QuoteMisuse of tones associated with emergency alerts is going to cost "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Walking Dead" and others more than $600,000 in fines.
The Federal Communications Commission Thursday announced settlements with broadcast, cable and radio outlets over misuse of Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) tones.
In addition to the fines the programmers agreed to compliance plans in their settlements, which are formally known as consent decrees.
Jimmy Kimmel's ABC late-night show will pay the largest civil penalty, $395,000, in connection with an Oct. 3, 2018, episode that used a simulated WEA tone during a comedic sketch about "The Textening," a fictional horror movie in which citizens can't escape receiving text messages from President Trump.
Jimmy Kimmel needs to have all $600K in fines.
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