$20,000 NAL for Beasley Over False EAS Tones
The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $20,000 forfeiture against Beasley Media over a radio show transmitting unauthorized emergency alert system tones, said a notice of apparent liability Friday. The tones aired in September 2020 during a programming block paid for…
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by the Doug Basham Radio Show on KDWN(AM) Las Vegas, and were broadcast by Basham as a “stunt,” the NAL said. A subchannel of Beasley’s, KKLZ(FM) Las Vegas, and Beasley FM translator K268CS Las Vegas, retransmitted the signal, airing the tones as well. A Beasley employee confronted Basham “immediately” after the tones aired and notified KWDN’s program director, the NAL said. The bureau adjusted the proposed violation upward because of the rebroadcasts and the large market involved. Beasley didn’t comment.