TBS Slapped With Fine for Simulating Emergency Alert Sounds in Conan Ad

Turner network must pay $25,000 to FCC

Few things are more annoying than ads that use sounds like a ringing phone or doorbell to get our attention. But an ad for Conan O'Brien's show on TBS went too far in the eyes of the Federal Communications Commission.

A tune-in ad promoting Jack Black's guest appearance in April 2012 used the sounds of the government's Emergency Alert System, earning Turner Broadcasting System a $25,000 fine from the FCC.

In a separate incident, the watchdog commission also fined WNKY in Bowling Green, Ky.,

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