Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

FCC fines “Law & Order”

Opinion
Jun 22, 20051 min

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NBC has been fined $100,000 by the FCC after disrupting NYPD radio traffic with the use of unlicensed walkie-talkies on the set of “Law & Order”. Chung chung!

“The FCC said the popular police drama caused interference on the city’s public-safety radio pool, the vital communications network used by New York City’s police, fire and other emergency departments,” writes The New York Post.

Apparently L&O production crews were using walkie-talkies to communicate during filming. NBC says it’s taking the matter seriously but “disagrees with the current outcome.” Sounds like someone wants a lesser charge. The FCC better hope NBC doesn’t send Det. Stabler over to “negotiate.”

Via The New York Post