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bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 11:39:01 AM  
Revoke their broadcast license.
 
Unobtanium [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 11:56:45 AM  
All stations broadcasting would then change their frequency to 640 or 1240, which was supposed to make it difficult for enemy bombers to detect the source, and simplified which frequency people at home would tune to in order to hear the message. This is why radios from the era have little logos on the dial.

My late mother's house had a built in intercom system. The main station was in the kitchen and had a vacuum tube AM/FM radio (that still worked). It had the two little markings on the tuner indicator.
 
null [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:11:19 PM  

bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.


Hahhahhahaha if only
 
revrendjim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:18:03 PM  

bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.


That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.
 
yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:25:42 PM  
I'm always surprised that this keeps happening.

Is it possible that someone decides the cost is worth it for the effect? Kind of like paying a crazy royalty for using a legendary song on a show like Family Guy.

I can't imagine working in broadcast media and not knowing about this. It's a bit of a bigger deal than the Fark filters and people generally manage to get the point after a few postshiat them and crash.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 1:44:14 PM  

revrendjim: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.


Fine.  Shoot down their satellite.  Problem solved.
 
Insult Comic Bishounen
2023-01-29 3:11:34 PM  

NeoCortex42: revrendjim: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.

Fine.  Shoot down their satellite.  Problem solved.


Only need an airsoft, it looks like.

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DoctorCal [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 3:41:05 PM  
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DoctorCal [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 3:42:36 PM  
I guess we can all imagine the USSC ruling that the FCC oversteps its authority here and encroaches on their free speech rights.
 
krispos42 [BareFark]
2023-01-29 4:18:54 PM  
Broadcast radio stations shouldn't play sirens, railroad crossing bells, or car horns, either, and for the same reason.
 
krispos42 [BareFark]
2023-01-29 4:20:22 PM  

Unobtanium: All stations broadcasting would then change their frequency to 640 or 1240, which was supposed to make it difficult for enemy bombers to detect the source, and simplified which frequency people at home would tune to in order to hear the message. This is why radios from the era have little logos on the dial.

My late mother's house had a built in intercom system. The main station was in the kitchen and had a vacuum tube AM/FM radio (that still worked). It had the two little markings on the tuner indicator.


That's the Civil Defense logo, a "CD" in triangle.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-01-29 4:27:16 PM  

NeoCortex42: revrendjim: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.

Fine.  Shoot down their satellite.  Problem solved.


Multiple drone strike. Death squads. Rupert Murdoch as a lifeless pinata.

/next?
 
EdgeRunner [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 4:49:47 PM  

NeoCortex42: revrendjim: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.

Fine.  Shoot down their satellite.  Problem solved.


The satellite attack team is prepped and ready for launch!

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DoughyGuy
2023-01-29 4:53:13 PM  
It was being used for a NFL commercial... With the fine they've been given, it could just be considered a necessary line item on the advertising budget.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-29 5:37:55 PM  

revrendjim: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

That wouldn't have much effect. Most people get TV through cable or satellite, not broadcast.


Or streaming.

But yeah, the main villain is Fox News Channel, a cable outlet, not Fox broadcast network.
 
BeerBear
2023-01-29 5:38:48 PM  

null: bluorangefyre: Revoke their broadcast license.

Hahhahhahaha if only


then fine them 500 B :D
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-01-29 6:23:42 PM  
I feel like they have already desensitized people to the EAS sound with the constant AMBER alerts.

At this point I associate that sound with a nasty parental custody battle, not the end of civilization.
 
blodyholy
2023-01-29 7:29:19 PM  
I'm not able to go back and check at the moment. at the moment. But, I just watched the first episode of the last of us last night; wasn't the EAS tone used on the TV when shiat started hitting the fan? If the tone used is just slightly different than the original, I assume it's ok?
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 7:49:16 PM  

Mad_Radhu: I feel like they have already desensitized people to the EAS sound with the constant AMBER alerts.

At this point I associate that sound with a nasty parental custody battle, not the end of civilization.


Yeah, I don't know why they didn't make a new alert for those. When I was living in northern Virginia we'd get like three of those a week.
 
yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 7:49:24 PM  

blodyholy: I'm not able to go back and check at the moment. at the moment. But, I just watched the first episode of the last of us last night; wasn't the EAS tone used on the TV when shiat started hitting the fan? If the tone used is just slightly different than the original, I assume it's ok?


Yeah, if it's not THE tone, it's supposedly ok.

Also, that would be an interesting case if it was THE tone because HBO is not a broadcaster. They have no "over the public airways" signal, and in theory they can tell the FCC to go fark itself.
 
stoli n coke
2023-01-29 9:51:07 PM  

yahyahyah: blodyholy: I'm not able to go back and check at the moment. at the moment. But, I just watched the first episode of the last of us last night; wasn't the EAS tone used on the TV when shiat started hitting the fan? If the tone used is just slightly different than the original, I assume it's ok?

Yeah, if it's not THE tone, it's supposedly ok.

Also, that would be an interesting case if it was THE tone because HBO is not a broadcaster. They have no "over the public airways" signal, and in theory they can tell the FCC to go fark itself.


According to TFA, the FCC fined a movie $2 million for using the tone.
Seems they have blanket authority over that tone being used in any kind of public exhibition, whether it's paying customers or not.
 
yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:23:26 PM  

stoli n coke: yahyahyah: blodyholy: I'm not able to go back and check at the moment. at the moment. But, I just watched the first episode of the last of us last night; wasn't the EAS tone used on the TV when shiat started hitting the fan? If the tone used is just slightly different than the original, I assume it's ok?

Yeah, if it's not THE tone, it's supposedly ok.

Also, that would be an interesting case if it was THE tone because HBO is not a broadcaster. They have no "over the public airways" signal, and in theory they can tell the FCC to go fark itself.

According to TFA, the FCC fined a movie $2 million for using the tone.
Seems they have blanket authority over that tone being used in any kind of public exhibition, whether it's paying customers or not.


Happy to be proven wrong, but I think that fine involved commercials for the movie that ended up on broadcast TV.

In any case, how do people in the industry let that happen?  I had a brief stint in radio and knew that was absolutely not to be farked with.
 
DOCTORD000M
2023-01-30 1:16:28 AM  
Is that the one that's all like "DEEEE-AWWWW!  DEEEEEE-AWWWWW!" ??
 
LZeitgeist
2023-01-30 8:29:29 AM  

DOCTORD000M: Is that the one that's all like "DEEEE-AWWWW!  DEEEEEE-AWWWWW!" ??


Yes, it's that one. You will find your FCC fine notification in about 30 minutes. Good jorb.
 
jimmyjackfunk
2023-01-30 10:22:01 AM  

krispos42: Broadcast radio stations shouldn't play sirens, railroad crossing bells, or car horns, either, and for the same reason.


I recall a radio ad or psa for drinking and driving I believe and the announcer in said spot mentioned something about it not being legal to play sirens in an ad, whether radio or television.
 
CrazedAndBemused
2023-01-30 11:06:16 AM  
Last time I heard of one of these cases, a national morning radio show was whacked with a $1MM fine for putting out EAS tones on all 70 of their affiliates.  This stuff is like the third-rail in radio, but TV apparently hasn't gotten the memo yet.
 
ursomniac
2023-01-30 12:37:29 PM  

yahyahyah: I'm always surprised that this keeps happening.

Is it possible that someone decides the cost is worth it for the effect? Kind of like paying a crazy royalty for using a legendary song on a show like Family Guy.

I can't imagine working in broadcast media and not knowing about this. It's a bit of a bigger deal than the Fark filters and people generally manage to get the point after a few postshiat them and crash.


Everything is legal for a price.

Fines are pocket change for corporations, barely noticeable in the budget.   Probably not even a line item, just something out of petty cash.
 
PvtStash
2023-01-30 3:29:24 PM  
and this is why it don't deter chit, that's just the cost of ding business.
A real punish to them and a deterrent would be something that can never be business rational to just pay.

like say:
oh you used the tone to advert the show?
100% of show REVENUE is the fine when the fine = the revenue, not the profit, but the revenue.

What came in at all is taken will mean it cost a lot to do fail that way and someone will be in trouble and we will not being seeing this happen again.
but as long as the cost is easy enough to recoup from the activity then it was simply a rational behavior to break the law and the cost is just worth paying.
 
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