The timing of the upcoming nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System suggests that the FCC may use it to assess how well ...

The test will take place on November 17 around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time.— This story first appears at TheDesk.net, a premium ...

The nation’s Emergency Alert System is returning to the national stage after a three-year break. FEMA and the FCC will ...

The two major relevant EAS technology suppliers are recommending divergent approaches to allowing software-based EAS.

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 ...

WASHINGTON—The NAB is requesting the Federal Communications Commission make changes to Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules that would allow but not require EAS participants to use software-based EAS ...

Broadcasters are embracing the FCC’s push to bring EAS into the software era, but they don’t want modernization to become ...

All EAS Participants must file with the FCC ahead of the November 17 nationwide Emergency Alert System test, the first since ...