Update 3/21: Monday’s Required Weekly Test (RWT) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not sent out to radio stations. FEMA told EAS stakeholders in an email Tuesday morning it is currently ...

PHOENIX - Federal officials say a national test of a system that aims to provide members of the public with emergency warnings will take place in October. The purpose of the test is "to ensure that ...

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 ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order (Order) approving several changes to its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Through the new rules, the FCC ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission conducted an emergency alert test on Wednesday. The test took place at 2:20 p.m. ET and the process involved ...

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) in the midday hours of Wednesday. The ...

On September 30, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order (Order) updating its Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules with the stated goal of making EAS alerts more ...

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer. The national test ...