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EB Reaches Settlement with ABC on WEA Tone Misuse

  • Full Title:
    EB Reaches Settlement with ABC on WEA Tone Misuse
  • Document Type:
    Order/Consent Decree
  • Bureau(s):
    Enforcement
  • Description
    EB enters into consent decree with ABC, Inc., terminating its investigation into whether ABC violated the WEA and EAS rules by improperly transmitting simulated WEA tones during an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
  • DA/FCC #:
    DA-19-620
  • FCC Record Citation:
    34 FCC Rcd 6939 (9)
  • FCC Record:
    DA-19-620A1_Rcd.pdf

Related Document(s):
News Release - FCC Settles Investigations Into Misuse of Emergency Alert Tones

Files

Order/Consent Decree: docx pdf txt

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