STATION ADVISORY

Cascading False EAS Alerts Bring $1M Penalty

The FCC said that WSIX-FM Nashville has formally admitted to a violation of the FCC’s EAS rules, and has agreed to (1) pay a $1,000,000 civil penalty, (2) implement a three-year compliance plan, and (3) “remove or delete all simulated or actual EAS tones from the company’s audio production libraries.”