The next nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), will occur on September 20, 2018. This test will include multiple forms of communication; distributed by broadcasters through the ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Emergency messages sent via the Emergency Alert System over TV, radio and cable networks could be exploited because of technological ...

Residents in Bonham and Dodd City had no real reason to be alarmed when Emergency Alert System alarms sounded Tuesday night. An NBC 5 viewer asked us to look into why the EAS alarms sounded in the ...

(WHTM) – Anyone with a cellphone in the United States will hear an alarm go off on their device on October 4. The message on all consumer phones will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless ...

In August, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network known as ESPN received a proposed fine from the FCC in the amount of $20,000 for its use of an emergency alert system (EAS) code during a ...

New rules were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in March 2016 that require EAS participants to tell their state emergency officials what they are planning to do when it comes to ...

ATLANTA — Come Oct. 4, there’s no need to be alarmed. Next Wednesday is a scheduled test of the U.S.’ Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The two alert systems will undergo a test to ...

The authors are with the law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, on whose website this article originally appeared. How do you say EAS en español? Apparently, that’s something EAS participants won’t need ...