Bulletin Categories: EAS

A recent FCC Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “Notice”) once again places ESPN, Inc. (“ESPN”) in the Commission’s crosshairs for apparently violating the FCC’s rules prohibiting the transmission...

As we have previously written, Friday, October 18, 2024, is the extended deadline by which all EAS Participants, including all broadcast stations (with a few, extremely limited exceptions), must complete...

As we have previously written, October 4, 2024, is the deadline by which all EAS Participants, including all broadcast stations (with a few, extremely limited exceptions), must complete and file...

Recently, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”), in which the Chief of the Enforcement Bureau denied a Florida LPFM station’s (“Station”) Petition for Reconsideration (the “Petition”)...

Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) proposals continue to be a point of consensus for the current (otherwise often-divided) FCC, as most recently demonstrated by a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”)...

In a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) the FCC is seeking comment on how to facilitate the distribution of multilingual alerts; specifically, whether it would be advisable for the...

The FCC continues to express interest in evaluating and strengthening the security of the nation’s emergency alert and wireless emergency alert systems (“EAS” and “WEA”), including through a recent stakeholder...

As we have previously written, in September 2022 the FCC adopted various new EAS rules, including a general requirement for broadcasters’ EAS equipment to prioritize alerts formatted in the Common...

As we reported back in August, the FCC and FEMA have announced that the next nationwide EAS test (“NPT”) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. ET....

For more than two decades, the FCC has issued a nearly-annual Public Notice reminding television broadcasters that under the FCC’s rules they must make “emergency information” accessible to viewers with...