MULTIPLE CITIES – A hack into the nation’s Emergency Alert System this week that coincided with a threat by Anonymous to disrupt the State of the Union Address on Tuesday has broadcast engineers ...

The NAB on Friday filed comments with the FCC regarding a proposal to extend the Emergency Alert System to the Internet — including through streaming services. Congress is requesting a study of the ...

A broadcast television station serving the Alamo City that was an affiliate of The CW Network until the start of the 2010 season and since then has been the MyNetwork TV affiliate for the market is ...

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. EDT, the Federal Emergency Management Agency carried out a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). It was the first nationwide EAS test since the ...

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 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 ...

November 9. Is this true and if so, what's the reason? Origins: At 2:00 PM EST on 9 November 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications ...

The FCC in January reminded U.S. broadcasters and other EAS participants of their obligations to comply with the Emergency Alert System rules. “In reporting on the most recent national level test of ...

U.S. broadcaster representatives, FCC officials and technology manufacturers continue to discuss how the EAS system could be transitioned to a software-based infrastructure. As we’ve reported, the ...

It’s been five years since the last national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). (OK, the last national test was actually the first national test ... but, I digress.) Much has happened since the ...