The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau says they are fining Paramount Global more than $240,000 for violations of emergency alerting rules, and the company has entered into a consent decree to detail how it will work to avoid future violations.
The fine and decree follow an FCC investigation into allegations that various operations owned by Paramount improperly transmitted EAS codes, the EAS attention signal or recordings or simulations during two TV programs and one radio program.
In the consent decree, Paramount admitted violations involving the syndicated “Entertainment Tonight” broadcast on Oct. 25, 2023 and the CBS News Radio “On the Hour” newscast on June 6, 2024. It also admitted certain facts regarding an episode of “Young Sheldon” broadcast by the CBS Television Network on May 18, 2023.