(Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it is proposing to fine Walt Disney (NYSE:) – ESPN Network – $147,000 for violating regulations regarding broadcasting emergency signals during promotional episodes at the beginning of the 2023-2024 NBA season.
The use of an emergency warning system or wireless emergency warning tones is prohibited by FCC rules “to avoid confusion in the use of the tones, listener fatigue, and false activation of the system by operational data elements contained in the emergency tones,” the agency said.
ESPN added that ESPN has a history of violating FCC rules and was fined in 2015 and 2021 for emergency alert violations.
