS) ...

“This is a test of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. The FCC just heard unauthorized EAS tones on your station. If this was not a real emergency, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau will be contacting you ...

ESPN's promos for the 2023-24 NBA season might end up being more expensive than expected. The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday it was proposing a maximum fine of $146,976 against ...

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 ...

There’s word of another ad using what sounds like an EAS tone — this time a television spot. Engineers notified Radio World that a promo for the movie “Skyline,” which opens on Friday contained what ...

Some elements on sports broadcasts sometimes lead to FCC fines (see the 2004 Super Bowl), but it’s rare to see a fine levied over a rebroadcast of a documentary nine years after that documentary first ...

You can get away with a lot during a television broadcast and walk away with a relative slap on the wrist. But if there’s one thing the FCC doesn’t take too kindly to it’s broadcasting emergency alert ...