The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test Reporting System (ETRS) is open now through October 3 for EAS ...

The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...

The NAB and vendor Digital Alert Systems are going head-to-head over broadcasters’ push to launch a formal FCC rulemaking that would allow stations to adopt software-based Emergency Alert System ...

There has been a lot of criticism over the last few years concerning the Emergency Alert System. I don’t pay much attention to comments on social media, most of which are misguided. But I have seen ...

The National Association of Broadcasters says the FCC’s ongoing “ground-up” review of EAS should not dismiss the system’s strongest existing link: local broadcast stations. The commission’s notice of ...

WASHINGTON—The Society of Broadcast Engineers has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission that support a proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters to allow software-based ...

As expected, the FCC advanced several items impacting broadcasters at its August Open Meeting, including reform of the Emergency Alert System, modernization of the Disaster Information Reporting ...

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 ...