The FCC has proposed rules providing for an annual test of the national alert capability of the broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS). Under the proposed rules, all EAS participants will have to tell ...

Rear Admiral James Barnett, Jr., Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC, announced that the National Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test will take place 11/9 at 2pm ET. The announcement ...

Anecdotal evidence points to general success of yesterday’s national EAS system test, according to broadcasters and a major EAS equipment vendor.

There are a few steps stations must undertake to prepare for the next national EAS test, now slated for September 28. In order to report whether your station received and was able to pass on the alert ...

The nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System in October produced much better percentages for both receipt and retransmission than a test in 2021, according to the FCC. But issues still remain.

Several national agencies will join together to test the Emergency Alert System this week. Although the system has been in existence for more than 15 years, it has never been tested nationwide. The ...