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FCC Seeks Comment on Whether to Mandate Broadcaster Participation in Disaster Information Reporting System October 15, 2021

In a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) the FCC announced that it is seeking comment on numerous issues related to the reliability and resiliency of communications networks during emergencies, including...

FCC Cancels DIRS Exercise Ahead of Hurricane Florence September 11, 2018

With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the East Coast, the FCC has elected to cancel its voluntary DIRS 2018 exercise that had been scheduled for September 13 – 14, 2018...

FCC’s DIRS 2018 Exercise Delayed to Mid-September August 22, 2018

Last week, we provided information about the FCC’s August 15 email notification that a DIRS 2018 exercise would be conducted August 23 – 24. (“DIRS” is the abbreviation for the...

Did Your Station Receive a “DIRS 2018 EXERCISE” Email from the FCC? August 17, 2018

On August 15, numerous broadcast stations received an unsolicited email from a sender identified as FCC-Disaster@fcc.gov. The subject line of the email was “DIRS 2018 EXERCISE”. “DIRS” is the abbreviation...