ABC Fined $395K by FCC for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Emergency Alert Misuse
AMC and Discovery were also hit with fines.
By News on the Net -- Hollywood Reporter—— Bio and Archives--August 16, 2019
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A Jimmy Kimmel Live! bit making fun of President Donald Trump is going to cost ABC $395,000, as the FCC is cracking down on use of the emergency alert tone in entertainment.
The network agreed to pay a fine to the agency after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in October used a simulated tone three times during a sketch about the nationwide presidential wireless emergency alert test. The bit, which is posted on YouTube, featured a trailer for a fake movie called The Textening. According to the FCC filing, ABC says it was a "misunderstanding that the use of the tone was permissible."-- More...
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