$86,400 Penalty on Noncommercial Broadcaster for Use of EAS Tones in Programming When No Emergency Existed

By |2025-12-12T08:29:53-06:00December 12th, 2025|Legal News|

Using the EAS alert tones without a real emergency has led to several FCC fines in recent years – including many fines in the hundreds of thousands of dollars (see, for instance, our articles here, here, and here).  This week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released a Consent Decree with a noncommercial radio group (American Public... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 6, 2022 to August 12, 2022

By |2022-08-14T10:51:48-05:00August 14th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC’s Media Bureau released a consent decree, including the payment of a $60,000 penalty, with an LPTV station operator... Continue Reading…

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