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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ slapped with $395K fine for using emergency tone in skit

By Tim Pearce
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ slapped with $395K fine for using emergency tone in skit

A sketch by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about the presidential alert system has resulted in a costly fine.

ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, will pay nearly $400,000 to the Federal Communications Commission for using the national alert tone in a “Jimmy Kimmel Live” skit last year.

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